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FROM THE LIBRARY OF
REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON, D. D.
BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO
THE LIBRARY OF
PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
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ARRANGEME^S? 8 1936
OF THE \(0iQ(ii^l SFJJ^S
PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS,
OF THE
REV. ISAAC WATTS, D.D.
INCLUDING
(WHAT NO OTHER VOLUME CONTAINS)
ALL HIS HYMNS
WITH WHICH THE
Vacancies in the First Book were filled up in 1756, and also those in 1793;
NOW COLLATED,
WITH EACH OF THE DOCTOR'S OWN EDITIONS :
TO WHICH ARE SUBJOINED
INDEXES,
VERY MUCH ENLARGED,
BOTH OP SCRIPTURES AND OF SUBJECTS.
SIXTH EDITION.
By JOHN RIPPON, D.D.
LONDON:
SOLD BY THE AUTHOR,
And at his Vestry, Carter-Lane, Tooley-Street ;
BY LONGMAN AND CO. AND BUTTON AND SON, PATERNOSTER ROW ; AND BY MM
OTHER BOOKSELLERS.
DIRECTIONS TO MINISTERS AND CLERKS
Who use this Arrangement in public.
It seems proper to mention the old Number first; and the page of the new
one thus : —
147th Hymn of the second book—
55th page of the Arrangement ; or only page 55.
*** The number of the Hymn and Psalm always answers to the number of
the page, thus— Hymn 5, page 5.
Hymn 40, page 40.
The number that follows the name of the Tunes refers to Dr. RipporCs Tune-
Book; thus: —
Hymn 20, Henly 38, that is, Tune 38, in Dr. Rippon's Selection of Tunes.
[Entered at Stationers' Hall.]
BARNARD AWD FARLEY,
Skinner Strut, London*
PREFACE.
IN the roll of pre-eminent charac ters which have attained literary fame
and transmitted to posterity a memory embalmed with the odours of gra-
titude, the Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts ranks high. It was the eulogium of candour,
at the demand of justice, which Dr. Johnson pronounced when he said, That
Jew men have left behind such purity of character, or such monuments of labo-
rious piety. Among these, Christians without number are peculiarly indebted
to him for his Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs. What denomination of
Protestants, to whom the English language is vernacular, can we find either
at home or abroad, who have not derived pious edification from these inesti-
mable compositions of our sweet singer in Israel ? Humble cottages, rustic
barns, decent meeting-houses, and capacious tabernacles, are not the only
temples which have been made vocal by his lays, or whose worshippers soar
in his songs :— their inspiration has been felt under the vaulted arch of many
a Gothic edifice; while, not Sternhold and Hopkins only, but Tate, Brady, and
other great names, have occasionally resigned the honours of poetry, and
of praise. Of this, a letter from the celebrated Rev. Mr. James Hervey, in
1T4;7, is a pleasing specimen. After pronouncing an encomium on the Doctor'?
works, as the favourite pattern by which he would form his conduct and
model his style, he adds; " Among other of your edifying compositions, I have
reason to thank you for your sacred songs, which I have introduced into the
service of my church; so that in the solemnities of the sabbath, and in a lec-
ture on the week-day, your muse lights up the incense of our praise, and
furnishes our devotions with harmony. " This charming paragraph conveys
the sentiments, and expresses the practice of many an evangelical clergy-
man belonging to the national establishment. And a small acquaintance
with the state of religion in our native country, and in other lands, induces me
to form a conjecture, which I think is far within the precincts of moderation,
that through the last half hundred years, more than a million tongues are
every Lord's day, employed,
" With songs and honours sounding- loud,"'
for the poetry of which, they are, under God, indebted to his distinguished
pen, and for the piety of them, to his devotional heart.
Few, however, are the publications which have been printed in so shameful
a manner. The most costly and the most common editions have long furnished
reasons for universal complaint.
Pashain's edition, indeed, issued from the press under a very careful eye;
but having been printed, it seems, from an imperfect edition, it retain*
many inaccuracies of its original ; and will always be distinguished by an acci-
dent— I mean the omission of a whole verse in the 91st Hymn of the second
book.
WayUind/s edition at length followed, and then several others; but they
carefully preserved most of the false readings, and created others. One
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edition appeared, in which the lines were transposed ; other editions pur-
posely altered the stanzas, and destroyed all sense. A small copy was pub-
lished without any one title to either of the Hymns or Psalms, and so deprived
the public of many hundred lines. Other editions went farther yet, and re-
taining the titles, omitted all the Index of Scriptures, and all the Index of
Subjects. Several of the editions published by the booksellers themselves
have from four to five hundred considerable errors— and after a careful peru-
sal of one of their editions, which does not appear to be inferior to several of
the rest, I can scarcely find two correct pages following each other, either
in the Hymns or Psalms, unless an exception be made in the title-page, and
the blank page at the back of it.
Two or three of the latest editions, and of neat appearance, have been
introduced to the public as " repairers of the breach"— purporting to be
printed verbatim, or extremely correct, from a standard copy. The principle
on which these were published rests on a fundamental error. After pursuing
an acquaintance with all Dr. Watts's editions, occasionally ever since 1778,
when Pasham's volume was published, I am, in some measure, prepared
to assert, That whoever really prints verbatim, from any one copy of Dr.
Watts's Hymns or Psalms, will never give his text. However, I have collated
one of these latest editions, and was surprised to find, that though it is an-
nounced as printed from one of the Doctor's most approved copies, it has not
only the misprints, which, I suppose, are almost unavoidable in all books,
but it is intentionally made to differ from every one of Dr. Watts's own edi-
tions, in more than an hundred and fifty places, without any intimation of
it to the reader.
A genuine edition, therefore, of this useful work, which is a professed object
of the present undertaking, cannot be unacceptable to the religious public.
HISTORY OF THE HYMNS.
It may be proper to observe, that the volume of Hymns and Spiritual
Songs, first printed in the year 1707, contained only 78 Hymns in the first
book; 110 in the second; and 22 Hymns, with 12 Doxologies in the third book.
A supplement to thefirst edition was published in 1709, by which the Hymns in
the first book were increased from 78 to 150, in the second from 110 to 170,
and in the third from 22 to 25, besides the addition of three Doxologies, and of
four other pieces, entitled Hosannas, or, Salvation ascribed to Christ. These
auxiliaries were highly interesting, and of great merit. But the addition of
so many hymns to a multitude of others, all of which were of heterogeneeus
association, will sufficiently account for the want of method through the whole
volume.
At the publication of the supplement, it was too late to educe order out
of confusion, or to graft the scion of method on the stock of irregularity.
The erections in the first streets of the city having derived their situation
from accident, the accession of new ones only lengthened the labyrinth.
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The Doctor, unhappily, opens his first book with the Apocalypse, and nearly
concludes it with hymns on Isaiah. Or, if we compare the first and second
book together, it will be seen that the first book begins with the Revelation,
celebrating- the Death of Christ, and the Day of Judgment ; and that some of
the last hymns in the second book are composed on the book of Job, and one
of them on the first chapter of Genesis, with this very title, " The Creation of
the World."
These things considered, it will be generally admitted, that whatever ar-
rangement is given to the Hymns will be likely to place some of them at
least, in a situation every way preferable to that which they hold at present.
REASONABLENESS OF ARRANGEMENT.
The Hymns in the first part were composed " on particular portions of
Scripture," and therefore obtained a book for themselves; but the Doctor
informs us, that he might have applied some text or other to every verse in
the second part, " if this method had" appeared to him to have " been as
useful as it was easy." Of course, as the first part and the second were on
similar subjects, they admitted of being formed into one book; to which the
superior poetry of some of the latter, or " the neglect of rhyme in the first
and third lines of the stanza," could have been no sufficient objection, being
seldom observed by one plain christian in a thousand, and never regarded
in our public assemblies. Indeed, as the Hymns in the first part and the
second are all distinguishable by texts of scripture, it might have seemed
more natural to unite than to separate them. And I conjecture, that it must
be impossible to mention a single disadvantage which would have followed
on their union. And then, if the first and second book, being oil scriptural
subjects, and reducible to certain texts, might so properly have formed one
book; for the same reason, the thirdhook might have been united with them,
because it also chiefly consists of " paraphrases of Scripture," with texts
placed over many of them, as distinctly as they are in the first book. The
adoption of this method would have prevented the everlasting encumbrance
and perplexity of turning backward and forward, when an article is wanted,
through first book, and second book, and third book. Or, as all the subjects
were derived from the Old Testament and the New, if the Hymns could have
been placed in the order of the sacred books, it would very much have
superseded the necessity of an Index of Scriptures, as Mr. Orton has done,
with great acceptance, in the volume of our celebrated Dr. Doddridge.
But to these methods there is, and I suppose always will remain, this grand
objection, " That the Doctor has judiciously placed together, in the third book,
the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, as being on one subject; the advantage of
which our pastors constantly experience, especially at the administration of
that sacred ordinance : for the needful section may be turned to in a mo-
ment, without the aid of first lines, or of any index." This is a fair objec-
tion, and I consider it unanswerable. But, if there be any reason why the
Hymns on the Lord's Supper should have been united, and remain together,
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there is precisely the same why the Hymns on Baptism should be gathered
into one section. If the former are naturally and advantageously united,
the latter are unnaturally and disadvantageously separated. And then,
if these remarks are just concerning distinct chapters for the Hymns on
Baptism and the Lord's Supper, I cannot be the herald of information to
the intelligent in saying, that they are of equal application to every other
subject of general classification, from one end to the other of these interesting
productions.
It is on this principle the subsequent arrangement is made, including the
INTERSPERSION OF THE PSALMS AMONG THE HYMNS.
Here three things should be considered :
1 . In 1719, viz. twelve years after the first publication of the Hymns, Dr.
Walts published his Psalms of David. In executing his design, he takes an
whole Psalm, many verses of one, or some times only a few, transposing
at pleasure. And he has, not without the reasons which are mentioned in his
notes, entirely omitted whole Psalms. Particularly the 28, 43, 52, 54, 59, 61,
70, 79, SS, 108, 137, and 140,* and he has also passed over a great part of
many more. These things are mentioned, not as expressive of disapproba-
tion, but to state a fact. Transposition, abridgment, and omission, were
essentials of his plan, without which he could not have executed it. They
do not imply defect, they are attributed to design. But if the Doctor's Work
had been a close translation of all the Psalms, and a regular paraphrase of
every verse of the sacred original, as the publications of several persons have
professed to be, the necessity of arranging them among the Hymns might
never have occurred to any person.
2. The many titles, and very different subjects which are given in the
same Psalm, seem to require a separation into distinct sections as much as
the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, or those on Solomon's Song. Examine only
a part of the titles belonging to a few of the Psalms and this will appear.
Over the 16th Psalm the Doctor has justly placed these different, if not un-
connected heads, Saints the best Company — Christ's All-sufficiency— Support
and Counsel from God without Merit — The Death and Resurrection of Christ. As
great a diversity may be seen in the titles of the 10"th Psalm: Israel led
to Canaan and Christians to Heaven — Correction for Sin — A Psalm for the Glutton
and Drunkard — The Mariner's Psalm — Colonics planted. The 144th Psalm also
might be produced as an instance, with many more, whose parts seem to have
but little if any necessary connexion; nor will their being Called Psalm 16th,
107th, or by any other single numbers, give them unity of subjects, or pro-
duce any relation either just or natural between them.
3. There can be nothing improper in the interspersion of the Psalms
among the Hymns, because many of the Psalms are already mingled with
them, and have been so from the beginning. This probably has escaped the
observation of most persons : but if Dr. Watts's Index of Scriptures, and my
enlarged one, be consulted, as well as the titles of the first and second book
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of the Hymns, it will be seen that there are more pieces among the Hymns
which are composed from the Psalms, than there are either from Matthew
or Mark, Luke or John, or from the important epistle to the Hebrews. If
therefore it was not conceived to be a matter of complaint, through the last
century, that so many of the Psalms were inserted and left among the Hymns,
I hope the present distribution of all of them among their fellows will give no
just offence, as it only causes kindred subjects to fill the ranks of order, and
like so many brethren, with fraternal amity, to dwell together in unity*
ADDITIONAL HYMNS IN THIS EDITION.
It is well known that Dr. Watts, in his second edition of the Hymns, left out
many of the Psalms, intending to introduce them in his Psalm book, as he did,
with slight alterations, in the year 1719. From this cause, Hymns 4, 22, 23, 31,
33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 41, 46, 47, are not to be found either in the second
edition, or in any other published in the Doctor's time, or for many years after.
This is the more surprising, as the vacuum might so easily have been filled
from the various treasures with which, at length, he had favoured the public.
All these deficiencies, however, were made good in the year 1786, by Hymns
taken from Dr. Watts's Works alone, and chiefly from his Lyric Poems and
Miscellanies. Two or three persons, whose names were not mentioned at
the time, united in making the little selection, and ta encourage the editions.
The disinterested part I took in that service I shall never regret, unless it be
proper to regret the happiness of aiding a corrected work, whose enlargements
have been every-where acceptable, and of which, I think, there have been
published in all, and most of them at a moderate price for the poor, about
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTT THOUSAND COPIES.
The astonishing sale of this enlarged edition roused certain persons; and, as
theugh the vacant numbers had not been filled before, of which it was found
convenient to be ignorant, they also determined to perform the acceptable
service, and accordingly took their materials from the Hymns which are con-
nected with Dr. Watts's Sermons. Twenty Thousand copies were printed in
1793. The edition was partly encouraged by the Book Society for promoting
religious knowledge among the poor; it was well approved, and is now nearly
sold. The number therefore of intelligent persons, at this time, must be
very small, who are pleased with the deficiencies of the early editions.
But these enlargements, in common with all improved editions of a work,
though they were acceptable to persons who possessed them, occasioned dis-
satisfaction to many. Their old editions did not contain the Hymns which
were from time to time parcelled out in public service. And in 1793, when
the vacancies were filled up by other Hymns, the complaint was greater stiU,
— no one found fault with the Hymns which were inserted; but the early edi-
tions, the enlargements of 1786, and the different additions of 1793, being all
used in the same congregations, confusion necessarily followed. The Hymn
frequently given out was not to be found in the old editions, and it was more
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perplexing1 still that the additional Hymns of one enlarged edition very much
differed from those of the other; hence, it was natural to wish for all of them.
To gratify this desire, and to prevent, in future, every inconvenience, as much
as possible, the arrangement contains, what was never before published
together, all the supplementary Hymns which are to be found in the different
enlarged editions. An omission of those printed in 1793, and which have been
well received in Twenty Thousand Copies, would have been great inattention
— and it must have been much more criminal not to have inserted those which
were published in 1786, and which, since that time, have, in some measure,
received the sanction of at least one hundred and forty thousand persons,
ENLARGED INDEXES.
In proportion to the interesting and various contents of any volume must be
the necessity of suitable tables of reference. A copious index g-ives facility
of use to every important publication; and therefore it must be indispensably
necessary in such Hymn Books as are used constantly on Lord's days in public
worship, and by many christian families every day in the year. Dr. Watts
himself, it is likely, knew where to find any distinct subject which his Hymns
or Psalms contained. But it has been matter of regret for many years, that
his indexes are singularly deficient. It would seem a report fit for the cata-
logue of incredibles to say, that he has not posted so much as five verses in all
the five books of Moses. But it will seem more incredible yet to add, that his
Index of Scriptures takes not the least notice either of Exodus, Leviticus,
N umbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles,
or, of any book, chapter, or even single verse, from Genesis to Job — that
is to say, more than one halfoi the Old Testament in succession is passed over
at a stroke. Nor to all the New Testament has he made quite an hundred and
twenty references.
I am sorry to add, that the Index of Words and Subjects is like the table of
scriptures, remarkably defective. The worth of the soul; the satisfaction
of Christ, and an hundred other subjects of perpetual recurrence in the
christian ministry, are not to be found either in the Index of the Hymns
or of the Psalms, though so many of both are composed on these interesting*
topics. I can not therefore but hope that the large accession which the Index
of Scriptures has received, and the vast enlargement of the two tables of
words and of subjects, which are now included in one, will give general satis-
faction to my fellow-labourers in town and country, and also to their most ca-
pable assistants in that exalted part of public worship— singing the praises
of God. But I do not flatter myself with an assurance that these enlarged
tables include every text and word that may be looked for. Yet on being
used, I trust there will appear to be but few scriptures or subjects, con-
tained in the Hymns and Psalms, which are not to be met with in the In-
dexes. And, I am sure, no ingenuous person will complain at not finding in
the latter what is not included in the former.
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TUNES OVER THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.
All tki7igs in Ike service of God are to be done decently and in order. But
this divine requisition, to which christians pay so much attention in every
thing else, is almost totally disregarded in the public singing of the praises of
God, though it is confessedly the highest act of worship which the church can
perform. Any tune, by any incompetent person, is sung with but very little
regard to the subject of the Hymn. This inattention is extremely mischievous
in tunes which have a repeat. By a misapplication of these the congregation
may be forced not only to stop in the midst of a line, and to go back, before
they have pronounced any distinct idea; but also to stop in the very midst
of a word, and to retreat, leaving a syllable or two behind, till they advance
again, and perhaps oftener than once, to meet the forlorn termination. Cir-
cumstances of this description amuse the trifling, pain the sensible and se-
rious, and rob whole auditories of their devotion. Different specimens of
this evil might be produced if it were necessary. But the folly, I trust, Will
commonly, if not always, be escaped, by selecting one or other of the tunes
which are now placed over the Hymn or Psalm ; while every person is at
full liberty to find a more suitable one whenever he is able.
DOUBLE NUMBERS TO THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.
I feel great pleasure in having given the old numbers as well as the new
to the Hymns and Psalms. By this method the poor keep the books they
have, and every volume of the former editions retains its place; while the
minister and clerk are hereby enabled to give out the old number or the
new according to discretion. But I apprehend it will be best to mention
both of them ; the old number first, and then the page of the new one — thus,
14?th Hymn of the second book —
55th page of the Arrangement ; or, only page 55.
OBJECTION.
<« If Dr. Watts himself did not fill up the vacancies in the first book, nor
arrange the Hymns and Psalms, no other person should have done it." It
is true that the excellent man did not introduce the supplementary Hymns.
And it is true that he did not correct the errata of his tables, but suffered
them to remain through all the editions published in his life time, from
the first to the last. And it is also true that he did not fill up his indexes, but
left the table of scriptures without inserting one text from Genesis to Job.
And it is moreover true that he did not enlarge his table of subjects,
which is one of the most incomplete ever annexed to a work of incalculable
benefit.—
But will any coyisiderate man— any genuine friend of Dr. Watts's Hymns
and Psalms, say, that because the Doctor never corrected those errors,
and never improved these indexes,' therefore no one else should do it?
Such a declaration is not to be read in the page of reason, nor to be heard,
but from the lips of distraction, or in the regions of lunacy.
As to the introduction of the Hymns to fill up the deficiencies in the first
book, the general voice has given it an indelible imprimatur, [A 5
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Respecting enlarged Indexes of Scriptures and of Subjects, it may suf-
fice to say, that if there be any need at all of Indexes, then the more com.'
plete they are the better.
And as to the arranging of the whole into chapters of united sub-
jects, I could almost persuade myself, that if it had early enough occurred to
the Doctor himself, he would in all probability have approved of it. I
judge so for two reasons.
1. Because he has given examples of it in the work itself, and justified
the plan in several instances. He has wisely placed, in distinct sections,
(1.) The Hymns on Solomon's Song. (2.) Those on the Lord's Supper.
(3.) The Songs to the Blessed Trinity ; and, (4.) The Hosannas to Christ.
These distinct branches of a beautiful tree hang out their fruits to full view,
and we gather without search or difficulty. But the other clustering plenty
is sometimes ungathered, untasted, being hidden behind the leaves, or
enveloped in the thicket. To have been consistent therefore with himself,
the Doctor should have distributed the whole work into sections, or none of
it? But by setting the example in several chapters, it is presumed he has
sanctioned the analysis of every part of the work.
2. I am strengthened in my persuasion that an Arrangement of the Hymns
and Psalms would have met the approbation of Dr. Watts himself; be-
cause, the plan has been so generally approved by many of his warmest
admirers. It is only the acknowledgment of a debt of gratitude to say, that
some of the first characters among the Protestant Dissenters have pronounced
a flattering opinion on the design— the voice has been heard with pleasure ;
but it has also created a proportioned anxiety to render the execution of the
Work not altogether unworthy of the respect and patronage of competent
judges.
extracts of the former prefaces.
In the large editions of this work there are long notes which the author
himself omitted in the smaller, as not absolutely necessary. And, in most of
the late editions, the prefaces have been abridged. But it may be proper to
retain the following directions.
«* If the Psalm be too long for the time or custom of singing, there are
pauses in many of them, at which you may properly rest. And in some
places you may begin to sing at a pause. Or you may leave out those
verses," in the Psalms and Hymns, " which are thus included in crotchets [ ]
without disturbing the sense.
" Do not always confine yourself to six stanzas, but sing seven or eight
rather than confound the sense, and abuse the Hymn or Psalm in solemn
worship.
" It were to be wished also that we might not dwell so long upon every
single note, and produce the syllables to such a tiresome extent, with a constant
uniformity of time; which disgraces the music, and puts the congregation quite
out of breath in singing five or six stanzas ; whereas, if the method of sing-
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ing were but reformed to a greater speed of pronunciation, we might often
enjoy the pleasure of a longer Psalm with less expence of time and breath ;
and our Psalmody would be more agreeable to that of the ancient churches,
more intelligible to others, and more delightful to ourselves."
CONCLUSION.
I feel myself constrained by inclination and duty to make my very grate-
ful acknowledgments to several brethren, who have iu different ways en-
couraged this publication: particularly to the Rev. Mr. Timothy Thomas, for
his suggestions concerning the plan; and to the Rev. Mr. Collins for his as-
sistance in the Index of Scriptures. I have also availed myself of the hints
of many other respectable Ministers. But, if after the attempts which have
been made to restore Dr. Watts's genuine text, by a collation of copies ; to
remove the encumbrance of first, second, and third book ; to reduce all the
tables of first lines, of scriptures, and of subjects, into one of each; and to
give facility to the use of every part of the Work ; I say, if after these at-
tempts any persons of peculiar discernment perceive that a more distant
route is the nearest way to the object of their wishes, I am not careful to de-
prive them of any gratification.
Finally, I cannot terminate these prefatory remarks without adding, That
I have found the duty which I assigned myself arduous, far beyond my ^arly
expectations. At its commencement I was introduced into a capacious plain,
overspread with glittering armies. The hosts of beauty and of brilliance
appeared
" AH arm'd, all *rdent for the foe,"—
but they were scattered, and few had rallied round any standard. Thus situ-
ated, I was neither insensible to the hazard, nor unambitious of the honour,
of marshalling the legions. If I had possessed the requisite ardour or skill,
both should have been devoted, with all cheerfulness, to lead the van, to
form the centre, and to bring up the rear. This I have attempted. Audi
am free again to profess, as I did some years since in my Selection of Hymns,
from which I have copied the method of this Arrangement, that I have done my
best. And if the Hymns and Psalms, which the Doctor esteemed " the greatest
work that ever he published for the use of the churches," are, by any attentions
of mine rendered in the smallest degree more acceptable and useful in the
assemblies of Sion, or to the weakest believer on earth, I shall attribute my
humble efforts to the kind interpositions of Providence, enroll the success in the
catalogue of distinguished felicities, and endeavour sincerely to consecrate
the service and the reward, on the high altar of praise, to the God of all grace,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. To his peculiar blessing; to the can-
dour of my reverend brethren in the ministry ; and to the patronage of my
fellow-christians ; I humbly commit the Work ; and remain, with increasing
affection to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,
Their brother and servant in the Gospel,
JOHN RIPPON.
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TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES.
Hie Figures express the Numbers of the Hymns and Psalms
as they are now arranged.
Page
ABSENT from flesh O blissful thought .. 660
Adam our father and our head 23 1
Adore and tremble for our God 29
Alas! and did my Saviour bleed 327
All glory to thy wondrous name 697
All mortal vanities be gone 274
All ye that love the Lord rejoice 407
Almighty Ruler of the skies 588
Amidst thy wrath remember love b79
Among the assemblies of the great 620
Among the princes earthly Gods 50
And are we wretches yet alive 325
And is this life prolong'd to me 636
And must this body die 674
And now the scales have left mine eyes ... 353
And will the God of grace 490
Are all the foes of Sion fools 493
Are sinners now so senseless grown 492
Arise my gracious God 405
Arise my soul my joyful powers 138
At thy command", our dearest Lord 551
Attend, while God's exalfed son 149
Awake my heart, arise, my tongue 156
Awake my zeal, awake my love 6i7
Awake our souls, away our fears 357
Awake ye saints to praise your King 47
Away from every mortal care ". 429
Backward with humble shame we look .... 82
Begin my ton?ue some heavenly theme ... 209
Behold how sinners disagree...". 296
Behold the blind their sight receive 240
Behold the glories of the" lamb 273
Behold (he grace appears 215
Behold the lofty sky 436
Behold the love, the generous love 317
Behold the morning sun 437
Behold the potter and the clay 126
Behold the rose of Sharon here .r.« 560
Behold the sure foundation stone 479
Behold the woman's promis'd seed 219
-Behold the wretch whose lust and wine ... 322
Behold thy waiting servant, Lord 208
Behold what wondrous grace 164
Bless, O my sou', the living God 25
Biess'd are the humble souls that see 389
Bless'd are the sons of peace 416
Biess'd are the souls that hear and know.. 113
BlessVl are the undelil'd in heart t. 399
Biess'd be the everlasting God 2:>9
Bless'd be the father and his love 694
Biess'd is the man, for ever blest 162
Ble6s'd is the man who shuns the place ... 400
Biess'd i-: the man whose bowels move .... 306
Biess'd is the nation where the Lord 14
:. morning! whose young dawning
rays ." 443
Biess'd with the joys of innocence 85
Flensed Redeemer, bow divine.. 107
Blood has a voice to pierce the skies 112
Bright king of glory, dreadful God 211
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Broad is the road that leads to death 91
Bury'd in shadows of the night 179
But few among the carnal wise 127
Can creatures to perfection find 42
Children in years and knowledge young .. 589
Christ and his cross is all our theme 118
Come all harmonious tongues 252
Come children learn to fear the Lord 590
Come, dearest Lord, descend and dwell... 453
Come, happy souls, approach your God ... 224
Come hither, all ye weary souls...,. ...... 196
Come, holy spirit, heavenly dove 341
Come let our voices join to raise 450
Come let us join a joyful tune 540
Come let us join our cheerful songs 271
Come let us lift our joyful eyes 422
Come let us lift our voices high 553
Come sound his praise abroad 449
Come we that love the Lord 302
Consider all ray sorrows, Lord 623
Daughters of Zion, come, behold 564
David rejoie'd in God his strength.. .... .„ 253
Dear Lord, behold our sore distress 373
Dearest of all the names above 145
Death cannot make our souls afraid 654
Death may dissolve my body now 6.58
Death ! 'tis a melancholy day 650
Deceiv'd by subtle snares of hell 199
Deep in our hearts let us record 230
Deep in the dust before thy throne 8}
Descend from heaven, immortal dove 344
Do I believe what Jesus saith 340
Do we not know that solemn word 526
Down headlong from their native skies ... 130
Dread sovereign, let my evening song .... 578
Early my God without delay .....* 438
Ere the blue heavens were stretch'd abroad 212
Eternal sovereign of the sky 615
Eternal Spirit we confess 342
Exalt the Lord our God 447
Faith is the brightest evidence 286
Far as thy name is known 485
Far from my thoughts vain world be gone . 172
lather, how wide thy glories shine 194
Father, I bless th v gentle hand 624
Father, 1 long, 1 taint to see 691
Father, 1 sing thy wondrous grace 193
Father, we wait to feel thy grace 556
Firm and unmov'd are they U'3
Firm as the. earth thy gospel stands 207
Firm was my health," my day was bright .. 629
Fools in their heart believe and say;, hi
For ever blessed be the Lord '. 359
For ever shall my song record 132
From age to age exalt his name 380
From all that dwell below the skies 523
From deep distress and troubled thoughts . 158
From heaven the sinning angels fell 131
From thee, mv God, mv joys shall rise 693
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Gentiles by nature we belong 528
Give me the wings of faith to rise 356
Give thanks to God, herei°ns above 473
Give thanks to God, invoke his name 459
Give thanks to God most high 469
Give thanks to God the Sovereign Lord ... 468
Give to our God immortal praise 77
Give to the Father praise 706
Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame 586
Glory to God that walks the skv 301
Glory to God the Father's name 698
Glory to God the Trinity 695
Go preach my Gospel saith the Lord 114
Go worship at Immanuei's feet 266
God in his earthly temple lays 482
God is a Spirit just and wise 333
God is the refuge of his saints 499
God my supporter and m v hope 169
God of eternal love .' 465
God of my childhood and my youth 599
God of my life look gentiv down 622
God of my mercy and my" praise... 318
God of the morning at whose voice 571
God of the seas, thy thund'ring voice 21
God the eternal awful name 49
God who in various methods told 95
Good is the Lord the heavenly King 582
Great God atte id while Sion sings 425
Great God how infinite art thou.". 6
Great God how oft did Israel prove 464
Great God indulge my humble claim 439
Great God I own thy sentence. just 652
Great God the heaven's well-order'd frame 100
Great God thy a lories shall employ 39
Great God to* what a glorious height 227
Great God whose universal swav 513
Great is the Lord, exalted high ". 467
Great is the Lord, his works of might 37
Great is the Lor i our God 484
Great King of glory and of grace 150
Great Shepherd of thine Israel 487
Great was the day, the joy was great » 279
Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews .... 519
Had not the Lord, mav Israel say 6il
Happy is he that fears* the Lord 309
Happy the church, thou saered place 497
Happy the city where their sons 605
Happy the heart where graces reign 310
Happy the mau to whom his God 160
Happy the man whose cautious feet 397
Hark "from the tombs a doleful sound 666
Hark the Redeemer from on high , . 562
He dies, the friend of sinners dies 248
He reigns; the Lord, tiie Saviour reigns. .. 677
He that hath made his refuge God *527
Hear me, O God, nor hide thy face 621
Hear what the Lord in vision said 256
Hear what the voice from heav'n proclaims 653
Help, Lord, for men of virtue fail 599
Hence from mv soul sad thoughts be gone.. 300
Here at thy cross iuyd\ingGod 192
High as the heav'ns* above the ground.... 22
High in the heavens, eternal God 75
High on a hill of dazzling light 498
Honour to thee, Almighty Three 701
Hosauna to King David's son 713
Hoeanua to our conqu'ring kin? 716
Hosanna to the king .". 718
Hosanna to the prince of grace.. 714
Hosanna to the prince of light 238
Hosanna to the royal son 715
Hosanna to the soil . ... 717
Hosanna with a cheerful sound - 576
How are thy glories here displayed 5 57
How awful is thy chaining rod* 470
How beauteous are their feet 123
How can 1 sink with such a prop ,,.,,.,,, Ddi
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How condescending, and how kind........ 536
How did my heart rejoice to hear 418
How fast their guilt and sorrows rise 236
How full of anguish is the thought 392
How heavy is the night 180
How honourable is the place 496
How is our nature spoil'd by sin 144
How large the promise, how divine 527
How long, O Lord, shall I complain 376
How long wilt thou conceal thy face 374
How oft have sin and Satan strove 135
How pleasant, how divinelv fair 424
How pleasant 'tis to see..." 417
How pjeas'd and bless'd was I 419
How rich are thy provisions, Lord 544
How sad our state by nature is 181
How shall I praise rh'e eternal God 38
How shall the young secure their hearts.. 102
How short and hasty is our life 642
How should the sons of Adam's race 23
How strong thine arm is, mighty God 275
How sweet and awful is the plate 345
How vain are all things here below 347
How vast the treasure we possess 39o
How wond'rous great, how glorious bright 43
I cannot bear thine absence, Lord 396
I give immortal praise 708
I hate the tempter and his charms 01
I lift my banners, saith the Lord 502
1 lift m*y soul to God 346
I lo^e the Lord, he heard my cries 632
I love the windows of thy grace 434
I send the joys of earth away 350
I set the Lord before my face 237
I smg my Saviour's woridcrous death 235
I waited patient for the Lord 386
1 will extol thee, Lord, on high 630
If God succeed not all the cost 413
If God to build the house deny 414
I'll bless the Lord from ctavto'dav 509
I'll praise my maker with my breath 36
I'll speak the*houours of my" King 515
I'm not asham'd to own my Lord. 339
la all my vast concerns with thee u
In anger, Lord, rebuke me not 626
In Gabriel's hand a mighty stone . . . 505
In God's own house pronounce his praise.. 452
In Judah God of old was known .. 614
In thine own ways, O God of love 603
In vain the wealthy mortals toil 667
In vain we ;avish out our lives 200
Infinite grief, amazing woe 334
Into thine hand, O God of truth 631
Is th ?re ambition in mjr heart 297
Is this the kind return 324
it is the Lord our Saviour's hand 649
Jehovah speaks, let Israel hear 203
Jehovah reigns,' he dwells in light 7
Jehovah reigns, his throne is high 40
Jesus, in thee our e>es behold -." 260
Jesus invites his saints 534
Jesus is gone above the skies 533
Jesus our Lord ascend thy throne 5iy
Jesus our Saviour and our God 214
Jesis shall reign where'er the sun 514
Jesus the man of constant grief 129
Jesus thy blessings are notTew 295
Jesus, we bless thy Father's name 125
J esus, we bow before thy feet . , 550
Jesus, with all thy saints above 137
Join all the glorious names 270
Join all the names of love and power 269
Joy to the world the Lord is come 221
Judge me, O Lord, and prove my ways... -no
Judges who rule the world by law's ........ 6!9
Just are thy ways and true thy word,.,,., 29i
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Kind is the speech of Christ our Lord.... 565
Laden with guilt and full of fears..... 98
Let all our tongues be one 541
Let all the earth their voices raise l
Let all the heathen writers join lot
Let children hear the mighty deeds 81
Let everlasting glories crown 116
Let every creature join 54
Let every mortal ear attend 195
Let every tongue thy goodness speak 32
Let God arise in all his might 28
Let God the Father and the Son 702
Let God the Father live 703
Let God the Maker's name 704
Let him embrace my soul and prove S5S
Let me but hear my" Saviour say 20i
Let mortal tongues' atcempt to sing 504
Let others boast how strong they be 66
Let Pharisees of high esteem 3i6
Let sinners take their course 419
Let the old heathens tune their sonars 276
Let the seventh angel sound on high 676
Let the whole race of creatures lie. 19
Let the wild leopards of the wood 88
Let them neglect thy glory. Lord 139
Let those who bear the christian name .... 332
Let us adore th' eternal word 537
Let Zion and her sons rejoice 512
Let Zion in her king rejoice 500
Life and immortal joys are given 285
Life is the time to serve the Lord -635
Lift up your eyes to th' heav'nly seats .... 259
Like sheep we went astray 246
Lo, the destroying angel Hies 143
Lo, the young tribes of Aaron rise 594
Lo, what a glorious corner stone 416
Lo, what a glorious sight appears 521
Lo, what an entertaining sight 313
Long as I live I'll bless thy name 3
Long have I sat beneath the sound 4.51
Lord, at thy temple we appear 655
Lord, hast thou cast the nation off 601
Lord, how divine thy comforts are 543
Lord, how secure and bless'd are they .... 299
Lord, how secure rny conscience was 110
Lord, I am thine, but thou wilt prove 406
Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd insiu 84
Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes 625
Lord, I esteem thy judgments right 104
Lord, I have made thy word my choice ... 105
Lord, I will bless thee all ray days 508
Lord, I would spread my sore distress 85
Lord, if thine eyes survey our faults 595
Lord, if thou dost not soon appear 600
Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear 435
Lord of the worlds above 4v7
Lord, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind .. 382
Lord, thou hast heard thy servant cry 634
Lord, thou hast search'd and seen me
thro' 10
Lord, thou hast seen my soul sincere 337
Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray 579
Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand 483
Lord, we adore thy bounteors hand 552
Lord, we adore thy vast designs 71
Lord, we are blind, we mortals blind. ...... 4
Lord, we confess our numerous faults 188
Lord, we have heard thy works of old .... 488
Lord, what a feeble piece 645
Lord, what a heaven of saving grace 173
Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I... 457
Lord, what a wretched land is this 391
Lord, what is man, poor feeble man 640
Lord, what was man when made at first.. 95
Lord, when I count thy mercies o'er 580
Lord, when my thoughts with wonder roll.. 278
Lord, when thou didst ascend on high.... £44
Loud hallel uj ahs to the Lord ......... 53
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Maker and sovereign Lord ............... 262
Man has a soul of vastdesires. 455
Mercy and judgment are my song 616
Mine eyes and my desire 372
Mistaken souls, that dream of heav'n 260
Must all the charms of nature then 591
Must friends and kindred drop and die 663
My dear Redeemer and my Lord 226
My drowsy powers, why sieep ye so 370
My God, accept my early vows 575
My God, consider my distress 378
My God, how endlessis thy love 574
My God, how many are my fears 294
My God, in whom are all the springs 79
My God, my everlasting hope 596
My God, my king, thy various praise. 2
My God, my life, my love 17/
My God, my portion, and my love ........ 170
My God, permit me not to be 408
My God, permit my tongue 440
My God, the spring of all my joys 393
My God, the steps of pious men". 401
My God, what endless pleasures dwell 311
My God, what inward grief I feel 336
My heart how dreadfulliard it is «* 371
My heart rejoices in thy name 366
My never ceasine song shall show 34
My refuge is the God of love 404
My righteous judge, my gracious God 368
My Saviour and my king 481
My Saviour God, oly sovereign prince 532
My Saviour, my almighty friend 154
My -hepheni is the living Lord 166
My shepnerd will supply my need 167
iMy soul, come meditate the day 665
M> soul forsakes her vain delight 319
My so I, how lovely is the place 426
My soul !ies cleaving to the dust 377
My soul repeat his praise , 30
My soul thy great creator piaise 80
My spirit looks to God alone 338
My spirit sinks within me. Lord 292
My thoughts on awful subjects roll 661
My thoughts surmount these lower skie».. :.£<<
My trust is in my heav'nly friend 361
Naked, as from the earth we came 331
Natme with all her pow'rs shall sing 604
Nature with open volume stands 542
No, I shall envy them no more 456
No, I'll repine at death no more 675
No more, my God, I boast no more 155
No sleep nor slumber to his eyes 477
Nor eye has seen, nor ear has heard 686
Not all the blood of beasts 282
Not all the outward forms on earth 147
Not by the laws of innocence 284
Not different food, or different dress 315
Not from the dust affliction grows 67
Not the malicious or profane I76
Not to condemn the sons of men 283
Not to our names thou only just and true.. 613
Not to ourselves who are but dust 46
Not to the terrors of the Lord 486
Not with our mortal eyes 312
Now be my heart inspir'd to sing 516
Now be the God of Israel bless'd 520
Now by the bowels of my God 314
Now for a tune of lofty praise 249
Now from the roaring lion's rage 254
Now have our hearts embrae'd our God... 546
Now I'm convine'd the Lord is kind 73
Now in the ffall'ries of his grace 569
Now in the heat of youthful blood 592
Now let a spacious world arise 55
Now let our lips with holy fear 232
Now let our mournful songs record 255
Now let our pains be all forgot.. 548
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Now let the father and the son 700
Now let the Lord my Saviour smile 388
Now may the God of power and grace.... 602
Now plead my cause, Almighty God 491
Now Satan comes with dreadful roar 93
Now shall my inward joys arise 495
Now shall my solemn vows be paid 510
Now to the great and sacred three 707
Now to the Lord a noble song 213
Now to the Lord that makes us know 146
Now to the power of God supreme 190
O all ve nations, praise the Lord 522
O bles's the Lord, my soul 26
O blessed souls are they 159
O Britain, praise thv mighty God 584
O for a shout of sacred joy 243
O for an overcoming faith 651
O God my refuge, hear my cries 369
O God of grace and righteousness 361
O God of mercy hear my call 323
O God to whom revenge' belongs 4o3
O happy man whose soul is fill'd 415
O iiappv nation where the Lord 15
O happy soul that lives on high 354
O how I love thy holy law 103
O if my soul were form'd for woe 326
O Lord, how many are my foes 573
O Lord our heav'nly king 20
O Lord our Lord, how wondrous great 250
O that the Lord would guide my ways 178
O that thy statutes e\ cry hour * 351
O the Almighty Lord 12
O the delights, the heavenly joys.. 692
O thou that hear'st when sinners cry 383
O thou whose grace and justice reigns.... 329
O thou whose justice reigns on high 365
O what a stiff rebellions house 461
O 'tis a lovely thing to see 320
Of justice and of grace I sing 412
Often I seek my God by night 563
Once more my soul the rising day 572
Our da\s, alas ! our mortal days 638
Our God, how firm his promise stands .... 134
Our God our help in ages past 614
Our sins, alas! how strong they be 687
Our souls shall magnify the Lord 218
Our spirits join t' adore the lamb 554
Out of the deeps of long distress 157
Plung'd in a gulphof dark despair 277
Praise, everlasting praise be paid 210
Praise waits in Zton, Lord, for thee 431
Praise ye the Lord, exalt his name 494
Praise ye the Lord, my heart shall join... 35
Praise ye the Lord, 'tis good to raise 76
Preserve me, Lord, in time of need 109
Questions and doubts be heard no more .. 115
Raise thee my soul, fly up and run C90
Raise \our triumphant songs 225
Rejoice >e righteous in the Lord 61
Remember, Lord, our mortal state 671
Return, O God of Love, return 39i
Rise, rise, my soul, and leave the ground.. 5
Saints, at your father's heavenly word.... 330
Salvation is for ever nigh 191
Salvation, O tbejovfui sound 187
Save me, O God, the swelling floods 231
Save me, O Lord, from every foe 363
See what a living stone 445
See where the great incarnate God 6S0
Shall atheists dare insult the cross 119
Shall the vile race of flesh and blood 647
Shall we go on to sin 352
Shall wisdom cry aloud 197
Shepherds! rejoice, lift up your eyes 216
Shew pity, Lord, O Lord forgive 345
Shiue, mighty God, on Britain shine 605
Shout to the Lord, and let our joys. 612
Sin has a thousand treacherous arts 90
Sin like a venomous disease 91
Sing all ye nations to the Lord 13
Sing to the Lord aloud 460
Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name 448
Sing to the Lord that built the skies 646
Sing to the Lord with joyful voice 60
Sing to the Lord ye distant lanus 222
Sing to the Lord ye heav'nly hosts 587
Sitting around our father's board 555
So did the Hebrew prophet raise 28!
So let our lips and lives express 174
So neu-born babes desire the breast 165
Songs of immortal praise belong 58
Soon as 1 heard my father say ^ 430
Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears .... 358
Stoop down, my thoughts, that use to rise. 664
Strait is the way, the door is strait 151
Sure there's a righteous God 72
Sweet is the meirTry of thy grace 24
Sweet is the work/roy God, my king 412
Teach me the measure of my days 641
.Terrible God, that reign'st on high 16
Th' Almighty reigns exalted high 135
That awtul day will surely come 678
That man isblcst who stands in awe 307
The earth for ever is the Lord's 476
The glories of my maker Go J 51
The God Jehovah reigns 257
The God of glory sends his summons forth 684
The God of mercy be ador'd 699
The God of our salvation hears 68
The heavens declare thy glory, Lord 99
The king, O Lord, with' songs* of praise .. 618
The king of glory sends his Son 220
The king of saints, how fair his face 480
The lands that long in darkness lay t^Q-i
The law by Moses came 117
The law coturmimls, and makes us know .. 111
The Lord appears my helper now 367
The Lord declares his will 112
The Lord descending from above 122
The Lord, how wondrous are his ways .... 31
The Lord is come, the heav'ns proclaim... 217
The Lord Jehovah reigns...: 9
The Lord Jehovah reigns '". 41
The Lord my shepherd is 1fiS
The Lord of glory is my light \ 429
The Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high 8
I he Lord on high proclaims 204
The Lord the judge before his throne 68!
The Lord the judge his churches warns . .'. 334
The Lord the sovereign king 48
The Lord the sovereign sends his summons
forth 683
The majesty of Solomon 228
The man is ever blest \\\\ 39g
The mem'ry of our dying Lord ' 547
The mighty fr<:me of glorious grace.....'." 247
The praise' of Sion waits for thee 432
The promise of my father's lo\ e 535
The promise was di vine iv free ." 530
The true Messiah now appears ." 261
The voice of my beloved sounds 561
The woud'ring world inquires to know'.'..'." 567
The wonders Lord thy love has wrought ..141
Thee we adore eternal name 643
Thee will I love, O Lord, my strength 3^5
There is a house, not made with hands 65.0
There is a land of pure delight 656
There was an hour when Christ rejoie'd.'!. 128
These glorious miuds, how bright they
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Think, mighty God, on feeble man 672
This is the day the Lord hath made 444
This is the word of truth and love 121
This spacious earth is all the Lord's 242
Thou art my portion, O my God 335
Thou God of love, thou ever blest 364
Thou, whom my soul admires above 559
Thrice happy man who fears the Lord ..... 308
Thro' every age1, eternal God 648
Thus did the sons of Abra'm pass 531
Thus far the Lord has led me on 577
Thus I resolv'd before the Lord 321
Thus saith the first, the great command ... 106
Thus saith the high and lofty one 205
Thus saith the Lord, the spacious fields ... 108
Thus saith the Lord, your work is vain.... 140
Thus saith the mercy of the Lord 529
Thus saith the ruler of the skies 251
Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord 198
Thus the eternal father spake 517
Thus the great Lord of earth and sea 518
Thy favours, Lord, surprise our souls 423
Th v mercies fill the earth, O Lord 304
Thy name, almighty Lord 524
Thy works of glory, mighty Lord 70
Time what an empty vapour 'tis 639
'Tis by the faith of joys to come 287
'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand.. 583
'Tis from the treasures of his word 267
Tis not the law of ten commands 472
To God I cry'd with mournful voice 293
To God I made my sorrows known 33
To God the father, God the son 696
To God the father's throne 710
To God the great, the ever blest 511
To God the only wise 1 66
To heaven I lift my waiting eyes 64
To him that chose us first 709
To cur almighty maker God 124
To our eternal God , 7!2
To thee, before the dawning liaht 409
To thee most holy and most high 617
To thine almighty \r\\\ we owe 610
'Twas by an order from the Lord 97
'Twas for thy sake, eternal God 229
'Twas from thy hand, my God, I came.... 56
'Twas in the watches of the night 581
'Twas on thac dark, that doleful night .... 533
'Twas the commission of our Lord 523
Vain are the hopes that rebels place 148
Vain are the hopes the sons of men 152
Vain man on fooli-h pleasures bent 463
Unshaken as the sacred hill... 1S2
Up from my youth may Israel say ; 466
Up to the fields where angels lie 348
Up to the hills I lift mine eyes 63
Up to the Lord, that reigns on high 27
Upward I lift mine eyes .\ 05
.We are a erarden wall'd all round 568
We bless the Lord, the just, the good 78
We bless the prophet of the Lord .* 265
We love the Lord, and we adore 609
We sing the amazing deeds 549
We sing the glories of thy love 503
Welcome, sweet day of rest 441
Well, the Redeemer's gone 258
What different power-s of grace and sin... 175
What equal honour shall we bring 272
What happy men or angels these 688
What mighty man, or mighly God......... 501
What shall I render to my God ......... .. 433
What shall the dying sinner do 120
What vain desires and passions vain...... 177
When Christ to judgment shall descend... 682
When God is nigh my faith is strong 673
When God provok'd with daring crimes .. 607
When God restor'd our captive state 507
When God reveal'd his gracious name .... 506
When I can read my titie clear 395
When I survey the wondrous cross 539
When I with pleasing wonder stand 57
When in the light of faith divine 454
When Israel freed from Pharaoh's hand... 471
When Israel sins, the Lord reproves 462
When man grows bold in sin... 45
When overwhelm'd with grief 387
When pain and anguish seize me, Lord ... 360
When strangers stand, and hear me teil .. 563
When the eternal bows the skies 189
When the first parents of our race 136
When the great builder arch'd the skies. . . 89
When the great judge, supreme and just .. 74
When we are rais'd from deep distress.... 633
Whence do our mournful thoughts arise... 202
Where are the mourners, saitlf the Lord .. 153
Where shall the man be found 303
Where shall we go to seek and find 478
While I keep silence and conceal 161
While men grow bold in wicked ways 44
Who can describe the joys that rise 328
Who has believ'd thy word 245
Who is this fair one in distress 570
Who shall ascend thy heav'nly place 475
Who shall inhabit in thy hill 474
Who shall the Lord's elect condemn 289
Who will arise and plead my right 362
Why did the Jews proclaim their rage .... 241
Why did the nations join to slay 263
Why do the proud insult the poor 668
V> by do the wealthy wicked boast 305
Why doth the Lord stand off so far 598
Why doth the man of riches grow 669
Why do we mourn departing friends 662
Why does your face, ye humble souls 163
Why has my God my soul forsook 233
W hy is ray heart so far from thee 375
Why should I vex my soul and fret 102
Why should the children of a king 343
Why should this earth delight us so 458
Why should we start and fear to die 657
Will God for ever cast us off 489
With all my powers of heart and tongue . . 184
With cheerful voice I sin? 268
WTith earnest longings of the mind 291
With holy fear, and humble song 685
With joy we meditate the grace , 206
With my whole heart I'll raise rnv song.... 679
With my whole heart I've sought thy face. 290
With reverence let the saints appear 421
With songs and honours sounding loud... 585
Would you behold the works of God 69
Ye angels round the throne 705
Ye holy souls in God rejoice 62
Ye islands of the northern sea 223
Ye nations round the earth rejoice 59
Ye servants of the almighty King 18
Ye sons of Adam, vain and young 593
Ye sons of men, a feeble race o28
Ye sons of pride, that hate the just 670
Ye that delight to serve the Lord 17
Ye that obey th' immortal king 420
Ye tribes or Adam join 52
Yet (saith the Lord) if David's race 1 33
Zion rejoice, and Judah sin£ C08
A TABLE OF THE HYMNS.
Note.— 1. The Hymns and Psalms may be found as usual by the Index of first Lines.
2. This Table gives the numerical Order of the former Editions, and the corres-
ponding Numbers in the Arrangement.
1 - - - 273, that is l Hymn is 273 of the Arrangement ;
2 - - - 212, second ditto, is 212 of ditto.
BOOK I.
Thus, in the first Book,
1 273
2 212
3 215
4 1 P.* .. 216
4 2 P.*... 115
5 331
6 652
7 195
8 496
9 200
10 123
11 128
12 ,...129
13 264
14 289
15 201
15 715
17 651
18 653
19 655
20 156
21 521
22 1 P.*... 214
222P.* 177
23 1 P.* 660
23 2 P.* 591
24 667
25 274
26 239
27 658
28 501
29 502
30 603
31 1 P.* 189
31 2 P.* 354
32 202
33 * 119
34 1 P.* 120
34 2 P.* 295
35 1 P.* 284
35 2 P.* 332
36 * 320
37 1 P.* 247
37 2 P.* 340
38 1 P.* 144
38 2 P.* 107
39 495
40 688
41 689
42 29
43 1 P.* 234
43 2 P.* 390
44 1 P.* 248
44 2 P.* 636
45 680
46 IP.* 194
46 2 P.* 637
47 * 663
48 357
49 275
50 520
51 185
52 525
53 96
54 125
55 633
56 503
57 82
58 504
59 505
60 218
61 146
62 271
63 272
64 164
65 676
66 558
67 559
6S 560
69 561
70 5G2
1
2
3
604
661
662
192
5
6
7
8
278
572
578
576
9
10
11
12
327
349
350
13
14 ....
15
646
441
172
4
261
16
173
* The Asterisms denote the Supplementary Hymns
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A TABLE OF THE HYMNS.
133 342
134 530
135 219
136 220
137 240
138 121
139 226
140 356
141 532
142 282
143 175
144 279
145 434
146 455
147 55
148 145
149 615
150 90
151 97
152 486
153 91
154 153
155 143
156 92
157 98
158 94
159 150
160 88
161 151
162 288
163 373
164 458
165 451
166 38
167 39
168 40
169 41
L70 42
1 533 13 545
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
...534 14 546
...535 15 547
...536 16 548
...537 17 549
...538 18 d50
...539 ! 19 551
...5*0 20 552
...541 |21 553
...542 j 22 554
..543 | 23 555
...544 I 24 65ii
25 557 36 705
Doxologies. 37 706
26 694 38 708
27 698 39 709
28 703 40 710
29 695 41 712
30 699,
31 704 ' Hosannas.
32 696 42 713
33 697 43 714
34 700 44 717
35 701 45 718
A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.
Note. — The method of finding- any Psalm or Hymn may be seen on the top of
the leaf which precedes this.
1 . . .
C. M. .
400
19
J
L13. M. .
100
39 2 P.
C. M. .
641
S. M. .
398
20
L. M. .
602
3 P.
C M. .
622
L. M. .
397
21
• . .
CM. .
618
40 1 P.
C M. .
386
2 .
S. M. .
262
L.M. .
253
2 P.
C M. .
140
C. M. .
263
22
IP.
C M. .
233
L. M. .
141
L. M. .
241
2 P.
C M. .
254
41 . . .
L. M. .
306
3 . . .
CM. .
29-1
L.M. .
255
42 1 P.
C M. .
291
.
L. M. .
573
23
. • .
L.M. .
166
2 P.
L. M. .
292
4 . . .
L.M. .
381
C M. .
167
44 . . .
C M. .
488
.
CM. .
579
S. M. .
168
45 . . .
S. M. .
481
5 . . .
CM. .
435
2i
. • .
C M. .
476
CM. .
515
6 . . .
CM. .
626
L. M. .
242
1 P.
L. M. .
516
.
L.M. .
625
25
1 P.
S. M. .
346
2 P.
L. M. .
480
7 . .
CM. .
361
2 P.
S. M. .
303
46 J P.
L. M. .
499
8 . . .
S. M. .
20
3 P.
S. M. .
372
2 P.
L.M. .
500
CM. .
250
26
. . .
L. M. .
411
47 . . .
CM. .
243
1 P.
L.M. .
5S8
27
1 P.
CM. .
429
18 1 P
S. M. .
484
2 P.
L. M. .
95
2 P.
C M. .
430
2 P.
S. M. .
485
9 1 P.
CM. .
679
29
. . .
L> M. .
586
49 1 P.
C M. .
669
2 P.
C M. .
74
30
1 P.
L. M. .
630
2 P.
C M. .
670
10 . . .
CM. .
598
2 P.
L. M. .
629
L. M. .
668
11 . . .
L. M. .
404
31
1 P.
C M. .
631
50 1 P.
CM. .
681
12 . . .
L. M. .
600
2 P.
CM. .
366
3* P.
C M. .
108
CM. .
599
32
• . .
S. M. .
159
3 P.
C M. .
682
13 . . .
L.M. .
376
C M. .
160
3 P,
L. M. .
334
CM. .
374
IP.
L.M. .
162
New Tune .
683
14 IP.
CM. .
87
2 P.
L. M. .
161
Old Tune .
684
2 P.
CM. .
492
33
1 P.
C. M. .
61
51 1 P.
L. M. .
345
15 . . .
C M. .
474
2 P.
C M. .
14
2 P.
L. M. .
84
L. M. .
475
1 P.
113 M.
62
3 P.
L. M. .
383
16 1 P.
L. M. .
109
2 P.
113 M.
15
1 P.
CM. .
85
2 P.
L.M. .
326
34
1 P.
L. M. .
508
2 P.
C M. .
323
3 P.
L. M. .
673
2 P.
L. M. .
589
53 . . .
C M. .
493
IP.
C M. .
363
1 P.
C M. .
509
DO . . .
C M. .
369
2 P.
CM. .
237
2 P.
C M. .
590
S. M. .
410
17 . .
S. M. .
405
35
1 P.
C M. .
491
56 . . .
C M. .
365
L. M: .
406
2 P.
CM. .
317
•37 , . .
L. M. .
79
18 1 P.
L. M. .
385
33
. . .
L.M. .
75
58 . 11
Ah M. .
619
2 P.
L. M. .
337
CM. .
44
■><> . . .
C M. .
601
3 P.
L.M. .
298
S. M. .
45
61 . . .
S. M. .
387
IP.
C M. .
609
37
1 P.
CM. .
402
62 . . .
L. M. .
338
2 P.
C M. .
610
2 P.
C. M. .
305
63 1 P.
C M. .
438
19 1 P.
S. M. .
4361
3 P.
CM. .
401
2 P.
C M. .
581
2 P.
S. M. .
437
38
. . .
C M. .
379
L.M. .
439
L. M. .
99139
1 P.
CM. .
321
S. M. .
440
»
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A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.
65 1 P. L. M. .
432 89 5 P. C M, .
133
Last P. L. M. .
607
2 P. L. M. .
68
6 P. L. M. .
671
19 . .CM..
318
1 P. C. M. .
431
Last P. 113 M.
672
110 1 P. L. M. .
517
2 P. CM. .
583
90 ... L. M. .
648
2 P. L. M. .
518
3 P. C. M. .
582
1 P. C M. .
644
C M. .
519
66 1 P. C. M. .
13
2 P. C M. .
595
Ill 1 P. C M. .
58
2 P. C. M. .
510
3 P. C M. .
394
2 P. C M. .
37
67 . . . C. M. .
606
S. M. .
645
112 . 113th M. .
307
68 1 P. L. M. .
28
91 1 P. L. M. .
627
L. M. .
308
2 P. L. M. .
244
1 P. C M. .
628
C M. .
309
3 P. L. M. .
78
92 1 P. L. M. .
442
113 . 113th M. .
17
69 1 P. C. M. .
231
2 P. L. M. .
483
L. M. .
18
2 P. CM. .
232
93 . . . S. M. .
7
114 . . L. M. .
471
3 P. C. M. .
193
2d M. .
8
115 . . 1 M. .
46
1 P. L. M. .
230
3d M. .
9
2M. .
613
2 P. L. M. .
229
94 1 P. C M. .
403
116 1 P. C M. .
632
71 1 P, C M. .
596
2 P. C M. .
302
2 P. C M. .
433
2 P. C M. .
154
95 . . C M. .
US
117 . .CM..
522
3 P. C M. .
597
S. M. .
449
L. M. .
523
72 1 P. L. M. .
513
L. M. .
450
S. M. .
521
2 P. L. M. .
514
96 . . C M. .
222
118 1 P. C. M. .
367
73 1 P. C M. .
73
113thM. .
1
2 P. C M. .
631
2 P. C M. .
169
97 1 P. L. M. .
677
3 P. C M. .
479
L. M. .
457
2 P. L. M. .
2:7
4 P. C M. .
444
S. M. .
72
3 P. L. M. .
185
S.M.
440
74 . . . C M. .
489
C M. .
223
L. M. .
44£
75 . . . L. M. .
617
98 1 P. C M. .
124
119 1 P. C M.
39S
76 ... C M. .
614
2 P. C M. .
221
2 P. C M. .
40S
77 1 P. C M. .
293
99 1 P. S. M. .
257
3 P. C M.
335
2 P. C M. .
470
2 P. S. M, .
447
4 P. C M. .
102
78 1 P. CM. .
81
100 . . IstM. .
59
5 P. C M. .
102
2 P. C M. .
461
2d M. .
60
6 P. C. M.
104
3 P. C M. .
462
101 . . L. M. .
616
7 P. C M. .
101
L. M. .
464
C M. .
4i2
8 P. C M. ,
10c
80 . . . L. M. .
487
102 1 P. C M. .
621
9 P. C M.
. 304
81 ... S. M. .
460
2 P. C M. .
512
10 P. C M.
20S
82 ... L. M. .
620
3 P. L. M. .
649
1 1 P. C M.
ITS
83 . . . S. M. .
490
103 1 P. L. M. .
25
12 P. C M.
37S
84 1 P. L. M. .
424
2 P. L, M. .
31
13 P. C M.
29C
2 P. L. M. .
425
1 P. S. M. .
26
14 P. C M.
62S
C M. .
426
2 P. S. M. .
30
15 P. C. M.
251
148th M. .
427
3 P. S. M. .
48
] 6 P. C. M. .
377
85 1 P. L. M. .
382
104 . . L. M. .
80
17 P. L. M. .
36C
2 P. L. M. .
191
105 . .CM..
459
Last P. L. M. .
624
86 . . . C M. .
50
106 1 P. L. M. .
511
120 . . C M.
364
87 . . . L. M. .
482
2 P. S. M. .
465
121 . . L. M. .
63
89 1 P. L. M. ,
132
107 1 P. L. M. .
473
C. M. .
64
1 P. C. M. .
34
2 P. L. M. .
380
148th M. .
6a
2 P. C M. .
421
3 P. L. M. .
463
122 . .CM..
418
3 P. C M. .
113
4 P. L. M. .
69
1 122d M. .
419
4 P, C M. .
256
4 P. C M. .
70
123 . . CM. .
329
A TABLE OF THE PSALMS.
xxi
124 .
. . L. M. .
6111
135 .. . C M. .
47
145 3 P. C M. .
32
125 .
. . C. M. .
182
136 .. . C M. .
468
146 . . . L.M. .
35
S. M. .
183
148th M. .
46>;
113thM. .
36
126 .
. . L. M. .
507
L. M. .
77
147 1 P. L. M. .
76
C. M. .
506i
138 . . . L. M. .
184
2 P. L. M. .
584
127 .
. . L. M. .
41 3, 139 IP. L. M. .
10
C M. .
585
C. M. .
414
2 P. L. M. .
5o
148 148th M. .
52
128 .
..CM..
415
3 P. 1 . M. .
336
L. M. .
53
129 .
. . C. M. .
466
1 P. C M. .
11
S. M. .
54
130 .
. . C. M. .
157
2 P. C M. .
57
149 .. . C M. .
407
L. M. .
158
3 P. CM. .
580
150 .. . C. M. .
452
31 .
. . C. M. .
297
141 .. . L. M. .
575
132 .
. . L. M. .
478
142 .. . C M.
33
Doxologies.
C. M. .
477
143 . . . L. M. .
368
133 .
. . C. M.
313
144 1 P. C. M.
359
1 . . . L. M. .
696
S. M. .
416
2 P. C. M. .
643
2 . . . C. M. .
702
122 M.
417
3 P. C M. .
605
3 . . . C M. .
699
134
..CM.
420
145 .. . L. M.
2
4 . . . S. M. .
705
135
1 P. L. M.
. 494
1 P. C M.
3
5 . . 113 M. .
707
2 P. L. M.
. 467
2 P. C. M.
. 24
6 . . 148 M. .
711
A 11
SYLLABUS
OF THE
ARRANGEMENT OF THE HYMNS AND PSALMS.
GOD Hymns and Psalms 1 to the 54
His Perfections 1 46
Praise to God 47 54
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 55 81
FALL OF MAN 82 95
SCRIPTURE 96 210
Properties of it 96 105
Moral Law 106 112
Gospel 113 124
Doctrines and Blessings 125 ...... 194
Invitations and Promises 1 95 210
CHRIST 211 273
His Divinity 211 214
Incarnation 215 223
Life and Ministry 2 24 228
Sufferings and Death 229 236
Resurrection, Ascension, and Exaltation 237 257
Intercession 258 263
Characters and Offices 264 270
Addresses to him 271 278
HOLY SPIRIT 279 344
His Influences and Graces* 279 340
Addresses to the Spirit 311 344
CHRISTIAN LIFE 345 396
SAINTS AND SINNERS 397 407
WORSHIP 408 453
Private ,. 408 411
Family 412 417
Public 418 434
Lord's Day 435 446
Before Prayer 447 448
Before Sermon 449 451
After Sermon 452 453
WORLD r 454 458
CHURCH 459 524
The Jewish ; or, the History of the Israelites 459 473
The Christian Church 474 524
Settlement and Beauty of it 474 486
Afflictions, Persecutions and Complaints 487 493
Safety, Deliverance and Triumph 494 505
Church Meetings 506 513
Prayer, and Praise, for Enlargement of the Church. . 514 ...... 524
CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM 525 532
LORD'S SUPPER 533 557
SOLOMON'S SONG 558 570
TIMES AND SEASONS 571 634
TIME AND ETERNITY 635 646
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION 647 675
JUDGMENT 676 684
HELL AND HEAVEN 685 693
DOXOLOGIES 694 712
Hoaannas to Christ 713 ...... 718
♦ The Graces of the Spirit are placed Alphabetically*
DR. WATTS's
PSALMS and HYMNS.
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
PSALM 1. Neiccourt 173.
(Psalm 96. As the 113th Psalm.)
The God of the Gentiles.
1 T ET all the earth their voices raise
J-J To sins the choicest psalm of praise,
To siug and bless Jehovah's name :
His glory let the heathens know.
His wonders to the nations show,
And all his saving works proclaim.
2 The heathens know thy glory, Lord;
The wondering natious read thy word,
In Britain is Jehovah known:
Our worship shall no more be paid
To gods which mortal hands have made ;
Our Maker is our God alone.
3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky,
He made the shining worlds on high',
And reigns complete in glory there :
His beams are majesty and litr'ht;
His beauties how divinely bright !
His temple how divinely fair!
4 Come the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,
And barbarous nations fear his name;
Then shall the race of man confess
The beauty of his holiness,
And in his courts his grace proclaim.
2. Hothwell 174, Derby 169, Leicton 30.
(Psalm 145. L. M.)
The Greatness of God.
1 IVfY God, my King, thy various praise
-LtL Shall fill the remnant of my days ;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue
Till death and glory "raise the song,
2 The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear;
And every setting sun shall see
New works of duty done for thee.
3 Thy truth and justice Til proclaim :
Thy bounty flows, an endless stream,
Thy mercy swift, thine auger slow,
But dreadful to the stubborn foe.
4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine,
And speak thy majesty divine ; '
Let Britain round her shores proclaim
The sound and honour of thy name.
5 Let distant times and nations raise
The long succession of thy praise;
And unborn ages make my song
The joy and labour of the'ir tongue.
6 But who can speak thy wond'rous deeds 1
Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds !
Vast and unsearchable thy ways!
Vast aad immortal be thy praise :
3- Milbourn Port 163, Arlington 17, EHm 151.
(Psalm 145, v. 1—7, H—13. 1st Part. C. MO
The Greatness of God.
1 T ONG as I live I'll bless thy name,
Xj My King, my God of love;
My work an. I joy shall be the same
[■ the bright world above.
2 Great is the Lord, his power unknown,
And let his praise be great :
I'll sing the honours of thy throne,
Thy works of grace repeat.
3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue;
And while my lips rejoice,
The men that hear my sacred song
Shall join their cheerful voice.
4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name,
And children learn thy ways ;
Ages to come thy truth proclaim,
And nations sound thy praise.
5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date
Siiall thro' the world be known ;
Thine arm of power, thy heavenly state,
With public splendor shown.
6 The world is manag'd by thy hands,
Thy saints are rul'd by love ;
And thine eternal kingdom stands,
Tho' rocks and hills remove.
4. Rippon's 168, Hotham 224, Lebanon *if,
(Hymn 26. B. 2. L. M.)
God invisible.
1 X ORD, we are blind, we mortals blind,
Xi We can't behold thy bright abode;
O 'tis beyond a creature-mind
To glance a thought half way to God.
2 Infinite leagues beyond the sky
The Great Eternal reigns alone,
Where neither wings nor souls can flv.
Nor angels climb the topless throne. "
3 The Lord of Glory builds his seat
Of gems insufferably bright,
And lays beneath his sacred feet
Substantial beams of gloomy night. .
4 Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes
Look throJ, and cheer us from above;
Beyoud our praise thy grandeur flies,
Yet we adore, and yet we love.
5. Neicbury 132, Hephzibah 77, Gainsbro1 20 >
(Hymn 17. B. 2. C. M.)
God's Eternity.
1 T> ISE, rise, my soul, and leave the ground
XV Stretch all thy thoughts abroad,
And rouse up every tuneful sound
To praise th' eternal God.
B
6,7
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
8, 9, 10
2 Long ere the lofty skies were spread
Jehovah til I'd his throne;
Or Adam form'd, or an?els made,
The Maker liv'd alone.
3 His boundless years can ne'er decrease,
But still maintain their prime;
Eternity'' a his dwelling-place,
And ever is his time.
4 While like a tide our minutes flow,
The present and the past,
He fills his own immortal now,
And sees our ages waste.
5 The sea and sky must perish too,
And vast destruction come !
The creatures — look, how old they grow,
And wait their fiery doom !
6 Well, let the sea shrink all away,
And flame melt down the skies,
My God shall live an endless day,
When th' old creation dies.
fj. Charmouth 28, London 180, Abridge 201.
(Hymn 67. B. 2. C. M.)
God's eternal Dominion.
1 /~1 REAT God, how infinite art thou!
KJC What worthless worms are we !
Let the whole race of creatures bow
And pay their praise to thee.
2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Ere seas or stars were made ;
Thou art the ever-living God
Were all the nations dead.
3 Nature and time quite naked lie
To thine immense survey,
From the formation of the sky
To the great burning day.
4 Eternity with all its years
Stands present in thy view ;
To thee there's nothing old appears,
Great God, there's nothing new.
5 Our lives through various scenes are
And vex'd with trifling cares: [drawn,
While thine eternal thought moves on
Thine uudisturb'd affairs.
% Great God, how infinite art thou !
What worthless worms are we !
Let the whole race of creatures bow
And pay their praise to thee.
7. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 93. 1st M. As the 100th Psalm.)
The Eternal and Sovereign God.
1 TEHOVAH reigns : he dwells in light,
cl Girded with majesty and might :
The world created bv his hands
Still on its first foundation stands.
2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundations laid,
Thy throne eternal ages stood,
Thyself the ever-living God.
3 Like floods the angry nations rise,
And aim thtir rage against the skies ;
Vain floods that aim their rage so high!
At thy rebuke the billows die.
4 For ever shall thy throne endure;
Thy promise stands for ever sure;
And everlasting holiness
Becomes the dwellings of thy grace.
8. The old 50th 233.
(Psalm 93. 2d M. As the old 50th Psalm.)
The same.
1 FinHE Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on
■M- high ;
His robes of state are strength and majesty:
This wide creation rose at his command,
Built by his word, and stablish'd by his hand :
Lone stood his throne ere he began creation,
And nis own Godhead is the firm foundation.
2 God is th' eternal King : Thy foes in vain
Raise their rebellions to confound thy reign :
In vain the storms, i-n vain the floods arise,
And roar, and toss their waves against the
skies; [commotion,
Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild
But heaven's high arches "scorn the swelling
ocean.
3 Ye tempests, rage no more; ye floods be still;
And the mad world submissive to his will ;
Built on his truth his church must ever stand;
Firm are his promises, and strong his hand :
See his own sons, when they appear before
him, [him.
Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore
9. Prescott 254, John's 138.
(Psalm 93. 3d M. As the old 122d Psalm.)
The same.
1 rpHE Lord Jehovah reigns,
JL And royal state maintains,
His head with awful glories crown'd;
Array'd in robes of light,
Begirt with sovereign might,
And rays of majesty around.
2 Upheld by thy commands
The world securely stands;
And skies and stars obey thy word :
Thy throne was fixed on high
Betore the starry sky;
Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.
3 In vain the noisy crowd,
Like billows fierce and loud,
Against thine empire rage and roar;
In vain, with angry spite,
The surly nations fight,
And dash like waves against the shore.
4 Let floods and nations rage,
And all their powers engage,
Let swelling tides assault the sky;
The terrors of thy frown
Shall beat their madness down ;
Thy throne for ever stands on high.
5 Thy promises are true,
Thy grace is ever new ;
There fix'd thy church shall ne'er remove :
Thy saints with holy fear
Shall in thy courts appear,
And sing thine everlasting love.
Repeat the fourth stanza to complete the old
tune.
10- Horsley 205, Rippon's 188, Limehonsc 242.
(Psalm 139. 1st Part. L. M.)
The All-seewg God.
1 T ORD thou hast search'd and seen me
JU thro' ;
Thine eye commands with piercing view
My rising and my resting hours,
My heart and flesh with all their powers.
2 My thoughts, before they arc my own,
Are to my God distinctly known;
He knows the words I mean to speak
Ere from my op'ning lips they break.
11
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
12,13
3 Within thy circling- power I stand ;
On every Mile I find thy hand :
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great !
What large extent! what lofty height!
My soul, with all the powers i boast
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
5 ' O may these thoughts possess my fcveast,
' Where'er I rove, where'er I rest'!
' Nor let my weaker passions dare
1 Consent to sin, for God is there.'
Rippon's 188. PAUSE I. Limehouse 242.
6 Guild I so false, so faithless prove
To quit thy service and thy love,
Where, LoVd, could I thy presence shun,
Or from thy dreadful glon run ?
7 If up to heaven I take my flight,
'Tis there thou dwell'st ehthron'J in light;
Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns,
And Satan groans beneath thy chains.
h If mounted on a mornin? ray,
I fly beyond the western "sea,
Thy swifter hand would first arrive,
And there arrest thy fugitive.
9 Or should I try to shun" thy sight
Beneath the spreading veil of night,
One glance of thine, one piercing ray,
Would kindle darkness into day.
10 * O may these thoughts possess my breast,
' Where'er I rove, where'er I rest!
* Nor let my weaker passions dare
1 Consent to sin, for God is there.'
PAUSE IF.
11 The veil of night is no disguise,
No screen from thy all-searching eyes;
Thy hand can *eize thy foes as soon
Thro' midnight-shades as blazing noon.
12 Midnight and noon in this agree,
Great God, they're both alike to thee :
Not death can hide what God will spy,
And hell lies naked to his eye.
13 ■ O may these thouehts possess my breast,
* Where'er I rove, where'er I rest* !
* Nor let my weaker passions dare
' Consent to sin, for God is there.'
H. Bedford 91, London 180, Ann's 58.
(Psalm 139. 1st Part. C. M.)
God is every-ichere.
1 TN all my vast concerns with thee
A In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee
The notice of thine eye.
2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys
My rising and my rest,
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.
3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord
Before they're form'd within;
4 O wond'rous knowledge deep and high !
Where can a creature hide i
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Beset oh every side.
5 So let thy grace surround me still,
And like a bulwark prove,
To guard my soul from everv ill,
Secur'd by sovereign love.'
Bedford 91. PAUSE. London 180.
6 Lord, where shall guilty souls r<-tire,
Forgotten and unknown]
In hell they meet thy dreadful fire,
In heaven thy glorious throne.
7 Should I suppress my vital breath
To 'scape the wraih divine,
Thy voice would break the bars of death,
And make the grave resign.
8 Ifwing'd with beams of morning-light,
I fly beyond the west,
Tir. hand' which must support my flight,
Wou'd soon betray my rest.
9 If o'er my sins I think to draw
The curtains of the night,
Those flaming eyes that guard thy law
Would turn the shades to light."
10 The beams of noon, the midnight-hour,
Are both alike to thee :
O may I ne'er provoke that power
From which I cannot flee !
19. Aynhoe 108, Sutton 149, Simon's 256.
(Hymn 80. B. 2. S. M.)
God's awful Power and Goodness,
THE almighty Lord!
How matchless is his power !
Tremble, O earth, beneath his word,
And all the heavens adore.
2 Let proud imperious kings
Bow low before his throne,
Crouch to his feet, ve haughtv thins?,
Or he shall tread you down.
3 Above the skies he reigns,
And with amazing blows
He deals unsufferable pains
On his rebellious foes.
4 Yet, everlasting God,
We love to speak thy praise;
Thy sceptre's equal to thy rod,
The sceptre ot thy grace.
5 The arms of mighty love
Defend our Sion well,
And heavenly mercy walls us round
From Babylon and Hell.
6 Salvation to the Kinar
That sits enthron'd above ;
Thus we adore the God of might.
And bless the God of love.
13- Tunbridgc 103, Cambridge 74.
(Psalm 66. 1st Part. C. M.)
Governing Power and Goodness ; or, cur
Graces tried by Affliction.
1 ^ING, alive nations, to the Lord,
•O Sing with a joyful noise;
With melody of sound record
His honours, and your joys.
2 Say to the power that shakes the skv,
• How terrible art thou !
1 Sinners before thy presence fly,
• Or at thy feet they bow.'
3 [Come, see the wonders of our God,
How glorious are his ways !
In Moses' hand he puts his" rod,
And cleaves the frighted seas.
4 He made the ebbine channel dry,
While Israel passrd the flood;
There did the church besjin their jov,
And triumph in their God.]
B 2
14,15
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
16, 17, 18
5 He rules by his resistless might:
Will rebel-mortals dare
Provoke th' Eternal to the fight,
And tempt that dreadful war?
C O bless our God, and never cease;
Ye saints, fulfil his praise ;
He keeps our life, maintains our peace,
And guides our doubtful ways.
7 Lord, thou hastprov'd our suffering souls,
To make our graces shine ;
So silver bears the burning coals
The metal to refine.
S Thro' wat'ry deeps and fiery ways
We march at thy command.
Led to possess the promis'd place
By thine unerring hand.
14» Devizes 14, Evans's 190, Miall 240,
(Psalm 33. 2d Part. C. M.)
Creatures vain, and God all' sufficient.
1 T> LEST is the nation where the Lord
J3 Hath fix'd his gracious throne ;
Where he reveals his heavenly word,
And calls their tribes his own.
2 His eye, with infinite survey,
Does the whole world behold :
He form'd us all of equal clay,
And knows our feeble mould.
3 Kings are not rescued by the force
Of armies from the grave;
Nor speed nor courage of an horse
Can the bold rider save.
4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men
To hope for safety thence ;
But holy souls from God obtain
A strong and sure defence.
5 God is their fear, and God their trust;
When plagues or famine spread,
His watchful eye secures the just
Amongst ten thousand dead.
C Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice,
And bless us from thy throne ;
For we have made thy word our choice,
And trust thy grace alone.
15. Old 113th 215, Newcourl 173.
(Psalm 33. 2d Part. As the 11 3th Psalm.)
Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient.
1 f\ HAPPY nation, where the Lord
\J Reveals the treasure of his word,
And builds his church, his earthly throne !
His eye the heathen world surveys^
He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways ;
But God their maker is unknown.
2 Let kings rely upon their host?
And of his strength the champion boast;
In vain they boast, in vain rely ;
In vain we trust the brutal force,
Or speed, or courage of an horse,
To guard his rider, or to fly.
S The eye of thy compassion, Lord,
Doth more secure defence afford,
When death or dangers threat'ning stand :
Thy watchful eye preserves the just,
Who make thy name their fear and trust,
When wars or famine waste the land.
4 In sickness or the bloody field,
Thou our physician, thou our shield,
Send us salvation from thy throne;
We wait to see thy goodness shine ;
Let us rejoice in help divine,
For all our hope is God alone.
Ifi. AngeVs Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 2S,
Paul's 246.
(Hymn 22. B. 2. L, M.)
With God is terrible Majesty.
1 mERRIBLE God, that reign'st on high*
X How awful is thy thunSering hand!
Thy fiery bolts ho.v fierce they fly !
Nor can all earth or hell withstand.
2 This the old rebel-angels knew,
And Satan fell beneath thy frown:
Thing arrows struck the traitor through,
And weighty vengeance sunk him down*
3 This Sodom felt, and feels it still,
And roars beneath th' eternal load,
' With endless burnings who can dwell,
' Or bear the fury of a God !'
4 Tremble, ye sinners, and submit,
Throw down your arms before his throne,
Bend your heads low beneath his feet,
Or his strong hand shall crush you down*
5 And ye, bless'd saints, that love him too,
With reverence bow before his name,
Thus all his heavenly servants do :
God is a bright and burning flame.
17. Martin's Lane 67, Jennings's 123.
(Psalm 113. Proper Tune.)
The Majesty and Condescension of God,
1 ~\TE that delight to serve the Lord,
X The honours of hi.« name record,
His sacred name for ever bless :
Where'er the circling sun displays
His rising beams, or setting rays,
Let lands and seas his power confess.
2 Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds,
Can give his vast dominion bounds,
The heavens are far below his height*
Let no created greatness dare
With our eternal God compare,
Arm'd with his uncreated might.
And bends his care to mortal things;
His sovereign hand exalts the poor,
He takes the needy from the door,
And makes them company for kings.
4 When childless families despair,
He sends the blessing of an heir
To rescue their expiring name:
The mother with a thankful voice
Proclaims his praises and her joys:
Let every age advance his fame.
18* Bromley 104, Mark's 65, Rowlcsli.
(Psalm 113. L. M.)
God Sovereign and Gracious.
1 X7"E servants of th' almighty King,
X In every age his praises sing ;
Where'er the sun shall rise or set,
The nations shall his praise repeat.
2 Above the earth, beyoud the sky,
Stands his high throne of majesty:
Nor time, nor place, his power restrain,
Nor bound his universal reign.
3 Which of the sons of Adam dare,
Or angels, with their God compare!
His glories how divinely bright,
Who dwells in uncreated light!
4 Behold his love: he stoops to view
What saints above and angels do ;
And condescends yet more to know
The mean affairs of men below.
19,20
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
21, 22
5 From dust and cottages obscure,
His grace exalts the humble poor;
Gives them the honour of his sons,
And fits them for their heavenly thrones.
6 rA word of his creating- voice
Can make the barren house rejoice :
Tho' Sarah's ninety years were past,
The promis'd seed is born at last.
7 Wkh jov the mother views her son,
And tells the wonders God has done :
Faith raav grow strong when sense despairs.
If nature' fails, the promise bears.]
19. Abridge 201, Brighthelmstone 208.
(Hymn 99. B. 2. CM.)
The Book of God's Decrees.
1 T ET the whole race of creatures lie
JLi Abas'd before their God :
Whate'er his Sovereign voice hath form'd
He governs with a nod.
2 [Ten thousand ages ere the skies
Were into motion brought,
All the long vears and worlds to come
Stood present to his thought.
3 There's not a sparrow or a worm
But's found in his decrees;
He raises monarchs to their thrones,
And sinks them as he please.]
4 If light attends the course I run,
Tis he provides those rays :
And 'tis his hand that hide's my sun,
If darknoss cloud my days,
j Yet 1 would not be much concern'd,
Nor vainly lone to see
The volume of his deep decrees,
What months are writ for me.
6 When he reveals the book of life,
O may I read my name
Amongst the chosen of his love,
TheTollowers of the Lamb !
20- Henley 38, Mansfield 154, Finsbury 155
(P*alm 8. S. M.)
1 f\ LORD, our heavenly King,
\J Thy name is all divine ;
Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.
2 When to thy works on high
I raise my wondering eyes,
And see the" moon complete in light
Adorn the darksome skies :
3 When I survey the stars,
And all their shining forms,
Lord, what is man, that worthless thing,
A-kin to dust and worms?
4 Lord, what is worthless man,
That thou should'st love him so ?
Next to thine an?els is he plac'd,
And Lord of all below.
5 Thine honour? crown his head,
While beasts like slaves obey,
And birds that cut the air with wings,
And fish that cleave the sea.
6 How rich thy bounties are !
And wond'rous are thy ways:
Of dust and worms thy power can frame
A monument of praise.
7 [Out of the mouths of babes
And sucklings thou canst draw
Surprising honours to thy name,
And strike the world with awe.
8 O Lord, our heaveuly King,
Tin name is ail divine :
Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shine.]
21. Old Hundred 100, Green's 89.
(Hymn 70. B. 2. L. M.)
God's Dominion over the Sea, Ps. cvii. 23, &c.
1 fi OD of the seas, thy thundering voice
\Jf Makes all the roaring waves rejoice,
And one soft word of thy command
Can sink them silent in the sand.
2 If but a Moses wave thy rod,
The sea divides and owns its God;
The stormy floods their Maker knew,
And let his'chosen armies through.
3 The scaly flocks amidst the sea
To thee "their Lord a tribute pay ;
The meanest fish that swims the flood
Leaps up, and means a praise to God,
4 [The larger monsters of the deep,
On thy commands attendance keep,
By thy permission sport and play,
And cleave along their foaming way.
5 If God his voice of tempest rears
Leviathan lies still and fears.
Anon he lifts his nostrils high,
And spouts the ocean to the sky.]
6 How is thy glorious power ador'd,
Amidst those wat'rv nations, Lord!
Yet the bold meu that trace the seas,
Bold men, refuse their Maker's praise.
7 ["What scenes of miracle they see,
And never tune a song to thee!
While on the flood they safely ride,
They curse the hand that smooths the tide.
8 Anon theypluuge in wat'ry graves,
And some drink death among the waves:
Yet the surviving crew blaspheme,
Nor own the God that rescu'd them.]
9 O for some signal of thine hand,
Shake all the sea?, Lord, shake the land,
Great Judge, descend, lest men deny
That there's a God that rules the sky.
22* James's 163, Ann's 58.
(Hymn 115. B.2. C M.)
God the Avenger of his Saints; or, his King*
dom Supreme.
1 TTIGH as the heavens above the srround
H Reigns the Creator, God ;
Wide as the whole creation's bound
Extends his awful rod.
2 Let princes of exalted state
To him ascribe their crown,
Render their homage at his ieet,
And cast their glories down.
3 Know that his kingdom is supreme,
Your lofty thoughts are vain ;
He calls you gods, that awful name,
But ye must die like men.
4 Then let the sovereigns of the globe
Not dare to vex the just;
He puts on vengeance like a robe,
And treads the worms to dust.
B3
23, 24, 25
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
26,27
5 Ye judges of the earth, be wise,
And think on heaven with fear;
The meanest saint that you despise
Has an avenger there.
23* Abridge 201, London ISO, Charmouih 28.
(Hymn 86. B. I. C. M.)
God holy, just, and sovereign, Job ix. 2 — 10.
HOW should the sons of Adam's race
Be pure before their God I
If he contend in riffhte tusness
We fall beneath his rod.
S To vindicate my words and thoughts
111 make no more, pretence;
Not one of all my thousand faults
Can bear a just defence.
3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise;
What vain presumers dare
Against their Maker's hand to rise,
Or tempt th' unequal war?
4 [Mountains by his almighty wrath
From their old seats are torn ;
He shakes the earth from south to north,
And all her pillars mourn.
5 He bids the sun forbear to rise,
Th' obedient sun forbears :
His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies
And seals up all the stars.
6 He walks upon the stormy sea,
Flies on the stormy wind ;
There's none can trace his wond'rous way,
Orhis dark footsteps find.]
OJL. Milbourn Port 183, Arlington 17, Elim 151.
(Psalm 145. vtr. 7, &c 2d Part. C. M.)
The Goodness of God.
1 ^WEET is the memory of thy grace,
^ My God, my heavenly King ;
Let age to age thy righteousness
In sounds of glory sing.
2 God reigns on high, but not confines
His goodness to the skies;
Thro' the whole earth his bounty shines
And every want supplies.
3 With longing eyes thy creatures wait
On thee for daily food,
Thy lib'ral hand provides their meat
And fills their mouths with good.
4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord!
How slow thine anger moves !
But soon he sends his pardoning word
To cheer the souls he loves.
5 Creatures with all their endless race,
Thy power and praise proclaim ;
But saints that taste thy richer grace
Delight to bless thy name.
25, Ulverston 179, Portugal 97, Bredby 165,
omitting 1th Verse.
(Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. L. M.)
Blessing God for his Goodness to Souland Body.
1 T> LESS, O my soul, the living God,
JL3 Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad ;
Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.
2 Bles<=, O my soul, the God of grace;
His favours claim thv highest praise;
Why should the wonders he hath wrought
Be lost in silence and forgot?
3 'Tis he, mv soul, that sent his Son
To die for'crin.es which thou hast done;
He owns the ransom; and forgives
The hourly follies of our lives.
4 The vices of the mind he heals,
And cures the pains that nature feels ;
Redeems the sou! from hell, and saves
Our wasting life from threat'ning graves.
5 Our youth decay'd his power repairs;
His mercy crowns our growing years;
He satisfies our mouth with good,
And fills our hopes with heavenly food.
6 He sees the oppressor and the opprest,
And often gives the sufferers rest;
But will his justice more display
In the last great rewarding day.
7 [His power he shew'd by Moses' hands,
And gave to Israel his commands;
But sent his truth and mercy down
To all the nations by his Son.
8 Let the whole earth his power confess,
Let the whole earth adore his grace ;
The Gentile with the Jew shall join
In work and worship so divine.]
26- Stockport 47, Enfield 5, Eagle Street New 5 5.
(Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. S. M.)
Praise for spiritual and temporal Mercies.
1 f\ Bless the Lor.!, my soul ;
y~r Let all within mo join,
And aid my tongue to bless his name,
Whose favours are divine'.
2 O bless the Lord, my soul;
Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in un thankfulness,
And without praises die.
3 'Tis he forgives thy sins,
'Tis he relieves thy pain,
'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses,
And makes thee young again.
4 He crowns thy life with love,
When ransom'd from the grave;
He that redcem'd my soul from hell,
Hath sovereign power to save.
5 He fills the poor with good;
He gives the sufferers rest ;
The Lord hath judgments for the proud
And justice for th' opprest.
6 His wond'rous works and ways
He made by Moses known;
But sent the world his truth and grace,
By his beloved Son.
27. Wells 102, Marks 65.
(Hymn 46. B. 2. L. M.)
God's Condescension to Human Affairs.
1 TTP to the Lord that reigns on high,
\J And views the nations from afar,
Lei everlasting praises fly,
And tell how large his bo'unties are.
2 [He that can shake the worlds he made,
Or with his word or with his rod,
His goodness how amazing great !
And what a condescending God !]
3 [God that must stoop to view the skies,
And bow to see what angels do,
Down to our earth he casts his eyes,
And bends his footsteps downward too.]
4 He over-rules all mortal things,
And manages our mean affairs;
On humble souls the King of kings
Bestows his counsels and bis cares.
5 Our sorrows and our tears we pour
Into the bosom of our God,
He hears us in the mournful hour,
And helps us bear the heavy load.
28,29
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
30,31
6 In vain might lofty princes try
Such condescension to perform;
For worms were never rais'd so high
Above their meanest fellow-worm.
7 O conid our thankful hearts devise
A tribute equal to thy grace,
To the third heaven our songs should rise,
And teach the golden harps thy praise.
%Q. Chard 175, Wells 102.
(Psalm 687 ver. 1—6, 32—35. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Vengeance and Compassion of God.
j JET God arise in air his might,
XJ And put the troops of hellto flight,
As smoke that sought to cloud the skies
Before the rising tempest flies.
2 [He comes array'd in burning flames;
~ Justice and vengeance are his names;
Behold his fainting foes evpire
Like melting wax before the fire.]
3 He rides and thunders thro' the sky ;
His name Jehovah sounds on high :
Sing to his name, ye sons of grace;
Ye saints rejoice before his face.
4 The widow and the fatherless
Flv to his aid in sharp distress;
In him the poor and helpless find
A judge that's just, a father kind.
5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain,
And prisoners see the light again;
But rebels, that dispute his will,
Shall dwell in chains and darkness still.
Chard 175. PAUSE. Wells 102.
6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong;
Crown him, ye nations, in your song:
His wonderous names and powers rehearse;
His honours shall enrich your verse.
7 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms;
How terrible is God in arms!
In Israel are his mercies known,
Israel is his peculiar throne.
8 Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest;
He's your defence, your joy, your rest;
When terrors rise and nations faint,
Gcd is the strength of every saint.
29. Canterbury 199, London 180.
(Hymn 42, B. 1. C. M.)
Divine Wrath and Mercy, Nahum i. 2, &c.
1 A DORE and tremble, for our God
J\ Is a consuming fire * ;
His jealous eyes his wrath inflame,
And raise his vengeance higher.
2 Almighty vengeance how it burns !
How brighfhis fury glows!
Vase magazines of plagues and storms
Lie treasur'd for his foes.
3 Those heaps of wrath by slow degrees
Are forced into a flame,
But kindled, O how fierce they blaze!
And rend all Nature's frame.
4 At his approach the mountains flee,
And seek a watery grave ;
The frighted sea makes haste away,
And shrinks up every wave.
5 Thro' the wide air the weighty rocks
Are swift as hail-stones hurl'd:
Who dares engage his fiery rage
That shakes the solid world 7
* Heb. xii. 29.
6 Yet, mighty God, thy sovereign grace
Sits regent on the throne,
The refuge of thy chosen race
When wrath comes rushing down.
7 Thy hand shall on rebellious kings
A fierv tempest pour,
While we beneath thy sheltering wings
Thy just revenge adore.
30. Harborovgh 142, Broderip's 252.
(Psalm 103. ver. 8— 18. 2d Part. S. M.)
Abounding Compassion of God; or, Mercy in
the midst of Judgment.
1 1VTY soul, repeat his praise
IxJL Whose mercies are so great;
Whose anger is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
2 God will not always chide ;
And when his strokes are felt,
His strokes are fewer than our crimes,
And lighter than our guilt.
3 High as the heavens are rais'd
Above the ground we tread,
So far the riches of his grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.
4 His power subdues our sins;
And his forgiving love,
Far as tfce east is from the west,
Doth all our guilt remove.
5 The pity of the Lord
To those that fear his name,
Is such as tender parents feel ;
He knows our feeble frame.
6 He knows we are but dust,
Scatter'd with every breath;
His angrer, like a rising wind,
Can send us swift to death.
7 Our days are as the grass,
Or like the morning flower ;
If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field,
It withers in an hour.
8 But thy compassions, Lord,
To endless years endure ;
And children's children ever find
Thy words of promise sure.
31- Ulverston 179, Portugal 97.
(Psalm 103. ver. 8—18. 2d Part. L. M.)
God's gentle Chastisement ; or, his tender
Mercy to his People.
1 FT1HE Lord, how wonderous are his ways!
A How firm his truth ! how large his grace
He takes his mercy for his throne,
And thence he makes his glories known.
2 Not half so high his power hath spread
Tue starry heavens above our head,
As his rich love exceeds our praise,
Exceeds the highest hopes we raise.
3 Not half so far hath nature plac'd
The rising morning from the west,
As his forgiving srrace removes
The daily guiit oT those he loves.
4 How slowly doth his wrath arise !
On swifter wings salvation flies;
And if he lets his anger burn,
How soon his frowns to pity turn!
5 Amidst his wrath compassion shines;
His strokes are lighter than our sins ;
And while his rod corrects his saints.
His ear indulges their complaints,
B4
32, 33
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
34, 35, 36
i. So fathers their young: sons chastise,
With gentle hand and melting eyes ;
The children weep beneath the smart,
And move the pity of their heart.
PAUSE.
7 The mighty God, the wise, and just,
Knows Ihat our frame is feeble dust ;
And will no heavy loads impose
Beyond the strength that he bestows.
8 He knows how soon our nature dies,
Blasted by every wind that flies;
Like grass we spring, and die as soon,
Or morning flowers that fade at noon.
9 But his eternal love is sure-
To all the saints, and shall endure :
From age to age his truth shall reign,
Nor children's children hope in vain.
32- Milbourn Port 183, Arlingtonll, ElimlSl.
(Psalm 145. ver. 14, 17, &c.3d Part. C. M.)
Mercy to Sufferers ; or, God hearing Prayer.
1 T ET every tongue thy goodness speak,
.Li Thou sovereign Lord of all ;
Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak,
And raise the poor that fall.
2 When sorrow bows the spirit down,
Or virtue lies distrest
Beneath some proud oppressor's frown,
Thou giv'st the mourners rest.
3 The Lord supports our tottering days,
And guides our giddy youth;
Holy and just are all his ways,
And all his words are truth.
4 He knows the pains his servants feel,
He hears his children cry,
And their best wishes to fulfil
His grace is ever nigh.
5 His mercy never shall remove
From men of heart sincere;
He saves the souls whose humble love
Is join'd with holy fear.
6 [His stubborn foes his sword shall slay,
And pierce their hearts with pain ;
But none that serve the Lord shah say,
* They sought his aid in vain.'J
7 [My lips shall dwell upon his praise,
And spread his fame abroad;
Let all the sons of Adam raise
The honours of their God.]
33. Ba ngor 231, Walsal 237, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 142. C. M.)
God is the Hope of the Helpless.
1 FT^O God I made my sorrows known,
A From God I sought relief;
In long complaints before his throne
I pour'd out all my grief.
2 My soul was overwhelm'd with woes,
My heart began to break ;
My God, who all my burdens knows,
He knows the way I take.
3 On every side I cast mine eye,
An 1 found my helpers gone,
While friends and strangers pass'd me by
Neglected or unknown.
4 Then did 1 raise a louder cry,
And call'd thy mercy near,
Thou art my portion when I die,
' Be thou my refuge here.'
5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low,
Now let thine ear attend,
And make my foes who vex me know
Pve an almighty Friend.
6 From my sad prison set me free,
Then shall I praise thy name,
And holy men shall join with me
Thy kindness to proclaim.
34« Devizes 14, Milbourn Port 1&3, MechaeVs
119.
(Psalm 89. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Faithfulness of God.
1 "IX/TY never-ceasing song shall show
iTL The mercies of the Lord,
And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.
2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce
Shall firm as heaven endure;
And if he speak a promise once,
Th' eternal grace is sure.
3 How long the race of David held
The promis'd Jewish throne !
But there's a nobler covenant seal'd
To David's greater Son.
4 His seed for ever shall possess
A throne above the skies ;
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.
5 Lord God of Hosts, thy wonderous ways
Are sung by saints above ;
And saints on earth their honours raise
To thine unchanging love.
35* Chard 175, Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8.
(Psalm 146. L. M.)
Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth.
1 T> RAISE ye the Lord, my heart shall joiu
X In work so pleasant, so divine,
Now, while the flesh is mine abode,
And when my soul ascends to God.
2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers,
While immortality endures;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life and thought, and being last.
3 Why should I make a man my trust?
Princes must die and turn to dust;
Their breach departs, their pomp and powei
And thoughts, all vanish in an hour.
4 Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God: he made the sky,
And earth and seas with all their train,
And none shall find his promise vain.
5 His truth for ever stands secure ;
He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor;
He sends the labouring conscience peace,
And grants the prisoner sweet release.
6 The lord hath eyes to give the blind ;
The Lord supports the sinking mind;
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless.
7 He loves his saints, he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell;
Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns;
Praise him in everlasting strains.
36* Newcovrt 173, Jennings's 123, Martin* $'
Lane 67.
(Psalm 146. As the 113 Psalm.)
Praise to God for his Goodness and Truth.
1 T'LL praise my Maker with my breath ;
A And when my voice is lost in death
Praise shall employ my nobler powers:
My davs of praise shall ne'er be past
While life and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
37,38
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
39,40
2 Why should I make a man my trust?
Princes must die and turn to dust;
Vain is the help of flesh and blood:
Their breath departs, their pomp and power,
And thoughts all vanish in an hour,
Nor can they make their promise good.
3 Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God : he made the sky,
And earth and seas with all their train;
His truth for ever stands secure ;
He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor,
And none shall find his promise vain.
4 The lord hath eves to give the blind;
The Lord supports the sinking mind ;
He sends the labouring conscience peace:
He helps the stranger in distress,
The widow and the fatherless,
And grants the prisoner sweet release.
5 He loves his saints; he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell;
Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns:
Let every tongue, let every age,
In this exalted work engage;
Praise him in everlasting strains.
6 I'll praise him while he lends me breath,
And when my voice is lost in death
Praise shall employ my nobler powers :
Mv days of praise shall ne'er be past
While life and thought and being last,
Or immortality endures.
37. Miall 240, Bath Chapelt, Great Milton 212
(Psalm 111. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Perfections of God.
1 f*i REAT is the Lord ; his works of might
vJT Demand our noblest songs;
Let his assembled saints unite
Their harmony of tongues.
2 Great is the mercy of the Lord,
He gives his children food ;
And ever mindful of his word,
He makes his promise good.
3 His Son, the great Redeemer, came
To seal his covenant sure:
Holy and reverend is his name,
His ways are just and pure.
4 They that would grow divinely wise
Must with his fear begin;
Our fairest proof of knowledge lies
In hating every sin.
38. Tunbridge 103, Bedford 91, London 180.
(Hymn 166. B. 2. C. M.)
The Divine Perfections.
1 TJTOW shall I praise th' eternal God,
XI That infinite Unknown?
Who can ascend his high abode,
Or venture near his throne ?
2 [The great invisible ! He dwells -
Conceal'd in dazzling light;
But his all-searching eye reveals
The secrets of the night.
3 Those watchful eyes that never sleep
Survey the world around;
His wisdom is a boundless deep
Where all our thoughts are drown'd.]
4 [Speak we of strength! His arm is strong
To save or to destroy :
Infinite years his life prolong,
And endless is his joy.]
5 [He knows no shadow of a change,
Nor alters his decrees;
Firm as a rock his truth remains
To guard his promises.]
6 [Sinners before his presence die;
How holy is his name!
His anger and his jealousy
Burn like devouring flame.]
7 Justice upon a dreadful throne
Maintains the rights of God ;
While mercy sends her pardons down,
Bought with a Saviour's blood.
8 Now to my soul, immortal King,
Speak some forgiving word;
Then 'twill be double joy to sing
The glories of my Lord.
39. Gloucester 12, Chard 175.
(Hymn 167. B. 2. L. M.)
The Divine Perfections.
1 |~1 REAT God, thy glories shall employ
VT My holy fear,"my humble joy;
Mv lips in songs of honour bring
Their tribute to th' eternal King.
2 [Earth and the stars and worlds unknown
Depend precarious on his throne ;
All nature hangs upon his word,
And grace and~glory own their Lord.]
3 [His sovereign power what mortal knows!
If he command who dares oppose?
With strength he girds himself around,
And treads the rebels to the ground.]
4 [Who shall pretend to teach him skill ?
Or guide the counsels of his will ?
His wisdom like a sea divine
Flows deep and high beyond our line.]
5 [His name is holy, and his eye
Burns with immortal jealousy ;
He hates the sons of pride, and sheds
His fiery vengeance on their heads.]
6 [The beamings of his piercing sight
Bring dark hypocrisy to light ;
Death and destruction naked lie,
And hell uncover'd to his eye.]
7 [Th' eternal law before him stands ;
His justice with impartial hands
Divides to all their due reward,
Or by the sceptre or the sword.]
8 [His mercy like a boundless sea
Washes our loads of guilt away,
While his own Son came down and dy'<2
T' eng.ige his justice on our side.]
9 [Each of his words demands my faith,
My soul can re;-t on all he saith;
His truth inviolably keeps
The largest promise of his lips.]
10 O tell me with a gentle voice
Thou art mm God, and I'll rejoice!
Fill'd with thy love, I dare proclaim
The brightest honours of thy name.
40. Old Hundred 100, Rowles 73.
(Hymn 168. B. 2. L. M.)
The same.
1 TEHOVAH reigns, his throne is high,
cl His robes are light and majesty;
His glory shines with beams so bright
No mortal can sustain the sight.
2 His terrors keep the world in awe,
His justice guards his holy law,
His love reveals a smiling face,
His truth and promise seal the grace.
3 Through all his works his wisdom shines,
And baffles Satan's deep designs;
His power is sovereign to fulfil
The noblest counsels of his will.
B5
41, 42
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
43,44
4 And will this glorious Lord descend
To be my father and my friend !
Then let my songs with angels join;
Heaven is secure if God be mine.
41* Portsmouth 144, Resurrection 72.
(Hymn 169. B. 2. I48lh M.)
The same.
1 rpHF, Lord Jehovah reigns,
J. His throne is built on high ;
The garments he assumes
Are light and majesty;
His glories shine
"With beams so bright
No mortal eye
Can bear the sight.
2 The thunders of his hand
Keep the wide world in awe;
His wrath and justice stand
To guard his holy law ;
And where his love
Resolves to blf ss,
His truth confirms
And seals the grace.
3 Thro' all his ancient works
Surprising wisdom shines,
Confounds the powers of hell,
And breaks then* curs'd designs :
Strong is bis arm.
And shall fulfil
His great decrees,
His sovereign will.
4 And can this mighty King
Of glory condescend ?
And will he write his name,
1 My Father and my Friend?*
I love his name,
I love his word ;
Join all my powers,
And praise the Lord.
4f2- Paul's 246, Dresden 178.
(Hymn 170. B. 2. L. M.)
God incomprehensible and Sovereign.
j f^AN creatures to perfection find *
V> Th' eternal uncreated mind ?
Or can the largest stretch of thought
Measure and search his nature out'.'
2 Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell,
And what can mortals know or tell?
His glory spreads beyond the sky,
And all the shining worlds on high.
3 But man, vain man, would fain be wise,
Born like a wild young colt he flies
Thro' ail the follies of his mind, '
And swells, and snuffs the empty wind.
4 God is a King of power unknown,
Firm are the orders of his throne ;
If he resohe, who dares oppose,
Or ask him why, or what he does?
3 He wounds the heart, and he makes whole;
He calms the tempest of the soul ;
When he shuts up in long despair
Who can remove the heavy bar?
« t He frowns, and darkness veils the moon,
The fainting sun grow6 dim at noon ;
It The pillars of heav'n's starry roof
Tremble and start at his reproof.
* Job. xi. 7. t Job. xxv. 5.
ft Job, xxvi. 11, &c.
7 He gave the vaulted heaven its form,
The crooked serpent, and the worm ;
He breaks the billows with his breath,
And smites the sons of pride to death.
8 These are a portion of his ways,
But who sha.ll dare describe his face?
Who can endure his light? or stand
To hear the thunders of his hand ?
43- Tunbridge 103, Abridge 201, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 87. B. 2. C. M.)
The Divine Glories above our Reason.
1 TTOW wonderousgreat, how glorious bright
XX Must our Creator be,
Who dwells amidst the dazzling light
Of vast infinity !
2 Our soaring spirits upward rise
Tow'rd the celestial throne,
Fain would we see the blessed Three,
And the Almighty One.
3 Our reason stretches all its wings,
And climbs above the skies ;
But still how far beneath thy feet
Our groveling i\ ason lies!
4 [Lord, here we bend our humble souls,
And awfully adore,
For the weak pinions of our mind
Can stretch a thought no more.]
5 Thy glories infinitely rise
Above our labouring tongue;
In vain the highest seraph tries
To form an equal song.
6 [In humble notes our faith adores
The great mysterious King,
While angels strain their nobler powers,
And sweep th' immortal string.]
44. Abridge 201, Bedford 91, James's 163.
(Psa!m 36. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9. C. M.)
Practical Atheism exposed ; or, the Being and
Attributes of God asserted.
ILE men grow bold in wic'
And yet a God they own,
My heart within me often says,
' Their thoughts believe there's none.'
2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare
(Whate'er their lips profess)
God hath no wrath for them to fear,
Nor will they seek his grace.
3 WThat strange self-flattery blinds their eyes!
But there's an hast'ning hour
When they shall see with sore surprise
The terrors of thy power.
4 Thy justice shall maintain its throne,
Tho' mountains melt away ;
Thy judgments are a world unknown,
A deep unfathom'd sea.
5 Above the heavens created rounds,
Thy mercies, Lord, extend ;
Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds
Where time and nature end.
6 Safety to man thy goodness brings,
Nor overlooks the beast;
Beneath the shadow of thy wings
Thy children choose to rest.
7 [From thee, when creature-streams run low,
And mortal comforts die,
Perpetual springs of life shall flow,
And raise our pleasures high.
8 Tho' all created light decay,
And death close up our eyes,
Thy presence makes eternal day
Where clouds can never Tise.]
45,46
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
47, 48, 40
45. Aynhoe 108, Simon's 250, Broderip's 2 2.
(Psalm 36. ver. 1—7. S. M.)
The Wickedness of Man, and the Majesty of
God; or, practical Atheism exposed.
1 ■\TI7~HEN man grows bold in sin,
TY My heart within me cries,
1 He hath nb faith of God within,
Nor fear before his eyes.'
2 [He walks awhile conceal'd
In a self-flattering dream,
Till his dark crimes at once reveal'd
Expose his hateful name.]
3 His heart is false and foul,
His words are smooth and fair;
Wisdom is banish'd from his soul,
And leaves no goodness there.
4 He plots upon his bed
New mischiefs to fulfil;
He sets his heart, and hand, and head,
To practise all that's ill.
5 But there's a dreadful God,
Tho' men renounce his fear;
His justice hid behind the cloud
Shall one great day appear.
C His truth transcends the sky ;
la heaven his mercies dwell;
Deep as the sea his judgments lie,
His anger burns to hell.
7 How excellent his love,
Whence all our safety springs !
O never let my soul remove
From underneath his wings.
4g. Wareham 117, Hotham 224.
(Psalm 115. 1st. M.)
The true God our Refuge; or, Idolatry re-
proved.
1 "VTOT to ourselves, who are but dust,
±S Not to ourselves is glory due,
Eternal God, thou only just,
Thou only gracious, wise and true.
2 Shine forth in all thy dreadful name;
Why should a heathen's haughty tongue
Insult us, and to raise our shame "[long !'
Say, ' YA here's the God you've serv'd so
3 The God we serve maintains his throne
Above the clouds, beyond the skies,
Thro' all the earth his will is done,
He knows our groans, he hears our cries.
4 But the vain idols they adore
Are senseless shapes of stone and wood;
At best a mass of glittering ore,
A silver saint, or golden god.
5 [With ejes and ears they carve their head,
Deaf are their ears, their e\es are blied;
In vain are costly offerings' made,
And vows are scatter'd in the wind.
6 Their feet were never m ide to move,
Nor hands to sa\e when mortals pray ;
Mortals that pay them fear or love
Seem to be blind and deaf as they.]
7 O Israel, make the Lord thy hope,
Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest;
The Lord shall build thy ruin's up,
And bless the people and the priest.
£ The dead no more can speak thy praise,
They dwell in silence and the grave ;
But we shall live to sing ihy grace,
And tell the world thy power to save.
47. Oxford 177, Irish 171, Providence
College 10.
(Psalm 135. C. M.)
Praise due to God, not to Idols.
1 A WAKE, ye saints; to praise your King,
xjL Your sweetest passions raise,
Your pious pleasure, while you sing,
Increasing with the praise.
2 Great is the Lord ; and works unknown
Are his divine employ;
But still his saints are near his throne,
His treasure and his joy.
3 Heaven, earth, and sea, confess his hand;
He bids the vapours rise;
Lightning and storm at his command
Sweep thro' the sounding skies.
4 All power that gods or kings have claimM,
Is found with him alone;
But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd
Where our Jehovah's known.
5 Which of the stacks or stones they trust
Can give them showers of rain ?
In vain they worship glittering dust,
And pray to gold in "vain.
6 [Their gods have tongues that cannot talk,
Such as their makers gave:
Their feet were ne'er design'd to walk,
Nor hands have power to save.
7 Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf,
Nor hear when mortals pray;
Mortals, that wait for their relief,
Are blind and deaf as they.]
8 O Britain, know thy living God,
Serve him with faith and fear;
He makes thy chur. lies his abode,
And claims" thine honours there.
48. Stockport 47, Enfield 5, FJim 151.
(Psalm 103, ver. 19—22. 3d Part. S. M.)
God's universal Dominion ; or, Angels praise
the Lord.
1 fTlHE Lord, the sovereign Kins-,
A Hath fix'd his throne on high;
O'er all the heaven y world he rules,
And all beneath tile sky.
2 Y'e angels, great in might,
And swift to do his will,
Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear,
Whose pleasure ye fulfil.
3 Let the bright hosts who wait
The ort'ers of their Kingr,
And guard his churches when they pray,
Join in the praise they sing.
4 While all his wonderous works,
Thro' his vast kingdom shew
Their maker's glory, thou, my soul,
Shalt sing his graces too.
4Q. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Hymn 27. B. 2. L. M.J
Praise ye him, all his Angels, Fs. cxlviii. 2.
1 pOD! the eternal awful name
VT That the whole heavenly army fears,
That shakes th wide creation's frame,
And Satan trembles when he hears.
2 Like flames of fire his servants are,
And light surrounds his dwelling-place;
But, O ye fiery flames, declare
The brighter glories of his face.
3 Tis not for such poor worms as we
To speak so infinite a thing,
But your immortal eyes survey
The beauties of your sovereign King.
B6
50,51
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
4 Tell how lie shews his smiling face,
And clothes all heaven in bright array ;
Triumph and joy run thro' the place,
And songs eternal as the day.
5 Speak, (for you feel his burnin? love)
What zeal it spreads through aft your frame :
That sacred fire dwells all above,
For we on earth have lost the name.
6 [Sing- of his power and justice too,
That infinite right hand of his
That vanquished Satan and his crew,
And thunder drove them down from bliss.]
7 [What mighty storms of poison'd darts
Were hurl'd upon the rebels there !
What deadly javelins nail'd their hearts
Fast to the racks of long despair!!
8 [Shout to your King, you heavenly host,
You that beheld the sinking foe;
Firmly ye stood when they were lost;
Praise the rich grace that kept you so.]
9 Proclaim his wonders from the skies,
Let every distant nation hear;
And while you sound his lofty praise,
Let humble mortals bow and fear.
50' Newington 61, Bath Chapel 26, Weston
Favel 27.
(Psalm 86. ver. 8—13. (J. M.)
A general Song of Praise to God.
1 A MONG the princes, earthly gods,
J\. There's none hath power divine;
Nor is their nature, mighty Lord,
Nor are their works like thine.
2 The nations thou hast made shall bring
Their offerings round thy throne;
For thou alone dost wonderous things,
For thou art God alone.
3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet;
Teach me thine heavenly way*,.
And my poor scatter' d thoughts unite
In God my father's praise.
How by thy grace my sinking soul
Rose from the deeps of hell.
51. Tiverton 109, Irish 171, Stamford 9,
(Hymn 71. B. 2. C. M.)
Praise to God from all Creatures,
1 rilHE glories of my Maker, God,
X My joyful voice shall sing,
And call the nations to adore
Their Former and their King.
2 'Twas his right hand that shap'd our clay,
And wrought this human frame,
But from his own immediate breath
Our nobler spirits came.
3 We bring our mortal powers to God,
And worship with our tongues :
We claim some kindred with the skies
And join th' angelic songs.
4 Let groveling beasts of every shape,
And fowls of every wing,
And rocks, and trees, and fires, and seas,
Their various tribute bring.
3 Ye planets, to his honour shine,
And wheels of nature roll,
Praise him in your unwearied course
Around the steady pole.
o The brightness of our Maker's name
The wide creation fills,
And his unbounded grandeur flies
Bejond the heavenly hills,
52* Resurrection 72, Darwells 82, Ports-
mouth New 144.
(Psalm 148. P. M.)
Praise to God from all Creatures,
1 "VE tribes of Adam, join
1 Wit" '
h heaven, and earth, and seas,
And oftVr notes divine
To your Creator's praise:
Ye holy throng
Of angels bright,
In worlds of light
Begin the song.
2 Thou &un with dazzling ravs,
And moon that rules the night,
Shine to your Maker's praise,
With stars of twinkling light ;
His power declare,
Ye floods on high,
And clouds that fly
In empty air.
3 The shining worlds above
By his supreme command:
He spake the word,
And all their frame
From nothing came
To praise the Lord.
4 He mov'd their mighty wheels
In unknown ages past,
And each his word fulfils
While time and nature last:
In different ways
His works proclaim
His wonderous name,
And speak his praise.
Resurrection 72. PAUSE. Grove 125»
* Let all the earth-born race,
And monsters of the deep,
The fish that cleave the seas,
Or in their bosom sleep,
From sea and shore
Their tribute pay,
And still display
Their Maker's power.
6 Ye vapours, hail, and snow,
Praise ye th' almighty Lord,
And stormy winds that blow
To execute his word :
When light'nings shine,
Or thunders roar,
Let earth adore
His hand divine.
7 Ye mountains near the skies,
With lofty cedars there,
And trees of humbler size
That fruit in plenty bear j
Beasts wild and tame,
Birds, flies, and worms,
In various forms
Exalt his name.
8 Ye kings, and judges, fear
The Lord, the sovereign King;
And while you rule us here,
His heavenly honours sing;
Nor let the dream
Of power and 6tate
Make you forget
His power supreme.
9 Virgins, and youths, engage
To sound his praise divine,
While infancy and age
Their feebler voices join :
Wide as he reigns
His name be sung
By every tongue
la endless straips,
53
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
54
10 Let all the nations fear
The God that rules above;
He brings his people near,
And makes them taste his love:
While earth and sky
Attempt his praise,
His saints shall raise
His honours high.
53. Gloucester 12, Wdls 102, Green's Httn-
dred 89.
(Psalm 148. Paraphrased. L. M.)
Universal Praise to God.
From distant worlds where creatures
Let heaven begin the solemn word,
And sound it dreadful down to hell.
Note, This psalm' may be swig to the tune of
the old l\2th or vnth psalm, if these two
lines be added to every stanza, namely,
Each of his works his name displays,
But they can ne'er fulfil the praise.
Otherwise it must be sung to the usual tunes of
the Long Metre.
2 The Lord! how absolute he reigns!
Let ev'ry angel bend the knee;
Sing of his love in heavenly strains,
And speak how fierce his terrors be.
3 High on a throne his glories dwell,
An awful throne of shining bliss :
Fly thro' the world, O sun, and tell
How dark thy beams compar'd to his.
4 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame
In sounds of dreadful praise declare;
And the sweet whisper of his name
Fill every gentler breeze of air.
5 Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree
To join their praise with blazing fire;
Let the firm earth, and rolling sea,
In this eternal song conspire.
6 Ye flowery plains, proclaim his skill;
Valleys, lie low before his eye ;
And let his praise from every hill
Rise tuneful to the neighbouring sky.
7 Ye stubborn oaks, and stately pines,
Bend your high branches and* adore :
Praise him, ye beasts, in different strains;
The lamb must bleat, the lion roar.
8 Birds, ye must make his praise your theme,
Nature demands a song from you ;
While the dumb fish that cut "the stream
Leap up, and mean his praises too.
9 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue,
When nature'all around you sings?
O for a shout from old and young,
From humble swains, and lofty kings !
10 Wide as his vast dominion lies
Make the Creator's name be known ;
Loud as his thunder shout his praise,
And sound it lofty as his throne.
11 Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word,
O may it dwell on every tongue!
But saints who best have known the Lord
Are bound to raise the noblest song.
12 Speak of the wonders of that love
Which Gabriel plays on every chord:
From all below and all above,
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord!
54. Finsbury 15.5, Mansfield 154, Falron
Street 209.
(Psa'ni 148. S. M.)
Universal Praise.
1 T ET every creature join
J_i To praise th' eternal God;
Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin,
And sound his name abroad.
2 Thou sun with golden beams,
And nior.n with paler ravs,
Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames,
Shine to your Maker's praise.
3 He built those worlds above,
And fix'd their wouderous frame;
By his command they stand or move,
And ever speak his name.
4 Ye vapours, when ye rise,
Or fall in showers or snow,
Ye thunders murm'ring round the skies,
His power and glory" show.
5 Wind, hail, and flashing fire,
Agree to praise the Lord,
When ye in dreadful storms conspire
To execute his word.
6 By all his works above
His honours be exprest;
But saints that taste his saving love
Should sing his praises best.
Finsbury 153. PAUSE I. Mansfield 154,
7 Let earth aud ocean know
They owe their Maker praise;
Praise him, ye watery worlds below,
And monsters of the seas.
8 From mountains near the sky
Let his high prai e resound
From humble shrubs and cedars higb>
And vales and fields around.
9 Ye lions of the wood,
And tamer beasts that graze,
Ye live upon his daily food,
And he expects your praise.
10 Ye birds of lofty wing,
On high his praises bear;
Or sit on flowery boughs, and siBg
Your Maker's glory there.
And flies, in all your shining swarms,
Praise him that dress'd you so.
12 By all the earth-born race
His honours be exprest;
But saints that know his heavenly grace
Should learn to praise him best.
PAUSE II.
13 Monarchs of wide command,
Praise ye th' eternal King ;
Judges, adore that sovereign hand
V\ hence all your honours spring.
14 Let vigorous youth engage
To sound his praises high ;
While growing babes, and withering age,
Their feebler voices try.
15 United zeal be shown
His wouderous fame to raise;
God is the Lord : his name alone
Deserves our endless praise.
16 Let nature join with art,
And all pronounce him blest;
But saints that dwell so near his heart
Should sing his praises best.
B 7
55, 56, 57, 58
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.
5 v Jersey 15, Devizes 14, Ctt/ori 106.
(Hymn 147. B. 2. C. M.)
The Creation of the World, Gen. i.
1 ]\[OW let a spacious world arise,
■*■* Said the Creator-Lord :
At once the obedient earth and skies
Rose at his sovereign word.
2 [Dark was the deep ; the waters lay
Confus'd, and drown'd the. land:
He call'd the light; the new-born day
Attends on his command.
3 He bid the clouds ascend on high ;
The clouds ascend and bear
A watery treasure to the sky,
And float on softer air.
4 The liquid element below
Was eather'd by his hand ;
The rolling seas together flow,
And leave the solid land.
5 With herbs and plants, a flowery birth,
The naked globe he crown'd,
Ere there was rain to bless the earth,
Or sun to warm the ground.
6 Then he adorn'd the upper skies;
Behold the sun appears,
The moon and stars in order rise,
To make our months and years.
7 Out of the deep th' almighty King
Did vital beings frame,
The painted fowls of every wing,
And fish of every name.]
8 He gave the lion and the worm
At once their wonderous birth,
And grazing beasts of various form
Rose from the teeming earth.
$ Adam was fram'd of equal clay,
Though sovereign of the rest,
Designed for nobler ends than they,
With God's own image bless'd.
10 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye
The youn<r creation stood;
He saw the building from on high,
His word pronoune'd it good,
il Lord, while the frame of nature stands,
Thv praise shall fill my tongue;
But the new world of grace demands
. A more exalted song.
56- Horsier/ 205, Rippon's 168.
(Psalm 139. 2d Part. L. M.)
The wonderful Formation of Man.
1 ^rilVVAS from thy hand, my God, I came,
X A work of such a furious frame;
In me thy fearful wonders shine,
And each proclaims thy skill divine.
2 Thine eyes did all my limbs survey,
Which yet in dark confusion lay :
Thou saw'st the daily growth they took,
Form'd by the model of thy book.
3 Bv thee my growing parts were oam'd,
And what thy sovereign counsels fram'd,
(The breathing lungs, the beating heart)
Was copy'd with unerring art.
4 At last to shew my Maker's name,
God stamp'd his image on my frame,
And in some unknown moment join'd
The finish'd members to the mind.
5 There the young seeds of thought began
And all the passions of the man :
Great God, our infant nature pavs
Immortal tribute to thy praise.
PAUSE.
6 Lord, since in my advancing age
I've acted on life's busy stage,
Thy thoughts of love to me surmount
TIkj power of numbers to recount.
7 I could survey the ocean o'er,
And count each sand that makes the shore.
Before my swiftest thoughts could trace
The numerous wonders of thy grace.
8 These on my heart are still imprest,
With these I give my eyes to rest;
And at my waking hour I find
God and his love possess my mind.
57- Bedford 91, London ISO, Ann's 58.
(Psalm 139, 2d Part. C. M.)
The Wisdom of God in the Formation of Man,
1 WHEN ' with Pleasing wonder stand,
t T And alt my frame survey,
Lord, 'tis thy work ; I own thy nand
Thus built my humble clay.
2 Thy hand my heart and reins possest,
Where unborn nature grew,
Thy wisdom all my features trae'd,
And a:l my members drew.
3 Thine eye with nicest care survey'd
The growth of everv part;
Till the whole scheme thv thoughts had laid
Was copied by thy art."
4 Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire, and wind,
Shew me thy wonderous skill ;
But I review myself, and find
Diviner wonders still.
5 Thy awful glories round me shine,
My flesh proclaims thy praise;
Lord, to thy works of nature join
Thy miracles of grace.
58- Millourn Port 183, Irish 171, Elim 1.51.
(Psalm in. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Wisdom of God in his Works,
1 ^JONGS of immortal praise belong
>0 To my almighty God ;
He has my heart, and he my tongue
To spread his name abroad.
2 How great the works his hand has wrought '
How glorious in our sight !
And men in every age have sought
His wonders with delight.
3 How most exact is nature's frame!
How wise th' Eternal Mind!
His counsels never chanae the scheme
That his first thoughts "defign'd.
4 When he redeem'd his chosen sons,
He fix'd his covenant sure:
The orders that his lips pronounce
To endless years endure.
5 Nature and time, and earth and skies.
Thy heavenly skill proclaim :
What shall we do to make us wise,
But learn to read thy name !
59, 60, 61 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 62, 63
6 To fear thy power, to trust thy grace
Is our diviuest skill ;
And he's the wisest of our race
That be^t obeys thy will.
59. Old Hundred 100, Denbigh 54, hlington 40.
(Psalm 100. First M. A plain Translation.)
Praise to our Creator.
1 'VTE nations round the earth, rejoice
X Before the Lord, your sovereign King;
Serve him with cheerful heart and voice,
With all your tongues his glory sing.
2 The Lord is God; 'tis he alone
Doth life, and breath, and being give:
We are his work, and not our own,
The sheep that on his pastures live.
3 Enter his gates with songs of joy,
With praises to his courts repair,
And make it vour divine employ
To pay your thanks and honours there.
4 The Lord is good, the Lord is kind;
Great is his grace, his mercy sure ;
And the whole race of man s'hall find
His truth from age to age endure.
60- Chard 175, Green's Hundred 89, Denmark
(omitting 1st verse) 87.
(Psalm 100. 2d. M. A Paraphrase.)
1 ^ ING to the Lord with joyful voice;
^ Let every land his name adore;
The British i'sles shall send the noise
Across the ocean to the shore.
2 Nations attend before his throne
With solemn fear, with sacrtdjoy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and he destroy.
3 His sovereign power without our aid
Made us of clay, and form'd us ir.ea ;
And when like waudering sheep we stray'd,
He brought us to his fold again.
4 We are his people, we his care,
Our souls and all our mortal frame :
What lasting honours shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?
5 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heavens our voices raise;
And earth with her teu thousand tongues
Shall fi:l thy courts with sounding praise.
<i Wide as the world is thy command,
Vast as eternity thy love ;
Firm as a rock thy'truth must stand
When rolling years shall cease to move.
61. Devizes 14, Evans's 190, tfMI 240.
(Psalm 33. 1st Part. C. M.)
Worts of Creation and Providence.
1 "O EJOICE, ye righteous, in the Lord,
AV This work belongs to you:
Sin? of his name, his ways", his word,
How holy, just, and true !
2 His mercy and his righteousness
Let heaven and earth proclaim ;
His works of nature and of grace
Reveal his wonderous name.
3 His wisdom and almighty word
The heavenly arches spread ;
And by the Spirit of the Lord
Their shining hosts were made.
4 He bid the liquid waters flow
To their appointed deep ;
The flowing seas their limits know,
And their own station keep.
5 Ye tenants of the spacious earth,
With fear before him stand ;
He spake, and nature took its birth,
And rests on his command.
6 He scorns the angry nations' rage,
And breaks theirvain designs;
His counsel stands through every ag?,
And in full glory shines.
69. Jennings's 123, Newcourt 173.
(Psalm 33. As the 113th Psalm. 1st Part.)
The same.
1 ~V7"E holy souls, in Go 1 rejoice,
X Your Maker's praise becomes your voice;
Great is your theme, your songs be new ;
Sing of his name, his word, his wavs,
His works of nature and of grace,"
How wise and holy, just and true !
2 Justice and truth he ever loves,
And the whole earth his goodness proves,
His word the heavenly arches spread ;
How wide chey shine from north to south!
And by the Spirit of his mouth
Were all the starry armies made.
3 He gathers the wide-flowing seas,
Those watery treasures know their place,
In the vast storehouse of the deep:
He spake, and gave all nature birth;
And fires, and seas, and heaven, and earth,
His everlasting orders keep.
4 Let mortals tremble and adore
A God of such resistless power,
Nor dare indulge their feeble rage:
Vain are your thoughts, and weak your hands;
But his eternal counsel stands,
And rules the world from age to age.
63* Mark's 65, Derby 169, Horsley 205.
(Psalm 121. L. M.)
Divine Protection.
1 TTP to the hills I lift mine eyes,
\J Tii' eternal hills beyond the skies;
Thence ali her help my soul derives;
There my Almighty refuge lives.
2 He lives, the everlasting God,
I hat built the world, that spread the flood;
The heavens with a!l their hosts he made,
And the dark regions of the dead.
3 He guides our feet, he guards our way ;
His morning-smiles bless all the day ;
He spreads the evening-veil, and kee^s
The silent hours while~Israel sleeps.
4 Israel, a name divinely blest,
May rise secure, securely rest;
Thy holy guardian's wakeful eyes
Admit no slumber nor surprise."
5 No sun shall smite thy head by day,
Nor the pale moon with sickly ray
Shall blast thy couch ; no baleful star
Dart his malignant fire so far.
6 Should earth and hell with malice bum
Still thou shall go and still return
Safe in the Lord : his heavenly care
Defends thy life from every snare.
7 On thee foul spirits have no power;
And in thy last departing hour
Angels, that trace the airy road,
Shall bear thee homeward" to thy God
B 8
64,65,66 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 67,68
64. Froom 255, Hephzibah 77, Weston Favel 27.
(Psalm 121. C. M.)
Preservation by Day and Night.
1 FTH) heaven I lift ray waiting eyes,
A There all my hopes are laid :
The Lord that built the earth and skies
Is my perpetual aid.
2 Their feet shall never slide to fall,
Whom he designs to keep;
His ear attends the softest call,
His eyes can never sleep.
3 He will sustain our weakest powers
With his almighty arm,
And watch our most unguarded hours
Against surprising harm.
4 Israel, rejoice and rest secure,
Thy keeper is the Lord;
His wakeful eyes employ his power
For thine eternal guard.
5 No scorching sun, nor sickly moon,
Shall have his leave to smite;
He shields thy head from burning noon,
From blasting damps at night.
6 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath
Where thickest dangers come ;
Go and return, secure from death,
Till God commands thee heme.
(55* Harwell's 82, Resurrection 72, SivitkbCsAA.
(Psalm 121. As the 148th Psalm.)
God our Preserver.
1 T7PWARD I lift mine eyes,
U From God is all my aid;
The God that built the skies,
And earth and nature made:
God is the tower
To which I fly;
His grace is nigh
In every hour.
2 My feet shall never slide
And fall in fatal snares,
Since God, my guard and guide,
Defends me from my fears:
Those wakeful eyes
That never sleep
Shall Israel keep
When dangers rise.
3 No burning heats by day,
Nor blasts of evening air,
Shall take my health away,
If God be with me there :
Thou art my sun,
And thou my shade,
To guard my head
By night or noon.
4 Hast thou not given thy word
To save mv soul from death ?
And I can trust my Lord
To keep my mortal breath:
I'll go and come,
Nor fear to die,
Till from on high
Thou call me home.
(56. Tunbridge 103, Abridge 201, London 180.
(Hymn 19. B. 2. C. M.)
Our frail Bodies, and God our Preserver.
1 T ET others boast how strong they be,
J.J Nor death, nor danger fear;
But we'll confess, O Lord, to thee,
What feeble things we are.
2 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand,
And flourish bright and gay,
A blasting wind sweeps o'er the land,
And fades the grass away.
3 Our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone;
Strange! that a harp of thousand strings
Should keep in tune so long.
4 But 'tis our God supports our frame, /
The God that buiit us first;
Salvation to th' Almighty Name
That rear'd us from the dust.
5 [He spoke, and straight our hearts and brains
In all their motions rose;
Let blood (said he) flow round the veins,
And round the veins it flows.
6 While we have breath or use our tongues
Our Maker we'll adore;
His Spirit moves our heaving lungs
Or they would breathe no more.]
67. Walsall 237, Ludlow 8 4, Bur/or d 198.
(Hymn 63. B. 1. C. M.)
Afflictions and Death under Providence.
Job v. 6—6.
1 "VTOT from the dust affliction grows,
JAI Nor troubles rise by chance;
Yet we are born to care and woes,
A sad inheritance.
2 As sparks break out from burning coals'.
And still are upwards borne,
So grief is rooted in our souls,
And man grows up to mourn.
3 Yet with my God I leave my cause,
And trust his promis'd grace ;
He rule9 me by his well-known law*
Of love and righteousness.
4 Not all the pains that ere I bore
Shall spoil my future peace,
For death and hell can do no more
Than what my Father please.
68* Wareham 117, Wells 102.
(Psalm 65. ver. 5—13. 2d Part. L. M.)
Divine Providence in Air, Earth, and Sea; or,
the God of Nature and Grace.
1 fTRHE God of our salvation hears
A The groans of Sion mix'd with tears ;
Yet when he comes with kind designs,
Thro' all the way his terror shme6.
2 On him the race of man depends,
Far as the earth's remotest ends,
Where the Creator's name is known
By nature's feeble light alone.
3 Sailors, that travel o'er the flood,
Address their frighted souls to God;
When tempests rage and billows roar
At dreadful distance from the shore.
4 He bids the noisy tempests cease ;
He calms the raging crowd to peace,
When a tumultuous nation raves
Wild as the winds, and loud as waves.
6 Whole kingdoms shaken by the storm
He settles in a peaceful form ;
Mountains established by his hand
Firm on their old foundations stand.
6 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky,
New comets blaze and lightnings fly,
The heathen lands, with swift surprise,
From the bright horrors turn their eyes,
7 At his command the morning ray
Smiles in the east and leads the day ;
He guides the sun's declining wheels
Over the tops of western hills.
69, 70 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 71, 72
8 Seasons and times obey his voice ;
The evening and the morn rejoice
To see the earth made soft with showers,
Laden with fruit and drestin flowers.
S Tis from his watery stores on high,
He gives the thirsty ground supply;
He walks upon the" clouds, and thence
Doth his enriching drops dispense.
10 The desert grows a fruitful field,
Abundant food the vallies yield;
The vallies shout with cheerful voice,
And neighb'ring hills repeat their joys.
11 The pastures smile in green array,
There lambs and larger cattle play;
The larger cattle and the lamb
Each in his language speaks thy name.
12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine;
O'er every field thy glories shine ;
Thro' every month thy gifts appear;
Great God ! thy goodness crowns the year.
69. Chard 175, Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8.
(Psalm 107. 4th Part. L. M.)
Deliverance from Storms and Shipwrecks ; or,
the Seaman's Song.
t "WTOULD you behold the works of God,
▼ T His wonders in the world abroad,
Go with the mariners, and trace
The unknown regions of the seas.
2 They leave their native shores behind,
And seize the favour of the wind,
Till God command, and tempests rise
That heave the ocean to the skies.
3 Now to the heavens they mount amain,
Now sink to dreadful deeps again ;
What strange affrights young sailors feel,
And like a staggering drunkard reel !
4 When land is far, and death is nigh,
Lost to all hope, to God they cry;
His mercy hears the loud address,
And sends salvation in distress.
5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage,
The furious waves forget their rage;
Tis calm, and sailors smile to see
The haven where they wish'd to be.
G O may the sons of men record
The wond'rous goodness of the Lord!
Let them their private offerings bring,
And in the church his glory sing,
70- Exeter 4, Cambridge New 74, Providence
College 10.
(Psalm 107. 4th Part. C. M.)
The Mariner's Psalm.
1 npHY works of glory, mighty Lord,
A Thy wonders in the deeps,
The sons of courage shall record,
Who trade in floating ships.
2 At thy command the winds arise,
And swell the tow'ring waves;
The men astonish'd mount the skies,
And sink in gaping graves.
3 [Again they climb the watery hills,
And plunge in deeps again;
Each like a tottering drunkard reek?,
And finds his courage vain.
4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar,
They pant with fluttering breath,
And, hopeless of the distant shore,
Expect immediate death.]
5 Then to the Lord they raise their crie?,
He hears the loud request,
And orders silence thro" the skies,
And lays the floods to rest.
6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears,
And see* the storm allay'd :
Now to their eyes the port appears;
There let their vows be paid.
7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land ;
Let stupid mortals know
Th it waves are under his command,
And all the winds that blow.
8 O that the sons of men would praise
The goodness of the Lord !
And those that see thy wond'rous ways,
Thy wond'rous love record.
71- Rippon's 168, Lebanon 79, Kingsbridge 85.
(Hymn 109. B. 2. L. MJ
The Darkness of Providence.
1 T ORD, we adore thy vast designs,
J-i The obscure abyss of providence,
Too deep to sound with mortal lines,
Too dark to view with feeble sense.
2 Now thou array'st thine awful face
In angry frowns, without a smile;
Wre through the cloud believe thy grace,
Secure of thy compassion still.
3 Through seas and storms of deep distress
We sail by faith and not by sight;
Faith guides us in the wilderness
Through all the briars and the night.
4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod
Resolve to scourge us here below,
Still we must lean upon our God,
Thine arm shall bear us safely through.
72* Harborough 142, Broderip's 252, Wirk.S'
tcorlh 156.
(Psalm 73. S. M.)
The Mystery of Providence unfolded,
1 ^<URE there's a righteous God,
"O Nor is religion vain,
Tho' men of vice may boast aloud,
And men ofgrace complain.
2 I saw the wicked rise,
And felt my heart repine,
While haughty fools with scornful eyes.
In robes"bf honour shine.
Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas
And grows without their care.
4 Free from the plagues and pains
That pious souls endure,
Thro' all their life oppression reigns
And racks the humble poor.
5 Their impious tongues blaspheme
The everlasting God ;
Their malice blasts the good man's name^
And spreads their lies abroad.
6 But I with flowing tears
Imiulg'd my doubts to rise;
' Is there a God that sees or hears
4 The things below the skies ?'J
7 The tumults of my thought
Held me in hard "suspense,
Till to thy house my feet were brought
To learn thy justice thence.
3 Thy word with light and power
Did my mistakes amend;
I view'd the sinner's life before.
But here I learnt their end,
B 9
73,74
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.
75,76
9 On what a slippery steep
The thoughtless wretches go;
And O that dreadful fiery deep
That waits their fall below.
10 Lord, at thy feet I how,
My thoughts no more repine ;
1 call my God my portion now,
And all my powers are thine.
73. Worksop 31, Brighton 208.
(Psalm 73. 1st Part. C. M.)
Afflicted Saints happy, and i)rosj)ero*is Sinners
cursed.
1 "VTOW I'mconvinr'd the Lord is kind
JAI To men of heart sincere,
Yet once my foolish thoughts repin'd
And border'd on despair.
2 I griev'd to see the wicked thrive,
And spoke with angry breath,
' How pleasant and profane they live !
' How peaceful is their death !
3 * With well-fed flesh and haughty eyes
' They lay their fears to sleep ;
'Against the heavens their slanders rise,
* While saints in silence weep.
4 ' In vain I lift my hands to pray,
' And cleanse my heart in vain,
* For I am chasteh'd all the day,
' The night renews my pain.'
5 Yet while my tongue indulg'd complaints,
I felt my heart reprove ;
* Sure I shall thus offend thy saints,
* And grieve the men I love.'
6 But still I found my doubts too hard,
The conflict too severe,
Till I retir'd to search thy word,
And learn thy secrets there.
7 There, as in some prophetic glass,
I saw the sinner's feet
High mounted on a slippery place,
Beside a fiery pit.
8 I heard the wretch profanely boast,
Till at thy frown he fell ;
His honours in a dream were lost,
And he awakes in hell.
0 Lord, what an envious fool I was !
How like a thoughtless beast !
Thus to suspect thy promis'd grace,
And think the wicked blest.
10 Yet I was kept from full despair,
Upheld by power unknown ;
That blessed hand that broke the snare
Shall guide me to thy throne.
74. Worhsop 31, Bath Chapel 26.
(Psalm 9. ver. 12. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Wisdom and Equity of Providence.
1 "\T7I1EN the great Judge, supreme and just,
V T Shall once enquire for blood,
The humble souls, that mourn in dust,
Shall find a faithful God.
2 He from the dreadful gates of death
Does his own children raise :
In Ziou's gates, with cheerful breath,
They sing their Father's praise.
3 His foes shall fall with heedless feet
Into the pit they made ;
And sinners perish in the net
That their own hands had spread.
A Thus by thy judgments, mighty God!
Are thy deep counsels known;
When men of mischief are destroy'd,
The snare must be their own.
Bath Chapel 26. PAUSE. Ami's 58.
5 The wicked shalhsink down to hell;
Thy wrath deveur the lands
That dare forget thee, or rebel
Against thy known commands.
6 Tho' saints to sore distress are brought,
And wait and long complain,
Their cries shall not be still forgot,
Nor shall their hopes be vain.
7 [Rise, great Redeemer, from thy seat
To j dge and save the poor;
Let nations tremble at thy feet,
And man prevail no more.
8 Thy thunder shall affright the proud,
And put their hearts "to pain,
Make them confess that thou art God,
And they but feeble nien.J
7,> Wareham 117, Ayliffe Street 241.
(Psalm 36. ver. 5—9. L. M.)
The Perfections and Providence of God ; or,
general Providence and special Grace.
1 XTIGH in the heavens, eternal God,
XX Thy goodness in full glory shines;
Thy truth shall break thro' every cloud
That veils and darkens thy designs.
2 For ever firm thy justice stands,
As mountains their foundations keep ;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.
3 Thy providence is kind and large,
Both man and beast thy bounty share;
The whole creation is thy charge,
But saiuts are thy peculiar care.
4 My God ! how excellent thy grace,
Whence all our hope and comfort springs!
The sons of Adam in distress
Fly to the. shadow of thy wings.
5 From the provisions of thy house
We shall be fed with sweet repast;
There mercy like a river flows,
And brings salvation to our taste.
6 Life, like a fountain rich and free,
Springs from the presence of the Lord ;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promis'd in thy word.
7'6* Rolhwell 174, Lewton 30, Gloucester 12.
(Psalm 147, 1st Part. L. M.)
The divine Nature, Providence, and Grace.
1 T>RAISE ye the Lord ; 'tis good to raise
X Our hearts and voices in his praise;
His nature and his works invite
To make this duty our delight.
2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem,
And gathers nations to his name :
His mercy melts the stubborn soul,
And makes the broken spirit whole.
3 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames,
He counts their numbers, calls their names:
His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound,
A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd.
4 Great is our Lord, and great his might ;
And all his glories infinite :
He crowns the meek, rewards the just,
And treads the wicked to the dust.
PAUSE.
5 Sing to the Lord, exalt him high,
Who spreads his cloud all round the sky:
There he prepares the fruitful rain,
Nor lets the drops descend in vain.
77, 78
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.
79, SO
i He makes the grass the bills adorn,
And clothes the smiling fields with corn ;
i The beasts with food his hands supply,
And the young ravens when they cry."
7 What is the creature's skill or force,
I The sprightly man, the warlike horse,
\ The nimble wit, the active limb?
All are too mean delights for him.
3 But saints are lovely in his sight;
He views his children with delight:
I He sees their hope, he knows their fear,
And looks and loves his image there.
77> Southampton 227, Rowles 73, Chard 175.
(Psalm 136. Abridged. JL. M.)
God's Wonders of Creation. Providence, Re-
demption and Salvation.
1 /~1 I YE to our God immortal praise;
VT Mercy and truth are all his ways:
' Wonders of grace to God belong,
* Repeat his mercies in your song.'
2 Give to the Lord of lords renown,
The King of kings with glory crown :
* His mercies ever shall endure, [more.'
■ When' lords and kings are known ■ no
3 He built the earth, he spread the sky,
And fix'd the starry lights on high :
1 Wonders of grace to God belong,
' Repeat his mercies in your song.'
4 He fills the sun with morning light,
He bids the moon direct the night :
* His mercies ever shall endure, [more.'
' When' suns and moons shall shine ' no
5 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand,
And brought them to the promis'd land :
1 Wonders of grace to God belong,
1 Repeat his mercies in your song.'
5 He saw the Gentiles dead in sin,
And felt his pity work within:
* His mercies ever shall endure,
' When' death and sin shall reign ' no more.'
7 He sent his Son with power to save
From guilt, and darkness, and the grave:
■ Wonders of grace to God belong,
* Repeat his mercies in your song.'
3 Through this vain world he guides bur feet,
And leads us to his heavenly seat :
' His mercies ever shall endure,
1 When' this vain world shall be ' no more.'
78- Chard 1/5, Wells 102.
(Psalm 68. v. 19, 9, 20—22. 3d Part. L. M.)
Praise for temporal Blessings ; or, common and
special Mercies.
WE bless the Lord, the just, the good.
Who fills our hearts with joy and food ;
Who pours his blessings from the skies,
And loads our days with rich supplies.
> He sends the sun his circuit round
To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ;
He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain,
Refresh the thirsty earth again.
( 'Tis to his care we owe our breath,
And all our near escapes from death :
Safety and health to God belong;
He heals the weak, and guards the strong.
[ He makes the saint and sinner prove
The common blessings of his love ;
But the wide difference that remains
Is endless joy, or endless pains.
5 The Lord, that bruis'd the serpent's head,
On all the serpent's seed shall tread ;
The stubborn sinner's hope confound,
And smite him with a lasting wound.
6 But his right hand his saints shall raise
From the deep earth or deeper seas ;
And bring them to his courts above,
There shall they taste his special love.
79- Warehajn 117, AngeVs Hymn 60.
(Psalm 57. L. M.)
Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth.
1 "TVfY God, in whom are all the springs
i.»-L Of boundless love, and grace unklaow n,
Hide me beneath thy spreading wing.
Till the dark cioud is overblown.
2 Up to the heavens I send my cry,
The Lord will my desires perform ;
He sends his angel from the sky,
And saves me from the threatening storm.
3 Be thou exalted, O my God,
Above the heavens where angels dwell ;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.
4 My heart is fix'd ; my song shall raise
Immortal honours to' thy name;
Awake, my tongue, to sound his praise,
My tongue, the^giory of my frame.
5 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.
6 Be thou exalted, O my God,
Above the heavens where angels dwell ;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.
80* Gloucester 12, Carey's 11, Mark's 65.
(Psalm 104. L. M.)
The Glory of God in Creation and Providence.
1 TVfY soul thv great Creator praise;
ltX When cloth'din his celestial rays
He in full majesty appears,
And, like a robe," his glory wears.
Note, This psalm may be sting to the tune of
the old l\2th or \2~th psalm, by adding
these hco Una to every t-tanza, namely,
Great is the Lord ; what tongue can frame
An equal honour to his name f
Otherwise it must le sung as the 100th psalm.
2 The heavens are for his curtains spread,
Th' unfathom'd deep he makes his bed;
Clouds are his chariot, when he flies
On winged storms across the skies.
3 Angels, whom his own breath inspires,
His ministers, are flaming fires;
And swift as thought their armies move
To bear his vengeance, or his love.
4 The world's foundations by his hand
Are poi-s'd, and shall for ever stand ;
He binds the ocean in his chain,
Lest it should drown the eirth again.
.i Wh n earth was cover'd with the flood,
Which high above the mountains stood,
He thunder'd, and the ocean fled,
Confin'd to its appointed bed.
6 The swelling billows know their bound,
And in their channels walk their round;
Yet thence convey'd by secret veins,
Thev spring on hills aiid drench the plains.
B 10
SL
THE FALL.
82
7 He bids the crystal fountains flow,
And cheer the" va Hies as they go;
Tame heifers there iheir thirst allay,
And for the stream wild asses bray."
8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink,
The lark and linnet light to drink ;
Their songs the lark and linnet raise,
And chide our silence in his praise.
PAUSE i.
9 God, from his cloudy cistern, pours
On theparch'd earth enriching showers;
The grove, the g-arden, and the field,
A thousand joyful blessings yield.
10 He makes the grassy food arise,
And gives the cattle large supplies;
With herbs for man, of various power,
To nourish nature, or to cure.
11 What noble fruit the vines produce !
The olive yields a shining juice ;
Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wine,
With inward joy our faces shine.
12 O bless his name, ye Britons, fed
With nature's chief supporter, bread ;
While bread your vital strength imparts,
Serve him with vigour in your hearts.
PAUSE II.
13 Behold the stately cedar stands,
Rais'd in the forest by his hands :
Birds to the boughs for shelter fly,
And build their nests secure on high,
14 To craggy hills ascends the goat,
And at the airy mountain's foot
The feebler creatures make their cell;
He gives them wisdom where to dwell.
15 He sets the sun his circling race,
Appoints the moon to change her face;
And when thick darkness veils the day,
Calls out wild beasts to hunt their prey.
16 Fierce lions lead their young abroad,
And roaring ask their meat from God;
But when the morning-beams arise,
The sa\age beast to covert flies.
17 Then man to daily labour goes ;
The night was made for his repose :
Sleep is thy gift ; that sweet relief
From tiresome toil and wasting grief.
13 How strange thy works ! how great thy
And every land thy riches fill : [skill!
Thy wisdom round the world we see,
This spacious earth is full of thee.
19 Nor less thy glories in the deep,
Where fish in millions swim and creep,
With wonderous motions, swift or slow,
Still wandering in the paths below.
20 There ships divide their watery way,
And flocks of scaly monsters plav ;
There dwells the huge Leviathan,
And foams and sports in spite of man.
PAUSE III.
21 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord,
All nature rests upon thy word,
And the whole race of creatures stands;
Waiting their portion from thy hands.
22 While each receives his different food.
Their cheerful looks pronounce it good ;
Easfles and bears, and whales and worms
Rejoice and praise in different forms.
23 But when thy face is hid, they mourn,
And dying to their dust return;
Both man and beast their souls resign,
Life, breath, and spirit, all is thine.
24 Yet thou canst breathe on dust, again,
And fill the world with beasts and men;
A word of thy creating breath
Repairs the wastes of time and death.
25 His works, the wonders of his might,
Are honour'd with his own delight:
How awful are his glorious ways !
The Lord is dreadful in his praise.
26 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke,
And at thy touch the mountains smoke;
Yet humble souls may see thy face,
And tell their wants to sovereign grace.
27 In thee my hopes and wishes meet,
And make my meditations sweet :
Thy praises shall my breath employ,
Till it expire in endless joy.
28 While haughty sinners die accurst,
Their glory bury'd with their dust,
I, to my God, my heavenly King,
Immortal hallelujahs sing.
81. G. Milton 212, Grove 143, Irish 171.
(Psalm 78. 1st Part. C M.)
Providence of God recorded ; or, pious Edu*
cation mid Instruction of Children.
1 T ET children hear the mighty deeds,
J_J Which God perform'd of old,
W hich in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.
2 He bids us make his glories known,
His works of power and grace;
And we'll convey his wonders down
Thro' every rising race.
3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,
And they again to theirs,
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.
4 Thus shall they learn in God alone,
Their hope securely stands,
That they may ne'er forget his works,
But practise his commands!
THE FALL.
8g. Abridge 201, Elcnborovgh 170.
(Hymn 57. B. I. C. M.)
Original Sin; or, the first and second Adam.
Rom. v. 12. Psalm li. 5. Job. xiv. 4.
1 T> ACKWARD with humble shame we look
JLJ On our original ;
How is our nature dash'd and broke
In our first father's fall!
2 To all that's good averse and blind,
But prone to all that's ill ;
What dreadful darkness veils our mind !
How obstinate our will !
3 [Conceiv'd in sin (O wretched state!)
Before we draw our breath,
The first young pulse begins to beat
Iniquity and death.
S3, 84
THE FALL.
85, 86, 87
t How strong in our degenerate blood
The old corruption "reigns,
I And, mingling- with the crooked flood,
Wanders thro' all our veins!]
5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root
Will all the branches be ;
How can we hope for living fruit
From such a deadly tree !
3 What mortal power from things unclean
Can pure productions bring T
Who can command a vital stream
From an infected spring ?]
7 Yet, mighty God, thy wonderous love
Can make our nature clean,
While Christ and grace prevail above
The tempter, death, and sin.
j The second Adam shall restore
The ruins of the first,
Hosanna to that sovereign power
That new-creates our dust.
83- Ulverston 179, Pauls 246.
(Hymn 124. B. I. L. M.)
The first and second Adam, Rom. v. 12, &c.
1 TTVEEP in the dust before thy throne
\J Our guilt and our disgrace we own ;
Great God^ we own th' unhappy name
Whence sprang our nature and our shame;
2 Adam, the sinner : at his fall,
Death like a conqu'ror seiz'd us all ;
A thousand new-born babes are dead
By fatal union to their head.
3 But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe
Behold the terrors of thy law,
We sius: the honours of thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd race.
4 We sing thine everlasting Son,
Who join'd our nature to his own;
Adam the second, from the dust
Raises the ruins of the first,
5 [By the rebellion of one man
Thro' all his seed, the mischief ran;
And by one man's obedience now
Are all his seed made righteous too.]
C Where sin did reign, and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life ; there glorious srace
Reigns thro' the Lord our righteousness.
84. Ulverston 179, PauVs 246, Babylon 23.
(Psalm 51. 2d Part. L. M.)
Original and actual Sin confessed.
1 T ORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin;
JLi And born unholy and unclean ;
Sprun? from the man whose guilty fall
Corrupts the race, and taints us all.
2 Soon as we draw our infant breath.
The seeds of sin grow up for death;
Thy law demands a perfect heart,
But we're defil'd in every part.
3 [Great God, create my heart anew,
And form my spirit pure and true :
O make me "wise betimes to spy
My danger and my remedy.]
4 Behold I fall before thy face ;
My only refuge is thy grace :
No outward forms can make me clean;
The leprosy lies deep within.
£ No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast,
Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest,
Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea,
Can wash the dismal stain away.
6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone ;
Thy blood can make me white as snow
No Jewish types could cleanse me so. '
7 While gnilt disturbs and breaks my peace,
Nor flesh, nor soul hath rest or ease;
Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice,
And make my broken bones rejoice.
85- Elembn 170, Charmouth 28, Walsal 237.
(Psalm si. ver. 3— 13. 1st Part. C. M.)
Original and actual Sin confessed and
pardoned.
1 T ORD, T would spread mv sore distress
J-J And ?ui!t before thine eve*:
Against thy laws, against thy grace,
How high my crimes arise !
2 Should'st thou condemn my soul to hell,
And crush my flesh to dust,
Heaven would approve thy vensreaiice well,
And earth must own it just.
3 I from the stock of Adam came,
Unholy and unclean ;
All my original is shame,
And all my nature sin.
4 Born in a world of guilt,! drew
Contagion with my breath :
And, as ray days advane'd, I grew
A juster prey for death.
5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul
W ith thy forgiving love ;
O, make my broken spirit whole,
And bid my paias remove.
6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart,
Nor drive me from thv face;
Create anew my vicious* heart^
And fill it with thy grace.
7 Then will I make thy mercv known
Before the sons of men ;
Backsliders shall address thv throne,
And turn to God again.
86- Worksop 31, Ami's 58.
(Hymn 128. B. 2. C. M.)
Corrupt Nature from Adam.
1 "DLESS'D with the joss of innocence,
JL> Adam, our father, stood,
'Till he debas'd his soul to sense,
And eat th' unlawful food.
2 Now we are born a sensual race,
To sinful joys inclin'd ;
Reason has lo'st its native place,
And flesh enslaves the mind.
3 While flesh and sense and passion rei^n;
Sin is the sweetest good :
We fancy music in our chains,
And so' forget the load.
4 Great God, renew our ruin'd frame,
Our broken powers restore,
Inspire us with a heavenly flame,
And flesh shall reign no more.
5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law
Upon our inward parts,
And let the second Adam draw
His image on our hearts.
87- Abridge 201, Croivle 3.
(Psalm 14. 1st Part. C. M.)
By Nature all Men are Sinners.
1 T^OOLS in their hearts believe and say
JL ' That all religion's vain,
' There is no God that reigns on hi?h,
' Or minds th' affairs of men.'
B 11
88,89
THE FALL.
90, 91, 92
2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane
Corrupt "d iscourse proceeds ;
And in their impious hands are found
Abominable deeds.
3 The Lord, from his celestial throne,
Look'd down on things below
To find the man that sought his grace,
Or did his justice know.
4 By nature all are gone astray,
'Their practice all the same;
There's none that fears his Maker's hand,
There's uone that loves his name.
6 Their tongues are us'd to speak deceit,
Their slanders never cease;
How swift to mischief are their feet,
Nor know the paths of peace !
6 Such seeds of sin (that bitter root)
In every heart are found ;
Nor can they bear diviner fruit,
Till grace refine the ground.
88- Paul's 246, Fawcett 184, Green's Hun-
drpd 89.
(Hymn 160. B. 2. L.M.)
Custom in Sin.
1 T ET the wild leopards of the wood
.Li Put off the spots that nature gives,
Then may the wicked turn to God,
And change their tempers and their lives.
2 As well might Ethiopian slaves
Wash out the darkness of their skin;
The dead as well may leave their graves
As old transgressors cease to sin.
3 Where vice has held its empire long
'Twill not endure the least controul ;
None but a power divinely strong
Can turn the current of the soul.
4 Great God, I own thy power divine,
That works to change this heart of mine ;
I would be form'd anew, and bless
The wonders of creating grace.
89. Green's Hundred 89, Old Hundred 100.
(Hymn 24. B. 2. L. M.)
The Evil of Sin visible in the Fall of Angels
and Men.
1 \1|7'HEN the Great Builder arch'd the skies,
▼ 7 And form'd all nature with a word,
The joyful cherubs tun'd his praise,
And ev'ry bending throne ador'd.
2 High in the midst of all the throng,
Satan, a tall archangel, sat,
* Amongst the morning-stars he sung
Till sindestroy'd his heavenly state.
3 ['Twas sin that hurl'd him from his throne,
Grov'ling in fire the rebel lies :
• How art thou sunk in darkness down,
' Son of the morning from the skies t !']
4 And thus our two first parents stood
Till sin defil'd the happy place ;
Thev lost their garden and their God,
And'ruin'd all their unborn race.
0 [So sprung the plague from Adam's bower,
And spread destruction all abroad ;
Sin, the curst name, that in one hour
Spoil'd six days labour of a God.]
6 Tremble, my soul, and mourn for grief,
That such a foe should seize thy breast;
Fly to thy Lord for quick relief;
O may he slay this treacherous guest.
* Job xxxviii. 7. t Isa. xiv. 12-
7 Then to thy throne, victorious King,
Then to thy throne our shouts shall rise,
Thine everlasting arm we sing,
For sin the monster bleeds and dies.
90- Worksop 31, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 150. B. 2. C. M.)
The Deceitfulness of Sin.
1 ^<IN has a thousand treacherous arts
K^ To practise on the mind ;
With flattering looks she tempts our hearts,
But leaves a sting behind.
2 With names of virtue she deceives
The aged and the young ;
And while the heedless wretch believes,
She makes his fetters strong.
3 She pleads for all the joy she brings,
And gives a fair pretence;
But cheats the soul of heavenly things,
And chains it down to sense".
4 So on a tree divinely fair
Grew the forbidden food ;
Our mother took the poison there,
And tainted all her blood.
91* Abridge 201, Ann's 5S.
(Hymn 153. B. 2. C. M.)
The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin,
1 ^IIN like a venomous disease
IO Infects our vital blood;
The oniy balm is sovereign grace,
And the physician, God.
2 Our beauty and our strength are fled,
And we draw near to death ;
But Christ the Lord recals the dead
With his almighty breath.
3 Madness by nature reigns within,
The passions burn and rage ;
Till God's own Son with skill divine
The inward fire assuage.
4 [We lick the dust, we grasp the wind,
And solid good despise;
Such is the folly of the mind
Till Jesus makes us wise.
5 We give our souls the wounds they feel,
We drink the poisonous gall,
And rush with fury down to hell;
But heaven prevents the fall.]
6 [The man possess'd among the tombs
Cuts his own flesh, and cries;
He foams, and raves, till Jesus comes,
And the foul spirit flies.]
go. Worksop 31.
(Hymn 156. B. 2. C. M.)
Presumption and Despair; or, Satan's
various Temptations.
1 T HATE the tempter and his charms,
JL I hate his flattering breath ;
The serpent takes a thousand forms
To cheat our souls to death.
2 He feeds our hopes with airy dreams,
Or kills with slavish fear;
And holds us still in wide extremes,
Presumption, or despair.
3 Now he persuades, « How easy 'tis
' To walk the road to heaven j'
Anon he swells our sins, and cries,
* They cannot be forgiven.'
4 [He bids young sinners, * Yet forbear
• To think of God or death ;
' For prayer and devotion are
' But melancholy breath.
)3, 94, 95
SCRIPTURE.
96, 97, 98
He telis the aged, ' They must die,
• And 'tis too late to pray;
■ In vain for mercy now they cry,
• For they have 'lost their day.'']
Thus he supports his cruel throne
By mischief and deceit ;
And drags the sons of Adam down
To darkness and the pit.
Almighty God, cut short his power,
Let him in darkness dwell;
And, that he vex the earth no more,
Confine him down to Hell.
93- -Ann's 58, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 157. B. 2. C. M.)
The same.
comes with c
id threatens to destroy ;
He worries whom he can't devour
With a malicious joy.
I Ye sons of God, oppose his rage,
Resist, and he'll be gone;
Thus did our dearest Lord engage
And vanquish him alone.
I Now he appears almost divine
Like innocence and love,
But the old serpent lurks within
When he assumes the do\ e.
Flv from the false deceiver's tongue,
Ye sons of Adam, fly ;
Our parents found the snare too strong,
Nor should the children try.
)4- AngeVs Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymu 158. B. 2. L. M.)
vew saved', or, the almost Christian, the Hypo-
crite and Apostate.
BROAD is the road that leads to death,
And thousands walk together there;
But wisdom shews a narrower path
With here and there a traveller.
2 ' Deny thyself, and take thy cross,'
Is the Redeemer's great command ;
Nature must count her god but dross
If she would gain this heavenly land.
3 The fearful soul that tires and faints,
And walks the ways of Gcd no more,
Is but estecm'd almost a saint,
And makes his own destruction sure.
4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain ;
Create my heart entirely new,
Which hypocrites could ne'er attain,
Which fatae apostates never knew.
95. Ayliffe Street 241, New Sabbath 122.
(Psal. 8. v. 3, &c. Paraphrased. 2d Part. L. If.)
Adam and Christ, Lords of the Old and the
New Creation.
1 T ORD, what was man when made at first,
XJ Adam the offspring of the dust,
That thou should'st set him and his race
But just below an angel's place?
2 That thou should'st raise his nature so,
And make him lord of all below ;
Make every beast and bird submit,
And lay the fishes at his feet !
3 But O, what brighter glories wait
To crown the second Adam's state !
What honours shall thy son adorn
Who condescended to be born !
4 See him below his angels made,
See him in dust amongst the dead,
To save a ruin'd world from sin;
But he shaii reign with power divine.
5 The world to come, redeem'd from all
The miseries that attend the fall,
New-made, and glorious, shall submit
At our exalted Saviour's feet.
SCRIPTURE.
96- Islington 40, Rowles 73, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 53. B. 1. L. M.)
rhe Holy Scriptures, Heb. i. 1,2. 2 Tim. iii.
15, 16. Psalm cxlvii. 19,20.
GOD, who in various methods told
His mind and will to saints of old,
Sent his own Son, with truth and grace,
To teach us in these latter days.
: Our nation reads the written word,
That book of life, that sure record : »
The bright inheritance of hea\en
Is by the sweet conveyance given.
God's kindest thoughts are here express'd,
Able to make us wise and bless'd ;
The doctrines are divinely true,
Fit for reproof, and comfort too.
Ye British isles, who read his love,
In long epistles from above,
(He hath not sent his sacred word
To every land) Praise ye the Lord.
97- Portugal 97, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 151. B. 2. L. M.)
Prophecy and Inspiration.
> FTUVAS by an order from the Lord,
X The ancient prophets spoke his word;
His Spirit did their tongues inspire,
And warm'd their hearts with heavenly fire.
2 The works and wonders which they wrought
Confirm'd the messages they brought;
The prophet's pen succeeds his breath
To save the holy words from death.
3 Great God, mine eyes with pleasure look
On the dear volume of thy book ;
There my Redeemer's face I see,
And read his name who dy'd for me.
4 Let the false raptures of the mind
Be lost and vanish in the wind ;
Here I can fix my hopes secure,
This is thy word/and must endure.
98- Sprague 166, Crowle 3,Slillman 66.
(Hymn 119. B. 2. CM.)
The Holy Scriptures.
1 T ADEN with guilt, and full of fears,
J-^ I fly to thee, my Lord,
And not a glimpse "of hope appears
But in thy written word.
2 The volume of my Father's grace
Does all my griefs assuage :
Here I behold my Saviour's face
Almost in every page.
B 12
09, 100
3 [This is the field where hidden lies
The pearl of price unknown,
That merchant is divinely wise
Who makes the pearl his own.]
4 [Here consecrated water flows
To quench my thirst of sin ;
Here the fair tree of knowledge grows,
Nor danger dwells therein.]
5 This is the judge that ends the strife,
Where wit and reason fail;
My guide to everlasting life
Through all this gloomy vale.
6 O may thy counsels, mighty God,
My roving feet command ;
Nor I forsake the happy road
That leads to thy right hand.
99. Denbigh 54, Mark's 6 3, New Sabbath 122.
(Psalm 19. L. M.)
The Books of Nature and of Scripture compar-
ed; or, the Glory and Success of the Gospel*
1 HP HE heavens declare thy glory, Lord,
A In every star thy wisdom shines;
But when our eyes behold thy word,
We read thy name in fairer lines.
2 The rolling sun, the changing light,
And nights and days thy power confess;
But the blest volume thou hast writ
Reveals thy justice and thy grace.
3 Sun, moon, and stars convey thy praise
Round the whole earth, and never stand;
So when thy truth begun its race,
It toucirdand glanc'd on every land.
4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest,
Till through the world thy truth has run;
Till Christ has all the nations blest
That see the light, or feel the sun.
6 Great Sun of righteousness, arise,
Bless the dai*k world with heavenly light;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise,
Thy laws are pure, thy judgments right.
C Thy noblest wonders here we view
In souls renew'd and sins forgiv'n :
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew,
And make thy word my guide to heaven.
100* Martin's Lane 67, Newcourt 173.
(Psalm 19. To the tune of the cxiiith Psalm.)
The Book of Nature and Scripture.
1 f^ RE AT God, the heavens well-order'd frame
\JC Declares the glories of thy name ;
There thy rich works of wonder shine :
A thousand starry beauties there,
A thousand radiant marks appear
Of boundless power, and skill divine.
2 From night to dav, from day tonight,
The dawning and the dying light
Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ;
With silent eloquence they raise
Our thoughts to our Creator's praise,
And neither sound nor language need.
3 Yet their divine instructions run
Far as the journies of the sun,
And every nation knows their voice:
The sun, like some young bridegroom drest,
Breaks from the chambers of the east,
Rolls round, and makes the earth rejoice.
4 Where'er he spreads his beams abroad,
He smiles and speaks his maker God;
All nature joins to shew thy praise :
Thus God, in every creature shines;
Fair as the book of nature's lines,
But fairer is thy book of grace.
SCRIPTURE.
101, 102
PAUSE. Jennings's 123.
5 I love the volumes of thy word;
What light and joy those leaves afford
To souls benighted and distrest!
Thy precepts guide my doubtful way,
Thy fear forbids my feet to stray,
Thy promise leads my heart to rest.
6 From the discoveries of thy law,
The perfect rules of life I draw,
These are my study and delight :
Not honey so invites the taste,
Nor gold, that hath the furnace past,
Appears so pleasing to the sight.
7 Thy threatnings wake my slumbering eye*,
And warn me where my danger lies;
But 'tis thy blessed gospel. Lord,
That makes my guilty conscience clean,
Converts my soul, subdues my sin,
And gives a free but large reward.
8 Who knows the errors of his thoughts?
My God, forgive my secret faults,
And from presumptuous sins restrain:
Accept my poor attempts of praise
That I have read thy book of grace,
And book of nature, not in vain.
101. James's 163, Bedford 91, Stamfords.
(Psalm 119. 7th Part. C. M.)
Imperfection of Nature, and Perfection of
Scripture.
Ver. 96. paraphrased.
1 T ET all the heathen writers join
-t-J To form one perfect book,
Great God, if once compar'd with thine,
How mean their writings look!
2 Not the most perfect rules they gave
Could shew one sin forgiven,
Nor lead a step beyond the grave;
But thine conduct to heaven.
3 I've seen an end of what we call
Perfection here below;
How short the powers of nature fall,
And can no farther go !
4 Yet men would fain be just with God
By works their hands have wrought;
But thy commands, exceeding broad,
Extend to every thought.
5 In vain we boast perfection here,
While sin defiles our frame,
And sinks our virtues down so far,
They scarce deserve the name.
6 Our faith and love, and every grace,
Fall far below thy word ;
But perfect truth and righteousness
Dwell only with the Lord.
102' Worksop 31, Great Milton 212, Brain-
tree 25.
(Psalm 119. 4th Part. C. M.)
Instruction from Scripture.
Ver. 9.
HOW shall the young secure their hearts,
And guard their lives from sin f
Thy word the choicest rules imparts
To keep the conscience clean.
Ver. 130.
When once it enters to the mind,
It spreads such light abroad,
The meanest souls instruction find,
And raise their thoughts to God.
Ver. 105.
'Tis like the sun, a heavenly light,
That guides us all the day ;
And thro' the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.
103, 104 LAW.
105, 106, 107
Ver. 99, 100.
The men that keep thy law with care,
And meditate thy word,
Grow wiser than their teachers are,
And better know the Lord.
Ver. 104, 113.
Thy precepts make me truly wise;
I hate the sinner's road;
I hate my own vain thoughts that rise,
But love thy law, my God.
Ver. 89, 90,91.
[The starry heavens thy rule obey,
The earth maintains'her place ;
And these thy servants night and day
Thy skill and power express:
But still thy law and gospel, Lord,
Have lessons more divine ;
Not earth stands firmer than thy word,
Nor stars so nobly shine.]
Ver. 160, 140, 9, 116.
Thy word is everlasting truth ;
How pure is every page !
That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.
103- Bedford 91, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 119. 5th Part. C. M.)
Delight in Scripture; or, the Word of God
duelling in us.
Ver. 97.
OHow I love thv holy law !
'Tis daily my'delight;
And thence my meditations draw
Divine advice by night.
Ver. 148.
Mv waking eyes prevent the day
To meditate thy word ;
My soul with longing melts away
To hear thy gospel, Lord.
Ver. 3, 13, 54*
How doth thy word my heart engage !
How well employ my tongue!
And, in my tiresome pilgrimage,
Yields me a heavenly song.
Ver. 19, 103.
Am I a stranger, or at home,
>Tis my perpetual feast;
Not honey dropping from the comb
So much allures the taste.
Ver. 72, 127.
No treasures so enrich the mind;
Nor shall thy word be sold
For loads of silver well refin'd,
Nor heaps of choicest gold.
Ver. 28, 49, 175.
When nature sinks, and spirits droop,
Thy promises of grace
Are pillars to support ray hope,
And there 1 write thy praise.
104- Worksop 31, Irish 171.
(Psalm 119. 6th Part. CM.)
Holiness and Comfort from the Word.
Ver. 128.
LORD, I esteem thy judgments right,
And all thy statute? just ;
Thei.ce I maintain a constant fight
With every flattering lust.
Ver. 97, 9.
Thy precepts often I survey J
I'keep thy law in sight,
Thrc' dh th.' b ;-iness of the day,
To form my actions right.
Ver. 62.
My heart in midnight silence cries,
• How 6weet thy comforts be!'
My thoughts in holv wonder rise,
And bring their thanks to thee.
Ver. 162.
And when my spirit drinks her fill
At some good word of thine,
Not mighty men that share the spoil
Have joys compared to mine.
105- Great Milton 212, Irish 171, Otford 106.
(Psalm 119. 8th Part. C. M.)
The Word of God is the Saint's Portion; or,
the Excellency and Variety of Scripture*
Ver. ill- paraphrased.
1 T ORD, I have made thy word my choice,
JLi My lasting herita-e:
There shall ray noblest powers rejoice,
My warmest thoughts engage.
2 I'll read the histories of thy love,
And keep thy laws in sight,
While thro' the promises I rove,
With ever fresh delight.
3 'Tis a broad land of wealth unknown
Where springs of life arise,
Seeds of immortal bliss are sowo,
And hidden glory lies.
4 The best relief that mourners have,
It makes our sorrows blest ;
Our fairest hope beyond the grave,
And our eternal rest.
MORAL LAW.
106. Portugal 97, Hotham 224, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 116. B. 1. L. M.)
Love to God and our Neighbour,
Matt. xxii. 37—40.
1 npHUS saith the first, the great command,
A ' Let ail thv inward powers unite
• To love thy Maker and thy God,
1 With utmost vigour and delight.
2 ' Then shall thy neghbour next in place
• Share thine afFeetious and esteem,
• And let thy kindness to th self
• Measure and rule thy love to him.*
3 This is the sense that Moses spoke,
Thi> did the prophets preach and prove,
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfil i'd by love.
4 But Oh! how base our passions are!
How cold our charity and zeal !
Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.
107- New Sabbath 122, Predby 165, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 38. B. I. 2d. P.;rt. L. M.)
The universal Late of Equity, Matt. viii. l«,
1 "OLESSED Redeemer, how divine,
-O How righteous is this rub of thine,
' To do to all men just the same
• As we expect or wish from them.'
2 This golden lesson, short and plain,
Gives not the mind normernorv pain;
And every conscience must approve
This universal law of love.
3 How ble^t would (very nation be,
Thus ril'd by love and equity !
Al' would be friends without a foe,
And form a paradise below.
4 Jesus, forgive us, that we keep
Thy sacred law of lo\ e asleep ;
No more let envy, wrath, and pride,
But thy blest maxims be our guide,
108, 109, 110
SCRIPTURE.
Ill, 112, 113
108« Great Milton 212, Bedford 91.
(Ps. 50. V, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 23. 2d Part. C. M.)
Obedience is better than Sacrifice.
1 fTlHUS saith the Lord, « The spacious fields,
X * And flocks and herds are mine;
■ O'er all the cattle of the hills
' 1 claim a right divine.
2 * I ask no sheep for sacrifice
* Nor bullocks burnt with fire ;
' To hope and love, to pray and praise,
* Is all that I require.
S ' Call upon me when trouble's near,
' My hand shall set thee free ;
' Then shall thy thankful lips declare
' The honour due to me.
4 ' The man that offers humble praise,
' He glorifies me best;
* And those that tread my holy way6
' Shall my salvation taste.'
109« Ulvcrston 179, Rothwell 174.
(Psalm 16. 1st Part. L. M.)
Confession of our Poverty; and Saints the best
Company ; or, good Works profit Men, not God.
1 T>RESERVE me, Lord, in time of need;
X For succour to thy throne I flee,
But have no merits there to plead ;
My goodness cannot reach to thee.
2 Oft have my heart and tongue confest
How empty and how poor I am ;
My praise can never make thee blest,
Nor add new glories to thy name.
3 Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap
Some profit by the good we do;
These are the compauy I keep,
These are the choicest friends I know.
4 Let others choose the sons of mirth
To give a relish to their wine,
I love the men of heavenly birth
Whose thoughts and language are divine.
110. Worhsop 31, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 115. B. 1. C. M.)
Conviction of Sin by the Law, Rom. vii. 8, 9,
14, 24.
1
nd felt no inward dread !
I was alive without the law,
And thought my sins were dead.
2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright;
But since the precept came
With a convincing power and light,
I find how vile I am.
3 [My guilt appear'd but small before,
Till terribly I saw
How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Was thine eternal law.
4 Then felt my soul the heavy load,
My sins reviv'd again,
I had provok'd a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were shun.]
5 I'm like a helpless captive sold
Under the power of sin ;
I cannot do the good [ would,
Nor keep my conscience clean.
6 Mv God, I cry with every breath
For some kind power to save,
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.
111. Winchester 137, Hotham 224, Kingsbridge
(Hymn 121. B.2. L. M.)
The Law and Gospel distinguished.
1 rilHE law commands, and makes us know
A What duties to our God we owe ;
But 'tis the gospel must reveal
Where lies our strength to do his will.
2 The law discovers guilt and sin,
And shews how vile our hearts have been ;
Only the gospel can express
Forgiving love and cleansing grace.
3 What curses doth the law denounce
Against the man that fails but once!
But in the gospel Christ appears
Pardoning the guilt of numerous years.
4 My soul, no more attempt to draw
Thy life and comfort from the law,
Fly to the hope the gospel gives;
The man that trusts the promise lives.
112- Mount Ephraim 185, Stockport 47, Sutton
149.
(Hymn 120. B. 2. S. M.)
The Law and Gospel joined in Scripture.
1 mHE Lord declares his will,
A And keeps the world in awe;
Amidst the smoke on Sinai's hill
Breaks out his fiery law.
2 The Lord reveals his face,
And smiling from above
Sends down the gospel of his grace,
Th' epistles of his love.
3 These sacred words impart
Our Maker's just commands ;
The pity of his'melting heart,
And vengeance of his hands.
4 [Hence we awake our fear,
WTe draw our comfort hence ;
The arms of grace are treasur'd here,
And armour of defence.
5 We learn Christ crueify'd,
And here behold his blood ;
All arts and knowledges beside
Will do us little good.
6 We read the heavenly word,
We take the offer'd grace,
Obey the statutes of the Lord,
And trust his promises.
7 In vain shall Satan rage
Against a book divine ;
Where wrath and lightning guard the page,
Where beams of mercy shine.
GOSPEL.
US' Fountain 101, Otford 106, Streath-
am 218.
(Psalm 89. ver. 15, &c. 3d Part. C. M.)
A blessed Gospel.
1 "OLEST are the souls that hear and know
A3 The gospel's joyful sound ;
Peace shall attend the parh they go,
And light their steps surround.
2 Their jov shall bear their spirits up
Through their Redeemer's name ;
His righteousness exalts their hope,
Nor "Satan dares condemn.
3 The Lord, our glory and defence.
Strength and salvation gives;
Israei, thy JFCing for ever reign9,
Thy God for ever lives.
114, 115, 116
GOSPEL.
117, 118, 119
114. Wareham 117, Wells 102.
(Hymn 128. 13. I. L. M.)
The Apostles' Commission; or, the Gospel
attested by Miracles, Mark xvi. 15, <Scc.
Matt, xxviii. 18, <5cc.
! 1 ( fi O preach my eospel, faith the Lord,
VX ' Bid the "whole earth my grace re-
1 ceive :
' He shall be sav'd that trusts my word,
' * He shall be damn'd that won't'believe.
| 2 ' [I'll make your great commission known,
i ' And ye shall prove my gospel true
' By all the works that I have done,
' By a41 the wonders ye shall do.
3 ' Go heal the sick, go raise the dead,
* Go cast out devi:s in my name ;
' Nor let m\ prophets be afraid,
■ Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme,
4 ' Teach all the nations my commands,
' I'm with you till the world Shall end ;
'All power is trusted to my hands,
1 1 can destroy, and I defend.'
5 He spake, an J light shone round his head,
On a bright cloud to heaven he rode ;
They to the farthest nation spread
The grace of their ascended God.
115. Ulvtrston 179, Portugal 97, Mark's 65
(Hymn 4. B. 1. 2d Part. L. M.)
The inward Witness to Christianity,
1 John v. 10.
1 |"| TJESTIONS am! doubts be heard no more ;
Vc Let Christ and joy be all our thcUie ;
His Spirit seals his Gospel sure
To every soui that trusts in him.
2 Jesus, thy witness speaks within:
The mercy which thy wor is reveal
Refines the heart from sense and sin,
And stamps its own celestial seal.
3 'Tis God's inimitable hind
That moulds and fonts the heart anew;
Blasphemers can no more withstand,
But bow and own thy doctrine true.
4 The guilty wretch that trusts thy blood,
Finds- peace and pardon at the cross;
The sinful soul, averse to God,
Believes and loves his Maker's laus.
5 Learning and wit may cease their strife,
When miracles with flory shine ;
The voice that calls the dead to life
Must be almighty, and divine.
116. Wells 102, Derby 169, Rot/nvell 174.
(Hymn 131. B. 2. L. M.)
The Excellency of the Christian Religion.
1 T ET everlasting glosies crown
JLi Thy head, my Sa\iour and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation" down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.
5 [What if we trace the globe around,
And search from Britain to Japan,
There shall be no religion found
So just to God, so safe tor man.]
3 In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon ;
With Ion? despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.
I How well thy b'essed truths agree !
How wise and holy thy commands !
Thy promises how" firm they be !
How firm our hope and comfort stands !
5 [Not the feign'd fields of heathenish bliss
Could raise such pleasures in the mind;
Nor does the Turkish Paradise
Pretend tojoys so well refin'd.]
6 Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,
And bind the gospel to my heart.]
117- Aynhoe 108, Simon's 250, Peckham 7.
(Hymn I IS. B. 1. S. M.)
Moses and Christ ; or, Sins against the Law
and Gospel.
John i. 17- Heb. iii. 3, 5, 6, and x. 28, 29.
1 ri^HE law by Moses came,
X But peace, and truth, and love,
Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,
Descending from above.
2 Amidst the house of God
Their different works were done;
Moses a faithful servant stood,
But Christ a faithful Sou.
3 Then to his new commands
Be strict f-bedieuce paid ;
O'er all his Father's house lie stands
The sovereign and the head.
4 The man that durst despise
The law that Moses brought,
Behold ! how terrible he dies
For his presumptuous fault.
5 But sorer vengeance falls
On that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jesus calte,
And dare resist his grace.
118- Gainsborough 29, Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 119. B. 1. C. M.)
The different Success of the Gospel, I Cor. i,
23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 16. 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
1 /"IHRIST and his cross is all our theme ;
V^ The mysteries that we speak
Are scandal in the Jews esteem,
And folly to the Greek.
2 But souls enlighten'd from above
With joy receive the word ;
They see "what wisdom, power, and love
Shines in their dying Lord.
3 The vital savour of his name
Restores their fainting breath;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
4 Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Appollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.
119- London 180, Bedford 91, Follctt 181.
(Hymn 33- B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.)
A rational Deft nee of the Gospel, Rom. i. 15.
1 Cor. i. 27, 2S.
1 ^JHALL atheists dare insult the cross
►o Of our redeemer, God ?
Sha.l infidels rep oach his laws,
Or trample on his blood 1
2 What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults?
May not the works of -overei<rn grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts ?
3 What if his gospel bids us fight
Wit tle.h, an I self, and sin :
The prize is most diviuelv bright
That we are call'd to win.
C2
120, 121
SCRIPTURE.
122, 123, 124
4 What if the foolish, and the poor
His glorious grace partake ;
This but confirms his truth the more,
For so the prophets spake.
6 Do some that own his sacred name
Indulge their souls in sin ;
Jesus should never bear the blame,
His laws are pure and clean.
6 Then let our faith grow firm and strong,
Our lips profess his word;
Nor blush nor fear to walk among
The men that love the Lord.
120« Gould's 272, Mark's 65, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 34. 1st Part. B. I. L. M.*)
The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation.
Rom. i. 16. 1 Cor. i. 18, 24.
1 \yl/"H AT shall the dying sinner do
VT That seeks relief for all his woe?
Where shall the guilty conscience find
Ease for the torment of the mind ?
2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven,
Or form our natures fi for heaven!
Can souls all o'er defil'd with sin
Make their own powers and passions clean?
3 In vain we search, in vain we try,
Till Jesus bring his gospel nigh ;
'Tis there such power and glory dwell
As saves rebellious souls from hell.
4 This is the pillar of our hope
That bears our fainting spirits up ;
We read the grace, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.
5 Let men or angels dig the mines,
Where nature's golden treasure shines,
Brought near the doctrine of the cross
All nature's gold appears but dross.
6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain
Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
I'll meet the scandal and the shame,
And sing and triumph in his name.
121. Gloucester 12, Wells 102, Chard 175.
(Hymn 138. B. 2. L. M.)
The Power of the Gospel.
1 T1HIS is the word of truth and love,
X Sent to the nations from above;
Jehovah here resolves to show
What his almighty grace can do.
2 This remedy did wisdom find
To heal diseases of the mind ;
This sovereign balm, whose virtues can
Restore the ruin'd creature, man.
3 The gospel bids the dead revive,
Sinners obey the voice, and live;
Dry bones are rai-^'d and cloth'd afresh,
And hearts of stone are turn'd to flesh.
4 [Where Satan reign'd in shades of night
The gospel strikes a heavenly light;
Our lusts its wonderous power controls,
And calms the rage of angry souls.]
5 [Lions and beasts of savage name
Put on the nature of the lamb ;
Whilst the wild world esteems it strange,
Gaze, and admire, and hate the change.]
6 May but this grace my 6oul renew,
Let sinners gaze, and hate me too ;
The word that saves m«-. does engage
A sure defence from all their rage,
* Nole.—Yoar Verses of this Hymn are, in
ene edition, called Hymn 33.
122- Irish 171, Staughton 264,
Michael's 119.
(Hymn 126. B. 2. C. MP.)
God glorified in the Gospel.
1 npHE Lord, descending from above,
X Invites his chiluren near,
While power and truth and boundless love
Display their glories here.
2 Here in thy gospel's wonderous frame
Fresh wisdom we pursue;
A thousand angels learn thy name
Beyond whate'er they knew.
3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines,
Thy wonders here we trace ;
Wisdom thro" all the mystery shines,
And shines in Jesu's face.
4 The law its best obedience owes
To our incarnate God;
And thy revenging justice shows
Its honours in his blood.
5 But still the lustre of thy grace
Our warmer thoughts employs,
Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays,
And more exalts our joys.
123* Mount Ephraim 185, Kibworth 249.
(Hymn 10. B. 1. S. M.)
The Blessedness of Gospel Times ; or, the
Revelation of Christ to Jews and Gentiles ,
Isa. v. 2, 7—10. Matt. xiii. 16, 17.
1 TTOVV beauteous are their feet
XX Who stand on Zion's hill!
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal !
2 How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are !
1 Zion, behold thy Saviour King,
' He reigns and triumphs here.'
3 How happy are our ears
That hear this joyful sound
Which Kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found !
4 How blessed are our eyes
Thr.t see this heavenly light!
Prophets and kings desir'd it long,
But dy'd without the sight.
5 The watchmen join their voice,
And tuneful notes employ ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.
6 The Lord makes bare his arm
Thro' all the earth abroad ;
Let every nation now bthold
Their Saviour and their God.
124. Otford 106, Sydenham 43, Ashley 152,
Bath Chapel 26.
(Psalm 96. First Part. C. M.)
Praise for the Gospel.
1 rpO our almighty Maker, God,
X New honours be addrest;
His great salvation shines abroad,
And makes the nations blest.
2 He spake the word to Abraham first;
His truth fulfils the grace:
The Gentiles make his name their trust,
And learn his righteousness.
3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim
With all her different tongues;
And spread the honours of his name
In melody and songs.
125,126, 127,128,129
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES AND BLESSINGS.
E LECTIO y.
125' Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 54. B. i. L. M.)
Electing Grace ; or, Saints beloved in Christ,
Epli. i. 3, &c.
1 TE^US, we bless thy Father's name ;
*} Thy God and ours are both the same;
What heavenly blessings from his throne,
Flow down to sinners thro' his Son!
2 ' Christ be my first elect.' he said,
Then chose our souls in Christ our head,
Before he gave the mountains birth,
Or laid foundations for the earth.
3 Thus did eternal Love begin
To raise us up from death and sin ;
Our characters were then decreed,
• Blameless in love, a holy seed.'
4 Predestinated to be sons
Born by degrees, but chose at once;
A new regenerated rac
To praise the glory of his grace.
5 With Christ our Lord we share our part
In the affections of his heart ;
Nor shall our souls be theme remov'd
Till he forgets his first belovrd.
126- AngePs 60, Paul's 246, Babylon 23.
(Hymn 117. B. I. L. M.)
Election sovereign and free, Rom. ix. 21 —
23, 20.
1 "DEHOLD the potter and the clay,
_D He forms his vessels as he please:
Such is our God, and »uch are we,
The suojects of his high decrees.
2 TDotb not the workman's power extend
O'er all the mass, which part to choose
An 1 mould it for a nobler end,
And which to leave for viler use?]
3 May not the sovereign Lord on high
Di^-pense his favours as he will,
Choose some to life while others die,
And yet be just and gracious still?
4 [What if to make his terrors known,
He lets bis patience iong endure,
Suffering vile rebels to go on
And seal their own destruction sure!
5 What if he means io show his grace,
And his electing love employs
To mark out some of mortal" race,
And form them fit for heavenly joys!]
6 Shall man reply against the Lord,
And call hie Maker's w.. -. unjust,
The thunder of whose urejdiul word
Can crash a thousand worlds to dust ?
7 But, O my soul, if truths so bright
Should dazzle and confound thy" sight,
Yet stn. bis written will obey,
And wain the great decisive day.
i Then «hal! he make his justice known,
And the whole world before his throne
With joy or terror snail confess
The jriory of his righteousness.
127. Grove House 143, Ann's 58.
(Hymn 96. B. 1. C. M.)
Election excludes boasting, 1 Cor. i. 26—31.
1 T> UT few anion? the carnal wise,
-D But few of noble race,
Obtain the favour of thine eye?,
Almighty King of grace.
2 He takes the men of meanest name
For sons and heirs of God ;
An i thus he pours abundant shame
On honourable biood.
3 He calls the fool, and makes him know
The mysteries of his grace,
To briiia" aspiring wisdom low,
And all its pride abase.
4 Nature has all its glories lost
When brought before his throne :
No flesh shatfin his presence boast
But in the Lord alone.
128- Portugal 97, Warehayn 117.
(Hymn 11. B. I. L. Mj
The humble enlightened, and carnal Reason
humbled; or, the Sovereignty of Grace,
Luke x. 21, 22.
1 HP HERE was an hour when Christ rejoie'd,
JL An:l spoke his joy in words of praise :
' Father, 1 thank thee, mighty God,
' Lord of the earth, and heavens, and seas.
2 ' I thank thy sovereign power and love,
' That crowns my doctrine with success ;
1 And makes the'babes in knowledge learn
• The heights and breadths, and lengths of
' grace.
3 ' But all this glory lies conceal'd
1 From men of prudence and of wit;
■ The prince of darkness blinds their eyes,
1 And their own pride resists the light.
4 ' Father, 'tis thus, because thy will
' Chose and ordain'd it should be so;
' 'Tis thy delight t' abase the proud,
1 And lay the haughty scorner low.
5 ' There's none can know the Father right
' But those, who learn it from the son ;
• Nor c;;n the Sou be web receh'd
' But where the Father makes him known.'
6 Then let our souls adore our God
That deals his graces as he please,
N r eives to mortals an account
Or of his actions, or decrees.
129- V'eat Millon 212, Weston Pavel 27,
Hammond 226. »
(Hymn 12. B. 1. C. M.)
Free Grace in revealing Christ, Luke x. 21.
1 TESUS, the man of constant grief,
•J A mourner all his davs ;
His spirit once rejcic'd aloud,
And tun'd his joy to praise.
2 ' Father, 1 thank ihv wouderous love,
' That hath reveal'd thy Son
' To men unlearned ; and to babes
1 Has made thy gospel known.
3 ' The mysteries of redeeming grace
' Are Irdden from the wise, •
' While pride and carnal reasonings join
* To swell and blind their eyes.'
C 3
130,131,132 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 133,134,135
•4 Thus doth the Lord of heaven and earth,
His great decrees fulfil,
And orders all his works of grace
By his own sovereign will.
130* Charmouth 28, Ann's 58.
(Hymn 96. B. 2. C. M.)
Distinguishing Love; or, Angels punished,
and Men saved.
?adlong from th
The rebel angels fell,
And thunderbolts of flaming wrath
Ptirsu'd them deep to hell.
2 Down from the top of earthly bliss
Rebellious man was hurl'd;
And Jesus stoop'd beneath the grave
To reach a sinking world.
3 O love of infinite degree!
Unmeasurable grace !
Must heaven's eternal darling die
To save a traii'rous race 1
4 Must angels sink for ever down,
And burn in quenchless fire,
"While God forsakes his shining throne
To raise us wretches higher!
5 O for this love let earth and skies
With hallelujahs ring,
And the full choir of human tongues
All hallelujah sing.
131. Ayliffe Street 241, Rothwell 174.
(Hymn 97. B. 2. L. M.)
The same,
1 "DROM heaven the sinning angels fell,
JJ And wrath and darkness chain'd them
down ;
But man, vile man, forsook his bliss,
And mercy lifts him to a crown.
2 Amazing work of sovereign grace
That could distinguish rebels so!
Our guiity treasons call'd aloud
For everlasting fetters too.
3 To thee, to thee, almighty love,
Our souls, ourselves, our all we pay :
Millions of tongues shall sound thy praise
On the bright hills of heavenly day.
COVENANT OF GRACE,
132. Gloucester 12, Derby 169, Bromley 104.
(Psalm 89. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Covenant made tvith Christ; or, the
true David.
1 TCTOR ever shall my song record
J? The truth and mercy of the Lord;
Mercy and truth for ever stand,
Like heaven, establish'd by his hand.
2 Thus to his Son he sware, and said,
' With thee my covenant first is made;
' In thee shall dying sinners live,
' Glory and grace are thine to give.
a ' Be thou my prophet, thou my priest;
' Thy children shall be ever blest ;
« Thou art my chosen king; thy throne
* Shall stand eternal like my own.
4 ' There's none of all my sons above
* So much my image or my love;
* Celestial powers thy subjects are,
* Then what can earth to thee compare ?
5 ' David, my servant, whom I chose
' To guard my Hock, to crush my foes,
' And rais'd him to the Jewish throne,
' Was but a 6hadow of my Son.'
G Now let the church rejoice, and sing
Jesus her Saviour and her king:
Angels his heavenly wonders show,
And saints declare his works below.
133« Great Milton 212, Sprague 166.
(Psalm 89. ver. 30, &c. 5th Part. C. M.)
The Covenant of Grace unchangeable; of,
Afflictions without Rejection.
1 « VET, saith the Lord, if David's race,
A * The children of my Son,
' Should break my laws, abuse my grace,
' And tempt mine anger down ;
2 ' Their sins I'll visit with the rod,
' And make their folly smart;
' But I'll not cease to be their God,
' Nor from my truth depart.
3 ' My covenant I will ne'er revoke,
' But keep my grace in mind ;
' And what eternal love hath spoke
* Eternal truth shall bind.
4 ' Once have I sworn (I need no more)
' And pledg'd my holiness
1 To seal the sacred promise sure
* To David and his race.
5 ' The sun shall see his offspring rise
* And spread fr > i sea to sea,
' Long as he travels round the skies
' To give the nations day.
6 * Sure as the moon that rules the night
' His kingdom shall endure,
' Till the fix'd laws of shade and light
1 Shall be observ'd no more.'
134* Miles" s Lane 32, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 40. B. 2. C. M.)
Our Comfort in the Covenant made with
Christ.
1 /~\UR God, how firm his promise stands,
\J Ev'n when he hides his face !
He trusts in our Redeemer's hands
His glory and his grace.
2 Then why, my soul, these sad complaints,
Since Christ and we are one?
Thy God is faithful to his saints,
Is faithful to his Son.
3 Beneath his smiles my heart has liv'd,
And part of heaven posse=s'd ;
I praise his name for grace receiv'd,
And trust him for the rest.
135. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Hymn 139. B. 1. L. M.)
Hope in the Covenant; or, God's Promise
and Truth unchangeable, Heb. vi. 17 — J9,
1 TJOVV oft have sin and Satan strove
JLJ. To rend my soul from thee, my God!
But everlastin? is thy lore,
And Jesus seals it with his blood,
2 The oath and promise of the Lord
Join to confirm the wonderous grace;
Eternal power performs the word,
And fills all heaven with endless praise.
3 Amidst temptations sharp and long
My soul to this dear refuge flics:
Hope is my anchor firm and strong,
While tempests blow and billows rise.
4 The gospel bears my spirits up;
A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation for my hope
In oaths, and promises, and blood.
136, 137, 138
REDEMPTION.
139, 140
REDEMPTION.
13g. Bath Chapel 26, Brighton £08,
Char mo nth 26.
(Hymn 78. B. 2. C. M.)
Redemption by Christ.
1 V17"HEN the first parents of our race
▼ V Rebeli'd and lost their God,
And the infection or' their sin
Had tainted ail our blood,
2 Infinite pity touch'd the heart
Or" the eternal Sou,
Descending from th- heavenly court
H? left hi- father's throne.
3 Aside the Prmee of Glory threw
His most diune array,
And wrapp'd ins Goahead in a veil
Of our inferior clay.
4 His living power, and dying love
Redeem'd unhappy men,
Ana rais'd the ru us of our race
To lift and God again.
5 To thee, dear Lord, our flesh and soul
We joyfully resign,
Bless'd Jesus, take'us for thy own,
For we are doubly thine.
6 Thine honour shall for ever be
The business of our days,
For ever shall our thaukful tongues
Speak thy deserved praise.
157. Cambridge New 74, Irish 171.
(Hymn 29. B. 2. C. M.)
Redemption by Price and Power.
I TESUS, with all ih. saint? above
«J My tongue would bear her part,
Would sound aloud thy saving love,
And sing thy bleeding heart.
3 The Lamb that freed my captive soul
From Satan's heavy chains,
And sent the lion down to howl
Where heil and horror reigns.
4 All glory to the dying Lamb,
And uever ceasing praise,
While angels live V> know his name,
Or saints to feel his grace.
158- Cambridge New 74, Providence 10.
(Hymn 82. B. 2. C. M.)
Redemption and Protection from Spiritual
Enemit*.
1 A RISE, my soul, my joyful powers,
xjl And triumph in my God,
Av\ake, my voice, and" loud proclaim
His glorious grace abroad.
2 He rais'd me./rom the deeps of sin,
The gates of gaping hell,
And fi.vu my stan kioej more secure
Thau 'twas before 1 fell.
$ The arms of everlasting love
Beneath my soui he plac'd,
And on the rock of ages set
My slippery footsteps fast.
4 The city of my bless'd abode
Is waJTd around with grace,
Salvation for a bulwark stands
To shield the sacred place.
5 Satan may vent his sharpest spite,
And all his legions roar,
Almighty mercy guards my life,
And bounds his raging power.
6 Arise, mv soul, awake, my voice,
And tunes of pleasure sing,
Loud hallelujahs shall address
My Sa\icur and my King.
159- Ot/ord 106, Milbourn Port 183,
F.uniain 101.
(Hymn 35. B. 2. C. M.)
Praise to God for Creation and Redemption.
1 T ET them neglect thy glory, Lord,
M-d Who never knew thy grace,
But our loud songs shall still record
The wonders of thy praise.
2 We raise our shouts, O God, to thee,
And send them to thy throne,
All glory to th' Unwed" Three,
The Undivided One.
3 'Twas he (and we'll adore his name)
That form'd us by a word,
Tis he restores our ruin'd frame;
Salvation to the Lord.
4 Hosanna! let the earth and skies
Repeat the joyful sound,
Rocks, lulls, ana vales, reflect the voice
In one eternal round.
ATONEMENT.
140. Jaynes's 163, Bedford 91, Abridge 201.
(Psalm 40. 6—9. 2d Part- C. M.)
The Incarnation and Sacrifice of Christ.
1 npHUS saith the Lord, • Your work is vain,
X ' Give your burnt-offerings o'er>
4 In dying ^oats and bullocks slain
• My souf delights no more.'
2 Then spake the Saviour, • Lo, I'm here,
1 My God, to do thy will;
' Wha'te'er thy sacred books declare,
• Thy servant small fulfil.
3 * Thy law is ever in my sight,
• i keep it near my heart;
* Mine ears are open with delight
1 To what thy lips impart.'
4 And see, the bless'd Redeemer comes,
Th' eternal Son appears,
And at th' appointed time assumes
The body God prepares.
5 Much he rereal'd his Father's grace,
And much his truth he shew'd,
And prtach'd th,- way of righteousness,
W here great assemblies stood.
6 His Father's honour touch'd his heart,
He pity'd sinners' cries,
And, to tultil a Saviour's part,
Was made a sacrifice.
PAUSE.
7 No blood of beasts on altars shed
Could wash the conscience clean;
But the rich sacrifice he paid
Atones for all our sin.
8 Then was the great salvation spread.
And Satan's kingdom shook ;
Thus by the woman's promis'd seed
The serpent's head was broke.
C 4
141, 142, 143 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 144, 145, 146
141. Glottccster 12, Vlverston 179.
(Psalm 40. ver. 5—10. L. M.)
Christ our Sacrifice.
1 npHE wonders, Lord, thy love has wrought,
A Exceed our praise, surmount our
thought ;
Should I attempt the long detail,
My speech would faint, my numbers fail.
2 No blood of beasts on altars spilt
Can cleanse the souls of men from guilt;
But fhou hast set before our eyes
An all-sufficient sacrifice.
3 Lo ! thine eternal Son appears,
To thy designs he bows his ears,
Assumes a body well prepar'd,
And well performs a work so hard.
4 ' Behold, I come,' (the Saviour cries,
With love and duty in his eyes)
' I come to bear the heavy load
' Of sins, and do thy will/my God.
5 ' 'Tis written in thy great decree,
' 'Tis in thy book foretold of me,
* I must fulfil the Saviour's part,
' And, lo ! thy law is in my heart.
' When on my cross I'm lifted high,
' Or to my crown above the sky.
7 ' The Spirit shall descend, am' show
' What thou hast done, and what I do;
1 i ne wondering worm saill ICSTIi tfej £T--*
' Thy wisdom and thy righteousness.'
14g. Rippon's 18S, Horsley 205, Paul's 246.
(Hymn 1 18. B. 2. L. M.)
The Priesthood of Christ,
i "DL.OOD i,as a voice to pierce the skie?,
X> Revenge the blood of Abel cries ;
But the dear stream when Christ was slain
Speaks peace, as loud from every vein.
2 Pardon and peace from God on high,
Behold he lays his vengeance by,
And rebels that deserv'd his sword,
Become the favourites of the Lord.
3 To Jesus let our praises rise
Who gave his life a sacrifice;
Now he appears before his. God,
And for our pardon pleads his blood.
143. James's 163, Tunbridge 103.
(Hymn 155. B. 2. C. M.)
Christ our Passover.
1 T O the destroying angel flies
JU To Pharaoh's stubborn land :
The pride and flower of Egypt dies
By his vindictive hand.
2 He pass'd the tents of Jacob o'er,
Nor pour'd the wrath divine ;
He saw the blood on every door,
And bless'd the peaceful sign.
3 Thus the appointed Lamb must bleed
To break th' Egyptian yoke;
Thus Israel is from bondage freed,
And 'scapes the angel's stroke.
4 Lord, if mv heart were sprinkled too,
With blood so rich as thine,
Justice no longer would pursue
This guilty soul of mine.
5 Jesus our passover was slain,
And has at once procur'd
Freedom from Satan's heavy chain,
And God's avenging sword.
144. Great Milton 212, Abridge 201,
Sprague 166.
(Hymn 38. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Atonement of Christ, Rom. iii. 25.
1 TTOW is our nature spoil'd by sin !
AX Yet nature ne'er hath found
The way to make the conscience clean,
Or heal the painful wound.
2 In vain we seek for peace with God
By methods of our own ;
Jesus, there's nothing but thy blood
Can bring us near the throne.
3 The threatenings of thy broken law
Impress our souls with dread;
If God his sword of vengeance draw,
It strikes our spirits dead.
4 But thine illustrious sacrifice
Hath answer'd these demands,
And peace an 1 pardon from the skies
Come down by Jesus' hands.
5 Here all the ancient types agree,
The altar and the lamb ;
And prophets in their visions see
Salvation thro' his name.
6 'Tis by thy death we live, O Lord;
'Tis on thy cross we rest:
For ever be "thy love ador'd,
Thy name for ever blest.
145* Braintree25, Salem 139, Providence lb,
("Hymn 148. B. 2. C. M.)
God reconciled in Christ.
LEST of all the names
My Jesus, and my God,
Who can resist thy heavenly love,
Or trifle with thy blood ?
2 'Tis by the merits of thy death
The Father smiles again ;
♦Tis by thine interceding breath
The" Spirit dwells with men.
3 Till God in human flesh I see,
My thoughts no comfort find;
The holy, just, and sacred Three
Are terrors to my mind.
4 But if Immanue.'s face appear,
My hope, my .joy begins;
His name forbids my slavish fear,
His grace removes my sins.
5 While Jews on their own law rely,
And Greeks of wisdom boast,
I love th' incarnate mystery,
And there I fix my trust.'
146- Bramcoate 8, Chard 175, Rothwell 174.
(Hymn 61. B. I. L. M.)
Christ our High Priest and King, and Christ
coining to Judgment, Rev. i. 5—7.
1 IVTOW to the Lord, that makes us know
J-M The wonders of his dying love,
Be humble honours paid below,
And strains of nobler praise above.
2 'Twas he that clcans'd our foulest sins,
And wash'd us in his richest blood ;
'Tis he that makes us priests and kings,
And brings us rebels near to God.
3 To Jesus our atoning Priest,
To Jesus our superior Kin?,
Be everlasting power confess'd,
And every tongue his glory sing.
147, 148, 149 REGENERATION. 150, 151, 152
4 Behold, on flying clouds he comes,
And every eye snail see him move;
Tho' with" our sins we pierc'd him once,
Then he displays his pardoning love.
5 The unbelieving world shall wail
While we rejoice to see the day ;
Come, Lord ; nor let thy promise fail,
Nor let thy chariots long delay.
REGENERATION.
147. Great Milton 212, Gainsbro* 29,
Worksop 31. '
(Hymn 95. B. l. 0. !\I.)
Regeneration, John L 13. iii. 3, &c.
1 "VTOT all the outward forms on earth,
JAI Nor rites that God has given,
Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a sou! to heaven.
2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace •,
Born in the image of his Son
A new peculiar race.
2 The Spirit like some heavenly wind
Blows on tlie sons of flesh,
New models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.
4 Our quicken'd souls awake, and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eves,
And praise employs our br«eatb".
148« Gainsbro' 29, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 99. B. 1. C. M.)
Stones made Children of Abraham; or, Grace
not conveyed by Religious Parents, .Matt. iii. 9
1 "17"AIN are the hopes that rebels plac.;
▼ Upon their birth and blood,
Descended from a pious race ;
(Their fathers now with God.)
2 He from the caves of earth and hell
Can take the hardest stones,
And fill the house of Abra'm well
With new-created sons.
Who call'd the world from emptiness,
The world obey'd and came.
149. Salem 139, George's 2.
(Hymn 130. B. 2. C. M.)
The new Creation.
1 A TTEND, while God's exalted Son
-t\- Doth his own glories shew;
* Behold I sit upon my throne
• Creating all things new.
2 ' Nature and sin are pass'd awav,
1 And the old Adam dies ;
' My hands a new foundation lay,
' See the new world arise.
3 ' I'll be a sun of righteousness
' To the new heavens I make ;
' None but the new-born heirs of grace
* My glories shall partake.'
4 Mighty Redeemer, set me free
From my old state of sin ;
O make my soul alive to thee,
Create new powers within.
I Renew mine eyes, and form mine ears,
And mould my heart afresh;
Give me new passions, joys and fears,
And turn the stone to flesh.
6 Far from the regions of the dead,
From sin, and earth, and hell,
In the new wond that grace has made
I wouid for ever dwell.
15Q. Abridge 201, Charmouth 28.
(Hymn 159. B. 2. C. M.)
An .inconvtrttd State; or, converting Grace.
1 rf~i REAT King of rlon and of grace,
|_ VJT We own, with humble ^hame,
How vile b our degenerate race,
And our first father's name.]
2 From Adam flows our tainted blood,
The poison rrigns withm,
Makes us averse to all that's good,
And willing slaves to sin.
3 [Daily we break thy holy laws,
And then reject thy grace;
Engaar'd in tinj old s; ruent's cause
Against our Maker's face.]
4 We live estrans'd afar from God,
And love the distance well;
With ha-te we run tie d uigerous road
That leads to death and hell.
5 And can such rebels be restor'd !
Smh natures made divine!
Let sinner* see thy glory, Lord,
And feel this pov er of throe.
6 We raise our Father's name on high,
Who his own Spirit ■•ends.
To bring rebellr us str ingers nigh,
And turn hi;-- foe- to friends.
15 1- Gainsborough 29, Braintree 25.
(Hymn 161. B. 2. C. M.)
Christian Virtues ; or, the Difficulty of Con
version.
1 ^TRAIT is the way, the door is strait
IO That leads to jovs on high,
'Tis but a few that find the gate,
White crowds mistake, and die.
2 Beloved self must be deny'd,
The mii.d and will renew'd,
P,.ssion ruppre-s'd, and patience trv'd.
And vain desires subdu'd.
3 [Flesh is a dangerous foe to grace,
W here it prevails and rules;
Flesh must be humbled, pride abas'd,
Lest they destroy our souls.
4 The love of gold be banish'd hence,
(That vile idolatry)
And every ineniber/every sense,
In sweet subjection lie.
5 The tongue, that most unruly power,
Requires a strong restraint:
We must be watchful every hour,
And pray, but never faint.
6 Lord, can a feeble helpless worni^
Fulfil a task so hard!
Thy grace mast all mv work perform,
And give the free reward.
JUSTIFICATION.
1.59. Bedford 91, Weston Favel 27, Worksop si.
tHymn 94. B. l. C. M.)
Justification by Faith, not by Works ; or, the
Laic condemns, Grace justifies, Rom. iii. i"
—22.
1 "\7"A IN are the hopes the sons of men
▼ On their own works have built;
Their hearts by nature all unclean,
And all their actions eruilt.
C 5"
153, 154 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 155, 156, 157
2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths
Without a mnrmuriug word,
And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.
3 In vain we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now,
Since to convince and to condemn
Is all the law can do.
4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace!
When in thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.
153. PauVs 246, Babylon 23.
(Hymn 154. B. 2. L. M.)
Self-righteousness insufficient.
1 c "\T7HERE are the mourners*, saith the
VV Lord
"
1 ?
' That wait and tremble at my word
* That walk in darkness all the day
* Come make my name your trust and stay.
2 ' [No works nor duties of your own
' Can for the smallest sin atone;
* t The robes that nature may provide
1 Will not your least pollutions hide.
3 ' The softest couch that nature knows
' Can give the conscience no repose:
« Look to my righteousness, and live;
* Comfort and peace are mine to give.]
4 ' Ye sons of pride, that kindle coals
' With your own hands to warm your souls,
■ Walk "in the light of your own fire,
* Enjoy the sparks that ye desire.
> ' This is your portion at my hands ;
' Hell waits you with her iron bands,
* Ye shall lie down in sorrow there,
' In death, in darkness, and despair.'
154- Devizes 14, Miall 240, Bath Chapel 26.
(Ps. 71. v. 15, 14, 16, 23, 22, 24. 2d Part. C. M.)
Christ our Strength and Righteousness.
1 IVfY Saviour, my almighty friend,
JLtL When I begin thy praise,
Where will the growing numbers end,
The numbers of thy grace]
2 Thou art my everlasting trust,
Thy goodness I adore;
And since I knew thy graces first
I speak thy glories more.
3 My feet shall travel all the length
Of the celestial road,
And march with courage in thy strength
To see my Father God.
4 When I am fill'd with sore distress
For some surprising sin,
I'll plead thy perfect righteousness,
And mention none but thine.
5 How will my lips rejoice to tell
The victories of my King !
My soul redeem'd from sin and hell
Shall thy salvation sing.
6 [My tongue shall all the day proclaim
My Saviour and my God;
His death has brought my foes to shame,
And drown' d them in his blood.
7 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers ;
With this delightful song
I'll entertain the darkest hours,
Nor think the season long.]
* Isaiah i, 10. 11. t Isaiah xxviii. 20.
15.3* Lewton 30, Kingsbridge 88.
(Hymn 109. B. 1. L. M.)
The Value of Christ and his Righteousness,
Phil. iii. 7-9.
1 "VfO more, my God, I boast no more
1^ Of all the duties I have done j
I quit the hopes I held before
To trust the merits of thy Son.
2 Now for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain I count my loss,
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to his cross.
3 Yef, ai:d I mu«t and will esteem
All things but loss for Jesus' sake :
O may my soul be found in him,
And of his righteousness partake.
4 The best obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before "thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands
By pleading what my Lord has done.
156. Hephzibah 11, Wurman 135, MichaeVs 119.
(Hymn 20. B. 1. CM.)
Spiritual Apparel; namely, the Robe of Righ.
teousness, and Garments' of Salvation, Isaiah
lxi. 10.
WAI ,
. Prepare a tuneful voice,
In God, the life of all my joys,
Aloud will I rejoice.
2 'Tis he adorn'd my naked soul,
And made salvation mine,
Upon a poor polluted worm
He makes his graces shine.
3 And lest the shadow of a spot
Should on my soul be found,
He took the robe the Saviour wrought,
And cast it all around.
4 How far the heavenly robe exceeds
What earthly princes wear!
These ornaments how bright they shine!
How white the garments are !
5 The Spirit wrought ray faith and love,
And hope, and every grace ;
But Jesus spent his life to work
The robe of righteousness.
6 Strangely, my soul, art thou arrayM
By the* great Sacred Three:
In sweetest harmony of praise
Let all thy powers agree.
PARDON.
157- Abridge 201, Carolina 13, Elenborough 170.
(Psalm 130. C. M.)
Pardoning Grace.
1 /~\UT of the deeps of long distress,
\J The borders of despair,
I sent my cries to seek thy grace,
My groans to move thine ear.
2 Great God, should thy severer eye,
And thine impartial hand,
Mark and revenge iniquity,
No mortal flesh could stand.
3 But there are pardons with my God
For crimes of high degree j
Thy Son has bought them with his blood
To draw us near to thee.
158, 159, 160 PARDON.
161, 162, 163
4 [I wait for thy salvation, Lord,
With strong desires 1 wait;
My nm1| invited by thy word,
Stands watching" at thy gate.]
5 rjust as the guar s that keep the night
Long- for the morning skies,
Watch the first beams of breaking light,
And meet them wuh their eyes;
6 So waits my soul to see thy grace,
And more latent than they.
Meets the first openings or thy face,
And finds a brighter day.]
7 [Then in the Lord let Israel trust,
Let Israel seek his face;
The Lord is so d as well as just,
And plenteous is his grae.
S There's full redemption at his throne
For sinners long ensaVd;
The great Redeemer is his Son,
And Israel shal be sav'd.]
158' Nippon's 186, Clverston 179, Paul's 246.
(Psalin 130. L. MO
Pardoning Grace.
1 "T^RO.M deep distre-s and troubled thoughts,
jl To thee, my Gori, I raisM my cries;
If thou severely mark our faults,"
No desh can stand before thine eyes.
2 But thou hast bui!t thy throne of srace,
Free to dispense thy par ions there,
That sinners may approach thy face,
And hope and love, as well as "fear.
3 As the benighted pilgrims wait,
And long, and wish for breaking day,
So waits my sou! before thy gate ;
When will my God his face display?
4 My trust is fix'd upon thy wor I,
Nor shall I trust thy word in vain :
Let mour.iiuir souls address the Lord,
And find relief from alt their pain.
5 Great is his lo\e, and large his grace,
Thro' the redemption of h s Son :
He turns our feet from sinful ways,
And pardon; what our bands have done.
159. Kyland 48, Eagle Street New 55, Bl ode-
rip's 252.
(Psalm 32. S. M.)
Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession.
1 f\ blessed souls are they
\J \\ hose sins are cover'd o'er !
Divinely blest, to whom the Lord
Imputes their guilt no more.
2 They mourn their follies past,
And" keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.
3 While I cone al'd my guilt,
I felt the festering wound,
Till I confess'd my sins to thee,
And r^ady pardon found.
4 Let sinner- learn to pray,
Let saints keep near the throne;
Our help, in times of deep distress,
Is found in God alone.
160- L route 3, Sprague 166, Exeter 4.
(Psalm 32. C. M.)
Free Pardon and sincere Obedience; or, Con-
fession and Forgiitmtis.
! TTAPPV the man to whom his God
XI No more imputes his sin;
But, wash'd in the Redeemer's blood,
Hath made his garments clean !
2 Happy, beyond expression, he
WlK'se debts are thus diseharg'd ;
Aud, from the guilty bondige free,
He feels his soul enlargd.
3 His spirii hates decf it and lies,
His word* are all sincere;
He guards his heart, he guards his eye!",
To keep his conscience clear.
4 White I my inward guilt supprest,
No qu et" could I find;
Thy wrath lav burning in my breast,
Ad rack'd my tortur'd mind.
5 Then I confes-'d my troubld thoughts,
My secret sins revevl'd;
Thy "pardoning grace forgave my faults,
Thy grace my pardon seal'd.
f, T. i- shall invite thy -am s to pray;
W.nen, like a ras;mg fiood,
Temptations rise, "our strength nd stay
Is a forgiving God.
161- P««Pi 246, Babylon Streams 23.
(Psarni 32. 2d Part. L. M.)
A Guilty Conscience iased by Confession and
Paruon.
1 "1"17"HILE I keep silence, and conceal
▼ V My keavj gwtt within my heart,
What torment- d -tn my conscience feel!
What agonie-> of inward smart!
2 1 spread my sins before the Lord,
And a.l my secret faults confess:
Tny go-pe'i -peaks a pardoning word,
Thine holy Spirit seals the grace.
3 For this shall every humble soul
Make swift addresses to rhy seat;
When floods of huge temptations roll,
There shall they find a blest retreat.
4 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,
When days grow dark, and storms appear!
And when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from every snare.
1(3'?' Brarncoate 8. Lebanon!®.
(Psalm 32. Irt Part. L M.)
Repentance and free Paraon ; or, Justification
and Sane tijicnt ion.
1 T>LEST is the man, for ner bless' 1,
J3 Wh se guilt is paraon'd by his God,
A\ hose sins with sorrow are co".ifVs?'d,
And cover'd wuh his Stviuur s blood.
2 Blest is the man to wh->m the Lord
Imputes not hi- iniquities.
He pleads no merit off reward,
And not on works, but grace relies.
3 From guile bis heart and lips are free,
His humbie joy, his holy ft ar,
With deep repentance "well aeree,
And join to prove hi- faith sincere.
4 How glorious is that righteousness
That hi' es an:! cancels all hi- sins!
While a bright evidence of grace
Thro' his whole life appears and shines.
16o- Xewbury 132, Croult 3.
(Hvmn 85. B. 2. C. M.)
Sufficiency of Paraon.
1 \\"HY does your face, ye humble souls,
1 ▼ Tho-< nu urnful < olours wear?
What doubts are these that wa-te your faith,
And nourish your despair?
2 What tho' your numerous sins exceed
The stars tint fi.l the -l:ies,
And aiming at th' eternal throne,
Like pointed mountains rUe!
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164, 165
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
166, 167
3 What tho' your mighty guilt beyond
The wide creation swell,
And has its curs'd foundations laid
Low as the deeps of hell]
4 See here an endless ocean flows
Of never-failing grace,
Behold a dying Saviour's veins
The sacred flood increase.
;i It rises high and drowns the hills,
'T has neither shore nor bound :
Now if we search to find our sins
Our sins can ne'er be found.
6 Awake, our hearts, adore the grace
That buries all our faults,
And pardoning blood that swells above
Our follies and our thoughts.
ADOPTION,
161. Eagle Street New 55, Harborough U%
(Hjmn 64. B. 1. S. M.)
Adoption, 1 John iii. 1, &c. Gal. iv. 6.
{ "DEHOLD what wonderous grace
JD The Father hath bestow'd
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God !
2 'Tis no surprising- thing
That we should be unknown ;
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God's everlasting Sou*
3 Nor doth it yet appear
How great we must be made ;
But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our head.
4 A hope so much divine
May trials well endure,
May purae our souls from sense and sin,
As Christ the Lord is pure.
5 If in my Father's love
I share a filial part,
Send down thy spirit like a dove
To rest upon my heart.
6 - We would no longer lie
Like slaves beneath the throne ;
My faith shall Abba, Father, cry,
And thou the kindred own.
1(55. Oainsbro"1 29, MichaeVs 119, Irish 171.
(Hymn 143. B. 1. C. M.)
Characters of the Children of God, from several
Scriptures.
) ^O new-born babes desire the breast
K? To feed, and grow, and thrive;
So saints with joy the gospel taste,
And by the gospel live.
2 [With inward gust their heart approves
All that the word relates;
They love the men their Father loves,
And hate the works he hates.]
.3 [Not all the flattering baits on earth
Can make them slaves to lust;
They can't forget their heavenly birth,
Nor grovel in the dust.
4 Not all the chains that tyrants use
Shall bind their souls to vice:
Faith like a conqueror can produce
A thousand victories.]
5 [Grace like an uncorrupting seed
Abides ;ind reigns within ;
Immortal principles forbid
The sons of God to sin.]
6 [Not by the terrors of a slave
Do they perform his will,
But with the noblest powers they have
His sweet commands fulfil.]
7 They find access at every hour,
To God within the veil:
Hence they derive a quickening power,
And joys that never fail.
8 O happy souls! O glorious state
Of overflowing grace !
To dwell so near their Father's seat,
And see his lovely face.
9 Lord, I address thv heavenly throne;
Call me a child of thine,
Send down tl*e Spirit of thy Son
To form my heart divine.
10 There shed thy choicest loves abroad,
And make my comforts strong :
Then shall I say, My Father God,
With an unwavering tongue.
COMMUNION WITH GOD.
166- Langdon 217, Leeds 19, Ayliffe Street 241.
(Psalm 23. L. M.)
God our Shepherd.
1 TV/fY shepherd is the living Lord;
1?jL Now shall my wants be well supply'd ;
His providence and holy word
Become my safety and my guidff.
2 In pastures where salvation grows
He makes me feed, he makes me rest;
There living- water gently flows,
And all the food divinely blest.
3 My wandering feet his ways mistake,
But he restores my soul to peace,
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In the fair paths of righteousness.
4 Tho' I walk throT the gloomy vale,
Where death and all its terrors are,
My heart and hope shall never fail,
For God my shepherd's with me there,
6 Amidst the darkness and the deeps
Thou art my comfort, thou my 6tay ;
Thy staff supports my feeble steps,
Thy rod directs my doubtful way.
6 The sons of earth and sons of hell
Gaze at thy goodness, and repine
To see my table spread so well
With living bread and cheerful wine. ,
7 [How I rejoice when on my head
Thy Spirit condescends to rest!
'Tis a divine anointing shed
Like oil of gladness at a feast.
8 Surely the mercies of the Lord
Attend his household all their days ;
There will I dwell to hear his word,
To seek his face, and sing his praise.]
167« Stamford 9, Exeter 4.
(Psalm 23. C. M.)
The same.
1 1VT Y shepherd will supply my need,
J-vi Jehovah is his name;
In pastures fresh he makes me feed
Beside the living stream.
2 He brings my wandering spirit back,
When I forsake his ways;
And leads me, for his mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.
168, 169
COMMUNION WITH GOD.
170, 171
3 When I walk thro' the shades of death,
Thy presence is my stay ;
A word of thy supporting- breath
Drives all my tears away.
4 Thy hand, in spite of all my foes,
Doth still mv table spread ;
Mv cup with blessings overflows,
Thine oil anoints my head.
5 The sure provisions of my God
Attend me all my days;
O may thy hor.se be mine abode,
And all my work be praise!
6 There would I find a settled rest,
(While others go and come)
No more a stranger or a guest,
But like a child at home.
168- Finsbury 155, Eagle Street New 55, Kib-
-tuo worth 249.
(Psalm 23. S. M.)
The same.
1 HP HE Lord my shepherd is,
X Ishallbewellsupply'd;
Since he is mine, and I am his,
What can I want beside]
2 He leads me to the place
Where heavenly pasture grows,
Where living waters gently pass,
And full salvation flows.
3 If e'er I go astray.
He doth mv soul reclaim,
And guides me in his own tight way,
For his most holy name.
4 While he affords his aid,
I cannot vield to tear:
Th'>' I should walk thro' death's dark shade,
My shepherd's with me there.
5 In spite of all my foes,
Thou dost mv table spread ;
My cup with blessings overflows,
And joy exalts my head.
6 The bounties of thy love
Shall crown my following days;
Nor from thv house will I remove,
Nor cease to speak thy praise.
169. Bedford 91, Hammond 226, Abridge 201.
(Psalm 73. ver. 23—26. 2d Part, C. M.)
God our Portion htre and hereafter.
1 /~1 OD my supporter and my hope,
\JT My help for ever near,
Thine arm of mercy held me Up
When sinking in despair.
2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet
Through this dark wilderness;
Thine hand conduct me near thy scat
To dweil before thy face.
3 Wire I in heaven without my God,
'T would be no joy to me;
And whilst this earth is my abode,
I long for none but thee.
4 What if the springs of life were broke,
And flesh and heart should faint!
God is mv soul's eternal rock,
The strength of every saint.
5 Behold, the sinners that remove
Far from thy presence die;
Not all the idol gods they love
Can save them when they cry.
e But to draw near to thee, my God,
Shall be my sweet employ;
My tongue shall sonnd thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.
170- Sprague 166, Braintree 25, New York 3?.
(Hymn 94. B. 2. C. M.)
God my only Happiness, Psalm lsxiii. 2$=.
1 IVTY God, my portion, and my love,
1Y1 My everlasting all,
I've none but thee in heaven above,
Or on this earthly ball.
2 [What empty things are all the skies,
And this inferior clod!
There's nothing here deserves my joys,
There's nothing like- my God.]
3 [In vain the bright, the burning sun
Scatters his feeble light;
'Tis thy sweet beams create my noon;
If thou withdraw, 'tis night.
4 And whilst upon my restless bed,
Amongst the shades I roll,
If my Redeemer shew his head,
'Tis morning with my sou!.]
5 To thee we owe our wealth, and friends,
And health, and safe abode;
Thanks to thy name for meaner things,
But they are not my God.
6 How vain a toy is glittering wealth,
If once compar'd to thee;
Or what's my safety, or my health,
Or all my friends to me?
7 Were I possessor of the earth,
And call'd the stars my own,
Without thy graces and thyself
I were a wretch undone.
8 Let others stretch their arms like seas,
And grasp in all the shore,
Grant me the visits of thy face,
And 1 desire no more,
171* Vermont 134, Ryland 48, Harborough 142.
(Hymn 93. B. 2. S. M.)
God all, and in all, Psalm lxxiii. 25.
MY God, my life, my love,
To thee, to thee, I call,
i [Thy shining grace can cheer
This dungeon where I dwell;
'Tis Paradise when thou art here,
If thou depart, 'tis hell.]
I [The smilings of thy face,
How amiable they are !
'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace,
And no where else but there.]
1 [To thee, and thee alone,
The angels owe their bliss ;
They sit around thy gracious throne,
And dwell where Jesus is.]
> [Not all the harps above
Can make a heavenly place,
If God his residence remove,
Or but conceal his face.]
5 Nor earth, nor all the sky
Can one delight afford,
No, not a di op of real joy,
Without thy presence, Lord.
7 Thou art the sea of love,
Where all my pleasures roll,
The circle where my passions move,
And centre of my soul.
8 [To thee my spirits fly
With infinite desire, *
And yet how far from thee I lie J
Dear Jesus raise me nigher !]
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172, 173^ 174 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 175, 176, 177
172« Glo'ster 12, Leeds 19, Martin's Lane 67.
(Hymn 15. B. 2. L. M.)
The Enjoyment of Christ ; or, Delight in Wor-
ship.
1 TjVARfrommy thoughts, vain world, be gone,
X? Let my religious hours alone:
Fain would my eyes my Saviour see,
I wait a visit, Lord, from thee.
2 My heart grows warm with holy fire,
And kin Jes with a pure desire :
Come, my dear Jesus, from above,
And feed my soul with heavenly love,
3 [The trees of life immortal stand
In flourishing rows at thy right hand,
And in sweet murmurs by their side
Rivers of bliss perpetual glide.
4 Haste then, but with a smiling face,
And spread the table of thy grace:
Bring down a taste of fruit divine.
And cheer my heart with sacred wine.]
5 Bless'd Jesus, what delicious fare!
How sweet thy entertainments are!
Never did angels taste above
Redeeming grace, and dying love.
6 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine,
In thee thy Father's glories shine;
Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one,
That eves have seen, or angels known.
173* Bramcoate 8, Mark's 65, Neio Sabbath 122.
(Hymh 16. B. 2. L. IM.)
Part the Second,
7 T ORD, what a heaven of saving grace,
J. J Shines thro' the beauties of thy face,
And lights our passions to a flame !
Lord, how we love thy charming name!
8 When I can say, my God is mine,
When 1 can feel thy glories shine,
I tread the world beneath my feet,
And all that earth calls good or great.
0 While such a scene of sacred j'oys
Our rapturM eyes and souls employs,
Here we could sit, and gaze away, "
A long, an everlasting day.
10 Well, we shall quickly pass the night
To the fair coasts of perfect light ;
Then shall our joyful senses rove
O'er the dear object of our love.
11 [There shall we drink full draughts of bliss,
And pluck new life from heavenly trees:
Yet now and then, dear Lord, be'stovv
A drop of heaven on worms below.
12 Send comforts down from thy right hand,
While we pass thro' this barren land,
And in thy temple let us see
A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.]
SANCTIFICATJON.
174. Portugal 97, Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8.
(Hymn 132. B. 1. L. M.)
Holiness and Grace, Tit. ii. 10—13.
1 C<0 let our lips and lives express
►o The holy gospel we profess.
So let our works and virtues shine
To prove the doctrine all divine.
2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God;
When the salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
3 Our flesh and sense must be deny'd,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temperance, truth and love
Our inward piety approve.
4 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And faith stands leaning on his word.
175. Great Milton 212, Newington 61.
(Hymn 143. B. 2. C. M.)
Flesh and Spirit.
1 \\7~HAT different powers of grace and sin
tt Attend our mortal state !
I hate the thoughts that work within,
And do the works I hate.
2 Now I complain, and groan, and die,
While sin and Satan reign:
Now rai*e my songs of triumph high,
For grace prevails again.
3 So darkness struggles with the light
Till perfect day arise;
Water and fire maintain the fight
Until the weaker dies.
4 Thus will the flesh and spirit strive,
And vex and break my peace :
But I shall quit this mortal life,
And sin for ever cease.
17^. Bath Chapel 26, Worksop 31.
(Hymn 104. B. l. C. M.)
A State of Nature and of Grace, 1 Cor. vi.
10, II.
1 "IVTOT the malicious or profane,
1^1 The wanton or the proud,
Nor thieves, nor slanderers shall obtain
The kingdom of our God.
2 Surprising grace! And such were we
By nature and by sin,
Heirs of immortal misery,
Unholy and unclean.
3 But we are wash'd in Jesus' blood,
We're pardon'd thro' his name;
And the good Spirit ofour God
Has sanctify'd our frame.
4 O for a persevering power
To keep thy just commands !
We would defile our hearts no more,
No more pollute our hands.
177' Spragne 166, Bedford 91, Worksop 31.
(Hymn 22. B. l. 2d Part. C. M.)
Flesh and Spirit, Rom. viii. 1.
1 "V17HAT vain desires, and passions vain,
▼ T Attend this mortal clay!
Oft have they piere'd my soul* with pain,
And drawn my heart astray.
2 How have I wander'd from my God,
And, following sin and shame,
In this vile world of flesh and blood
Defil'd my nobler frame !
3 For ever blessed be thy grace,
That form'd my soul anew,
And made it of an heaven-born race,
Thy glory to pursue.
4 My spirit holds perpetual war,
And wrestles and complains;
But views the happy moment near
That sh ill dissolve its cfeains.
5 Cheerful in death I close my eyes,
To part with every lust;
And charge my flesh whene'er it rise
To leave them in the dust.
178, 179, 180
PERSEVERANCE.
181,182
6 My purer spirit shall not fear
To put this body on :
Its tempting powers no more are there,
Its lusts and passions gone.
178- Froom 255, Worksop 31, Charmouth 28.
(Psalm 110. llth Fart. C. M.)
Breathing after Holiness.
Ver 5, 33.
OTHAT the Lord would guide my ways
To keep his statutes stiil!
O that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will!
Ver. 29.
O send thy Spirit down to write
Thy law" upon my heart!
Nor let my tongue, indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.
Ver. 37, 36.
From vanity turn off my eyes :
Let no corrupt design.
Nor covetous desires arise
Within this soul of mine.
Ver. 133.
Order my footsteps by thy word,
And make my heart sincere,
Let sin have uo dominion, Lord,
But keep mv conscience clear.
Ver. 176.
IMy soul hath gone too far astray,
My feet too often slip;
Yet since I've not forgot thy way,
Restore thy wandering sheep.
Ver. 35.
Make me to walk in thy commands,
'Tis a delightful road ;
Nor let my head, or heart, or hands,
Offend against my God.
179. Winchester 137.
(Hymn 97. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, fyc.
I Cor. i. 30.
1 TJURY'D in shadows of the night
JD We lie till Christ restores the light;
Wisdom descends to heal the blind,
And chase the darkness of the mind.
2 Our guilty souls are drown'd in tears
Till his atoning blood appears,
Then we awake from deep distress,
And sing, The Lord our Righteousness.
3 Our very frame is mix'd with sin,
His Spirit makes our natures clean;
Such virtues from bis sufferings flow,
At once to cleanse and pardon too.
4 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns,
Binding his slaves in heavy chains;
He sets the prisoners free, and breaks
The iron bondage from our necks.
5 Poor helpless worms in thee possess
Grace, wisdom, power and righteousness;
Thou art our mighty All, and we
Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thee.
180* Aynhoe 108, Stohe 207, BroderijSs 252.
(Hymn 98. B. 1. S. M.)
The same.
1 TTOW heavy is the night
XX That hansrs upon our eyes,
Till Christ with his reviving light
Over our souls arise !
2 Our guilty spirits dread
To meet the wrath of Heaven,
But. in his righteousness array 'd,
We see our sins forgiven.
3 Unholy and impure
Are all our thoughts and ways;
His hands infected nature cure
With sanctifying grace.
4 The powers of hell agree
To hold our souls in vain ;
He sets the sons of bondage free,
And breaks the cursed chain.
5 Lord, we adore thy ways
To bring us near to God,
Thy sovereign power, thy healing grace,
And thine atoning blood.
181* Charmouth 28, Grove House 143,
Wantage 204.
(Hymn 90. B. 2. C. M.)
Faith in Christ for Pardon and Sanctification.
1 TJOW sad our state bv nature is!
XX Our sin how deep it stains!
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains.
2 But there's a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word,
' Ho, ye despairing sinners, come,
* And trust upon the Lord.'
3 My soul obeys th> almighty call,
And runs to this relief,
I would believe thy promise, Lord,
O ! help my unbelief.
4 [To the dear fountain of thy blood.
Incarnate God, I fly,
Here let me wash my spotted soul,
Prom crimes of deepest dye.
5 Stretch out thine arm, victorious King,
My reigning sins subdue,
Drive the old dragon from his seat,
With all his helish crew.]
6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
On tliy kind arms I fall :
Be thou my strength and righteousness,
My Jesus, and my all.
PERSEVERANCE.
182« Sprague 166, Bedford 91, Irish 171.
(Psalm 125. C. M.)
The Saint's Trial and Safety.
1 TTNSHAKEN as the sacred hill,
KJ And firm as mountains be,
Firm as a rock the soul shall rest
That leans, O Lord, on thee-
2 Not walls nor hills could guard so well
Old Salem's happy ground,
As those eternal arras of love
That every saint surround.
3 While tyrants are a smarting scourge
To drive them near to God,
Divine compassion does allay
The fury of the rod.
4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere.
And lead them safely on
To the bright gates of Paradise,
Where Christ their Lord is gone.
5 But if we trace those crooked ways
That the old serpent drew,
The wrath that drove him first to hell
Shall smite his followers too.
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183, 184, 185 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 186, 187, 188
183* Eagle Street New 55, Broderip's 252.
(Psalm 125. S. M.)
The Saint's Trial and Safety ; or, moderated
Afflictions.
1 TjMRM and unmov'd are they
Ms That rest their souls on'God;
Firm as the mount where David dwelt,
Or where the ark abode.
2 As mountains stood to guard
The city's sacred ground,
So God and his almighty love
Embrace his saints around.
3 What tho' the Father's rod
Drop a chastising stroke,
Yet, lest it wound their souls too deep,
Its fury shall be broke.
4 Deal gentlv, Lord, with those
Whose faith and pious fear,
Whose hope, and love, and every grace
Proclaim their hearts sincere.
3 Nor shall the tyrant's rage,
Too long oppress the saint;
The God of Israel will support
His children lest they faint.
6 But if our slavish fear
Will choose the ro id to hell,
We must expect our portion there
Where bolder sinners dwell.
184- New Sabbath 122, Mark's 65, Leeds 19.
(Psalm 138. L. M.)
Restoring and preserving Grace.
1 r\17"ITH ali my powers of heart and
|_ ▼ ▼ tongue,
I'll praise my Maker in ray song:
Angels shall "hear the notes I raise,
Approve the song, and join the praise.
2 Angels that make thy church their care
Shall witness my devotions there,
While holy zeal "directs mv eyes
To thy fair temple in the skies.]
3 I'll sing thy truth and mercy. Lord,
I'll sing the wonders of thy word;
Not all thy works and names below
So much thy power and glory show.
4 To God I cried when troubles rose;
He heard me, and subdu'd my foes,
He did my rising fears control,
And strength diffus'd thro' all my soul.
5 The God of heaven maintains his state,
Frowns on the proud and scorns the great ;
But from his throne descends to see
The sons of humble poverty.
6 Amidst a thousand snares I stand
Upheld and guarded by thy hand ;
Thy words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.
7 Grace will complete what grace begins
To save from sorrows or from sins;
The work that wisdom undertakes,
Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.
185' Bramcoate 6, Portugal 97, Mark's 65.
(Psalm 97. 3d Part. L. M.)
Grace and Glory.
1 TTMi' Almighty reigns exalted high
JL O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky;
Tho' clouds and darkness veil his feet",
His dwelling is the mercy-seat.
2 O ye that love his holy name,
Hate every work of sin and ^hame;
He guards the souls of all his friends,
And from the snares of hell defends.
3 Immortal liglit and joys unknown
Are for tlie saints in darkness sown ;
Those glorious seeds shall spring and rise,
And the bright harvest bless our eyes.
4 Rejoice, ye righteous, and record
The sacred honours of the Lord ;
None but the soul that feels his grace
Can triumph in his holiness.
186- Silver Street 209, Hopkins 157, Stock-
port 47-
(Hymn 51. B. 1. S. M.)
Persevering Grace, J ude, ver. 24, 25,
1 rpo God the only wise,
A Our Saviour and our King,
Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.
2 'Tis his almighty love,
His counsel, and his care,
Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.
3 He will present our souls
Unblemish'd and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
AA ith joys divinely great.
4 Then all the chosen seed
Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of his grace,
And make his wonders known,
5 To our Redeemer God
Wisdom and power belongs,
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs,
SALVATION.
18/. Ashley 152, Sydenham 43, Foster 9G.
(Hymn 88. B. 2. C. M.)
Salvation.
1 SALVATION! O, the joyful sound!
►3 'Tis pleasure to our ears;
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A ccrJial for our fears.
2 Bury'd in sorrow and in sin, »
At hell's dark door we lay,
Bur we arise by grace divine
To see a heavenly day.
3 Salvation ! let the echo fly
The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky
Conspire to raise the sound.
188- Newbury 132, Crowle 3.
(Hymn 111. B. 1. C. M.)
Salvation by Grace, Titus iii. 3—7.
1 TT ®R®> we confess our numerous faults,
LXJ How great our guilt has been !
Fooiish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.
2 But O, my soul, for ever praise,
For ever love his name,
Who turns thy feet from dangerous way*
Of folly, sin and shame.]
3 ['Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done;
But we are sav'd by sovereign grace
Abounding thro' his Son.]
4 'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin ;
'Tis by the water and the blood,
Our souls are wash'd from sin.
189, 190, 191
SALVATION.
192, 193, 194
5 'Tis thro' the purchase of his death,
Who hung upon the tree.
The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.
6 Rais'd fr,om the dead we live anew;
And justified by grace
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's tace.
189* Condescension 116, Charmouth 2fl,
Ami's 58.
(Hjmn 31. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.)
Condescending Grace, Psalm cxxxviii. 6,
J "VM7HEN the Eternal bows the skies
▼ t To visit earthly things,
With 6Com divine he turns his eyes
From towers of haughty kings.
2 He bids his awful chariot roll
Far downward from the skies,
To visit every humble soul
With pleasure in his eyes.
3 Why should the Lord that reigns above
Disdain so lofty kings!
Say, Lord, and why such looks of love,
Upon such worthless things !
4 Mortals, be dumb ; what creature dares
Dispute his awful will 1
Ask no account of his affairs,
But tremble and be still.
5 Just like his nature is his grace,
All sovereign and all free :
&TZ& God, how setrcu.'-^ ~re *• ways!
How deep thy judgments be!
190- Bramcoate 8, Leeds 19, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 137. B. 1. L. M.)
Salvation by Grace in Christ, 2 Tim. i. 9, 10.
1 "VTOW to the power of God supreme
-1AI Be everlasting honours given,
He saves from hell, (we bless his name)
He calls our wandering feet to heaven.
2 Not for our duties or deserts,
But of his own abounding grace,
He works salvation in our hearts,
And forms a people for his praise.
3 'Twas his own purpose that begun
To re»cue rebels doom'd to die;
He gave us grace in Chri-t his Son
Before he spread the starry sky.
4 Jesus the Lord appears at last,
And makes his Father's counsels known ;
Declares 'he great transactions past,
And brings immortal blessings down.
i He dies ; and in that dreadful night
Did all the powers of hell destroy ;
Rising he brought our heaven to light,
And took possession of the joy.
19 . . Denbigh 54, Howies 73, Hotham 224.
(Psalm 85. ver. 9, te. 2d Part. L. M.)
Salvation by Christ.
1 QALVATION is for ever nigh
VO The souls that fear and trust the Lord ;
And gr.ice. des« ending from on high,
Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.
2 Mercy and truth on earth are met.
Since Christ the Lord came down from
By his obedience, so complete, [heaven;
Justice is pleas'd and peace is given.
3 Now truth and honour shall abound,
Religion dwell on earth again,
And heavenly influence bless the ground
In our Redeemer's gentle reign.
4 His righteousness is gone before
To give us frte access to God :
Our wandering feet shall stray no more,
But mark his steps and keep Ihe road.
19g. Paul's 246, Green's Hundred 89.
(Hymn 4. B. 2. L. M.)
Salvation in the Cross.
1 TTF.RE at thy .ross, my dying God,
JLJL I lay my soul btneath thy love,
Beneath the droppings of thy "blood,
Jesus, nor shall it e'er remove.
2 Not a'l that tyrants think or say, .
With rage and lightning in their eyes,
Nor hell shal- fright my heart away,
Should iiell with all its legions rise.
3 Should worlds conspire to drive me thence,
Moveless and firm this heait should lie;
Resolv'd (for that's my last defence)
If I must perish, there to die.
4 But speak, my Lord, and calm my fear;
Am I not safe beneath thy shade?
Thy vengeance will not strike me here,
Nor Satan dares my soul invade.
5 Yes, I'm secure b neath thy blood,
And all my foes shall lose their aim,
Hosanna to my dying God,
And my best honours to his name.
193. Abridge 201, Bedford 91.
l?«£u *?: *» Part. C. MJ
Christ's Obedience and Death; or, God
glorified, and Sinners saved.
1 TTUTHER, I sing thy wouderous grace,
JO I bless my Saviour's name;
He bought salvation for the poor,
And bore the sinner's shame.
2 His deep distress has rais'd us high,
His duty and his zeal
Fulfil'd the law whi> h mortals broke,
And finish'd all thy will.
3 His dying groans, his living songs
Shall better please my God,
Than harp or trumpet's" solemn sound,
Than goats or bullocks' blood.
4 This shall his humble followers see,
And set their hearts at rest;
They by his dearh draw near to thee.
And Jive for ever blest.
5 Let heaven and all that dwell on high
To God their voices raise,
W hile lands and seas assist the sky,
And join t' advance the praise.
6 Zion is thine, most holy God;
Thy Son .-hall bless her gates;
And glory purchas'd by his blood
For thine own Israel waits.
194. Weybridge 92, Sprague 166,
(Hymn 46. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.)
God glorious and Sinners saved, Rom. 1. 30.
Chap. v. 8, 9. 1 Pet. iii. 22.
1 TT^ATHER, how wide thy glories shine!
JO Hou high thy wonders rise !
Known thro' the earth 'jv thousand signs,
By thousand thro' the skies.
2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,
Their motions speak thy skill,
And on the wings of every hour
We read thv patience still .
C 9
195, 196 SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS.
197, 198
3 But when we view thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Our souls are fili'd with awe divine
To see what God performs.
4 When sinners break the Father's laws,
The dying Son atones;
Oh the dear mysteries of his cross,
The triumph of his groans.
5 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Sweet cherubs learn Imnnnuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
6 O may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song ;
Wonder and joy shall tune ray heart,
And love command my tongue.
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS AND PROMISES.
INVITATIONS.
195. Milbourn Port 133, Wiltshire 110.
(Hymn 7. B. I. C. M.)
The Invitation of the Gospel; or, spiritual
Food and Clothing, Isa. Iv. 1, &c.
1 T ET every mortal ear attend,
JLi And every heart rejoice,
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.
2 Ho, all ye hungry starving souls,
That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind.
3 Eternal Wisdom has prepar'd
A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.
4 Ho, ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die,
Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.
5 Rivers of love and mercy here
In a rich ocean join ;
Salvation in abundance flows,
Like floods of milk and wine.
C [Ye perishing and naked poor,
Who work with mighty pain
To weave a garment of your own
That will uot hide your sin,
7 Come naked, and adorn your souls
In robes prepar'd by God,
Wrought by the labours of his Son,
And dy'd in his own blood.j
S Dear God, the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines,
Deep as our helpless miseries are,
And boundless as our sins.
9 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day,
Lord, we are come to seek" supplies,
And drive our wants away.
19rJ. Portugal 97, Green's Hundred 89.
(Hymn 127. B. l. L. M.)
ChrisVs Invitation to Sinners; or, Humility
and Pride ; Matt, xi, 28—30.
1 * fl OME hither, all ye weary souls,
yy * Ye heavy laden sinners, come,
' I'll give you rest from all your toils,
' And raise you to my heavenly home.
2 ' They shall find rest that learn of me;
' I'm of a meek and lowly mind;
1 But passion rages like the sea,
f And pride is restless as the wind.
3 * Blest is the man whose shoulders take
' My yoke, and bear it with delight;
4 My yoke is easy to his neck,
' My grace shall" make the burden light.'
4 Jesus, we come at thy command,
With faith and hope and humble zeal
Resign our spirits to thy hand,
To mould and guide us at thy will.
197. Henley 38, Peckham 7, Kibworth 249.
(Hymn 92. B. 1. S. M.)
Christ the Wisdom of God, Prov. viii. 1. 22—32.
1 f^HALL Wisdom cry aloud,
IO And not her speech be heard ?
The voice of God's eternal Word,
Deserves it no regard I
2 • I was his chief delight,
* His everlasting Son,
[' Before the first of all his works
* Creation was begun.
3 * Before the flying clouds,
' Before the solid land,
' Before the fields, before the flood*
' I dweit at his right-hand.
4 ■ When he adorn'd the skies,
' And built them, I was there
• To order where the sun should rise
' And marshal every star.
5 * When he pour'd out the sea,
' And spread the flowing deep,
• I gave the flood a firm decree
' Id its own bounds to keep.]
6 ' Upon the empty air
* The earth was balanc'd well;
• With joy I saw the mansion where
' The sons of men should dwell*
7 ' My busy thoughts at first
* On tueir salvation ran,
' Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust
' Was fashion'd to a man.
8 ' Then come, receive my grace,
* Ye children, and be wise;
' Happy the man that keeps my ways;
' The man that shuns them dies.'
198. Wareham 1 17, AngeVs Hymn 60.
(Hymn 93. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ, or Wisdom, obeyed or resisted,
Prov. viii. 31—36.
1 rilHUS saith the wisdom of the Lord,
X ' Bless'd is the man that hears my word,
' Keeps daily watch before my gates,
' And at my feet for. mercy waits.
2 ' The soul that seeks me shall obtain
< Immortal wealth and heavenly gain;
' Immortal life is his reward,
' Life, and the favour of the Lord.
109, 200
SCRIPTURE PROMISES. 201, 202, 203
8 ' But the vile wretch that flies from me
' Doth his own soul an injury;
' Fools that against my grace rebel
1 Seek death,~and love the road to hell.'
PROMISES.
199- Wareham 117, Green's Hundred 69.
(Hymn 107. B. 1. L. M.)
The Fall and Recovery of Man; or, Christ
and Satan at Enmity, Gen. lii. 1, 15, 17.
GaL iv. 4. Col. ii. 15.
1 -p|ECElV'D by subtil snares of hell
XJ Adam our head, our father fell,
When Satan in the serpent hid
Propos'd the fruit that God forbid.
2 Death was the threatening; death began
To take possession of the man;
His unborn race recdv'd the wound,
Aud heavy curses smote the ground.
3 But Satan found a worse reward;
Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord,
1 Let everlasting hatred be
' Betwixt the woman's seed and thee.
4 ' The woman's seed shall be my Son,
' He shall destroy what thou hast done,
' Shall break thy head, and onlv feel
* Thy malice raging at his heel."'
5 [He spake; and bid four thousand years
Boll on; at length his Son appears;
Angels with joy descend to earth,
And sing the young Redeemer's birth.
6 Lo, by the sons of hell he dies;
But, as he hung 'twixt earth and skies,
He gave their prince a fatal blow,
And triumph'd o'er the powers below.]
9(X). Newbury 132, Sprague 166.
(Hymn 9. B. 1. C. M.)
The Promises of the Covenant of Grace, Isa. Iv.
1, 2. Zech. xiii. 1. Mic. vii. 19. Ezek. xxxvi.
25, &c.
1 TN vain we lavish out our lives
JL To gather empty wind,
The choicest blessings earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.
2 Come, and the Lord shall fe«d our souls
With more substantial meat,
With such as saints in glory love,
WTith such as angels eat.
3 Our God will every want supply,
And fill our hearts with peace;
He gives by covenant and by oath
The riches of his grace.
4 Come, and he'll cleanse our spotted souls,
And wash away our stains,
In the dear fountain that his Son
Pour'd from his dying veins.
5 [Our guilt shall vanish all away
Tho' black as hell before ;
Our sins shall sink beneath the sea
And shall be found no more.
6 And lest pollution should o'ersprtad
Our inward powers again,
His Spirit shall bedew our souls
Like purifying rain.]
7 Our heart, that flinty stubborn thing,
That terrors cannot move,
That fears no threatening^ of his wrath,
Shall be dissolv'd bv love;
Or he can take the flint away
a That would not be refin'd,
And from the treasures of his grace
Bestow a softer mind.
9 There shall his sacred Spirit dwell,
And deep engrave his law,
And every motion of our souls
To swift obedience draw.
10 Thus will he pour salvation down,
And we shall render praise;
We the dear people of his love,
And He our God of grace.
201- Lebanon 79, Lewton 30, Manning; 245.
(Hymn 15. B. 1. L. M.)
Our own Weakness, and Christ our Strength,
2 Cor. xii. 7, 9, 10.
1 T ET me but hear my Saviour say,
JU * Strength shall be equal to thy day/
Then I rejoice in deep distress,'
Leaning on all-sufficient Grace.
2 I glory in infirmity,
That Christ's own power may rest on me ;
When I am weak, then am I strong,
Grace is my shield, and Christ my soug.
3 I can do all things, or can bear
All sufferings, if my Lord be there ;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains,
While his left hand my head sustains,
4 But if the Lord be once withdrawn.
And we attempt the work alone,
When new temptations spring and rise
We fiud how great our weakness is.
5 [So Sampson, when his hair was lost,
Met the Philistines to his cost,
Shook his vain limbs with sad surprise,
Made feeble fight, and lost his eyes.]
202* Newbury 132, Spy-ague 166, Evans's 190,
(Hymn 32. B. I. CM.)
Strength from Heaven, Isa. xl. 27—30.
7HENCE do our mournful thought*
W
And where's our courage fled?
Has restless sin and raging hell
Struck all our comforts dead?
2 Have we forgot th' Almighty name
That fonu'd the earth and sea?
And can an ail-rreating arm
Grow weary or decay ?
3 Treasures of everlasting might
In our Jehovah dwell;
He gives the conquest to the weak,
And treads their foes to hell.
4 Mere mortal power shall fade and die,
And youthful vigour cease;
But we that wait upon the Lord
Shall feel our strength increase.
5 The -aints shall mount on eagle's wings.
And taste the promis'd bliss,
Till their unwearied feet arrive
Where perfect pleasure is.
203- Gloucester 12, Horsley 205.
(Hymn 84. B. 1. L. M.)
Salvation, Righteousness, and Strength in
Chtist, Isaiah xlv. 21—25.
1 TEHOVAH speaks, let Israel hear,
O Let all the earth rejoice and fear,
While God's eternal Son proclaims
Hi* sovereign honours and his names;
C 10
204, 205, 206 SCRIPTURE PROMISES. 207, 208, 209
2 ' I am the Last, and I the First,
* The Saviour God, and God the Just;
' There's none beside pretends to shew
' Such justice and salvation too.
3 ' [Ye that in shades of darkness dwell,
« Just on the verge of death and hell,
' Look up to me from distant lands,
' Light, life anil heaven are in my hands.
4 < I by mv holy name have sworn,
' Nor shail the vvord in vain return,
* To me shall all things bend the knee,
' And every tongue shall swear to me.]
5 ' h\ me a'one shall men confess
« Lies al their strengt'i and righteousness;
* But such as dare d«-s, ise my name,
* I'll clothe rhem with eternal shame.
6 ' In me, the Lord, tall all the seed
* Of Israel from their sins be fr^ed,
* And by their shining graces prove
* Their interest in my pardoning love.'
204* Mount Ephraim 185, Kibworth 249,
Vermont 134.
(Hymn 85. B. 1. S. M.">
The same.
1 npHE Lord on high proclaims
X His Godhead fr to his throne;
* Mercy and Justice are the names
' By which I will be known.
2 ' Ye dying suuis that sit
' In darkness and distress.
* Look from the borders of the pit
* To my recovering grace.'
3 Sinners shall hear the sound;
Their thankful tongues shall own
4 Our righteousness and strength is found
' In thee, the Lord, aloue.'
4 In thee shail Israel trust,
And see their guilt forgiven;
God wi» pronounce the sinners just,
And take the saints to heaven.
OQ%. Portugal 97, AyViffv Street 241.
~ ° (Hvmn87.B. I.L.M.)
God dwells with the humble and penitent,
Isaiah Ivii. 15, 16.
1 nHHUS saith the High and Lofty One,
X * I sit upon mv holy throne,
« My name is God,' I dwell on high,
' Dwell in my own eterni'y.
2 ' But I descend to worlds below,
' On earth I have a mansiou too,
* The humbie spirit and contrite
' Is an abode of my delight.
3 « The humble soul my words revive,
* I bid the mourning sinner live,
' Heal all the broken hearts I find,
' And ease the sorrows of the mind.
4 ' [When I contend against their sin
* 1 make them know how vile they've been;
* But should my wrath for ever smoke
* Their souls would sink beneath my stroke.
5 O may thy pardoning grace be nigh,
Lest we should faint, despair, and die!
Thus shall our better thoughts approve
The methods of thy chastening love.
Odf,. Newbury 132, Crowle 3, Ludlow 84.
2U0 (Hymn 125. B. 1. C. M.)
Christ's Compassion to the weak and tempted,
Heli. iv. 15, 16. and v. 7. Matt. xti. 20.
j T17TTH joy we meditate the grace
W Of our High Priest above ;
His heart is made of tenderness,
His bowels melt with love.
2 Touch'd with a sympathy within
He knows our feeble frame :
He knows what sore temptations mean,
For he has felt the same.
3 But spotless, innocent and pure
The great Redeemer stood,
While S; tan's fiery darts he bore,
And did resist to blood.
4 He in the days of feeble flesh
Pour' I out 'his cries and tears,
Anu in his measure feels afresh
What every member bears. N -
5 [He II never qui nc • the smoking flax,
But ra>se i to a flame;
The bruised reel he never breaks,
Nor scorns the meanest name.]
6 Then let our bumble faith address
His m rcy and his power,
We shall obtain delivering grace
In the distressing hour.
207* Gainsborough 29, Bath Chapel 28,
Charleston 195.
(Hymn 138. B. I. C. M-)
Sa>nts in, the Hand of Christ, John x. 28, 29*
1 TT^iRiM as the earth thy gospel stands,
X? My Lord, my hope, my trust;
If I am found in Jesus' hands
My sou! can ne'er be lost.
2 His honour is engag'd to save
The meanest of his Bkeepy
All that bis heavenly Father gave
His hands securely ktep.
3 Nor death nor hell shall e'er remove
His favourites from his breast,
In the dear bosom of his love
They must for ever rest.
208^ Walsal 237, Bangor 231,
(Psalm 119. loth Part. C M.)
Pleading the Promises.
Ver. 38, 49.
BEfiOLD thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted *to thy fear ;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hop< s are there.
Ver. 41,56, 107.
Hast thou not writ salvation down,
And promis'd quickening grace?
Doth not my heart address thy throne?
And yet thy love delays.
Ver. 123, 42.
Mine eves for thy salvation fail;
O bear thv servant up ;
Nor let the scoffing lips prevail,
Who dare reproach mv hope.
Ver. 49, 74.
Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord ?
Then let thy truth appear:
Saints shall rejoice in my reward,
And trust as well as fear.
209« Liverpool 83, Cambridge New 74, Froom
255.
(Hymn 69, B. 2. C. M.)
The Faithfulness of God in his Promises.
1 rT>EGIN,my tongue, some heavenly theme,
LXj And speak -ome boundless thing,
The mighty works, or mightier name
Of our eternal King.
2 Tell of his wonderous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad,
Sing the sweet promise of his grace,
And the performing God.
>10
CHRIST.
211, 212
Proclaim ' salvation from the Lord
' For wretched dying men;'
Hi> hand has writ the sacred word
With an immortai pen.
Engrav'd as in eternal brass
The mighty promise shines;
Nor can the "powers of darkness rase
Those everlasting lines.]
i [He that can dash whole worlds to death,
And make them when he please,
He speaks, and that almighty breath
Fulfils his great decrees,
i His very word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies,
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.
He said, ' Let the wide heaven be spread,'
And heaven was stretch'd abroad;
* Abrah'ra, I'll be thy God,' he said,
And he was Abrah'm's God.
i O, might I hear thine heavenly tongue
But whisper, ' Thou art mine,'
Those gentle words should raise my song
To notes almost divine.
) How would my leaping heart rejoice
And think my heaven secure !
I trust the all-creating voice,
And faith desires no more.]
210- Wells 102, Chard 175, Derby 169.
(Hymn 60. B. 2. L. M.)
The Truth of God the Pro miser ; or, the Pro-
mises are our Security.
I T>RA1SE, everlasting praise be paid
JL To him that earth's foundations laid ;
Praise to the God whose strong decrees
Sway the creation as he please.
2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord
Who rules his people by his word,
And there as strong as his decrees
He sets his kindest promises.
3 [Firm are t'ie words his prophets give,
Sweet words on which his children live;
Each of them is the voice of God,
Who spoke and spread the skies abroad.
4 Each of them powerful as that sound
That bid the new-made heavens go round;
And stronger than the solid poles
On which the wheel of nature rolls.]
5 Whence then should doubts and fears arise?
Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes!
Slowly, alas, our mind receives
The comforts that our Maker gives.
6 O for a strong, a lasting faith,
To credit what th' Almightv saith!
T' embrace the message of his Son,
And call the joys of heaven our own.
7 Then should the earth's old pillars shakf,
And all the wheels of nature break,
Our steady souls should fear no more
Than solid rocks when billows roar.
8 Our everlasting hopes arise
Above the ruinable skies,
Where the eternal Builder reigns,
And his own courts his power sustains.
CHRIST.
211. PauVs 216, Green's Hundred 8«».
(Hymn 51. B. 2. L. M.)
God the Son equal with the Father.
1 "D RIGHT King of glory, dreadful God!
-D Our spirits bow before thy seat,
To thee we lift an humble thought,
And worship at thine awful feet.
2 [Thy power hath form'd, thy wisdom sways
All nature with a sovereign "word ;
And the bright world of stars obeys
The will of their superior Lord.]
3 [Mercy and truth unite in one,
And smiling sit at thy right hand;
Eternal justice guards thy throne,
And vengeance~waits thy dread command.]
4 A thousand seraphs strong and bright
Stand round the glorious Deitv ;
But who amongst the sons of light
Pretends comparison with thee !
5 Yet there is one of human frame,
Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood,
Thinks it u'o robbery to claim
A full equality with God.
6 Their glory shines with equal beams ;
Their essence is for ever one,
Tho' they are known bv different names,
The Father God, and God the Son.
7 Then let the name of Christ our King
With equal honours be ador'd;
His praise let every angel sing,
And all the nations own their Lord.
212- Wells 102, Redemption 243, Derby 169.
(Hymn 2. B. 1. L. M.)
The Deity a>id Humanity of Christ, John i.
1, 3, 14. Col. i. 16. Eph. iii. 9, 10.
1 TT'RE the blue heavens were stretch'd
JlLj abroad
From everlasting was the WTord;
With God he was; the Word was God,
And must divinely be ador'd.
2 By his own power were all things made;
By him supported all things stand;
He is the whole creation's head,
And angels fly at his command.
3 Ere sin w as born, or Satan fell,
He led the host of mornin? stars;
(Thy generation who can tell,
Or count the number of thy years?)
4 But lo, he leaves those heavenlv forms,
The Word descends and dwells" in clay,
That he may hold converse with worms,
Drest in such feeble flesh as thev.
How full of truth ! how- full of grace!
When thro' his eyes the Godhead shone :
; Archangels leave their hieh abode
To learn new Hysterics here, and tell
The loves of our descending God,
The glories of Immanuel.
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213, 214, 215 INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 216, 217
213. Truro 105, Martin's Lane 67, Bath Ab-
bey 147.
(Hymn 47. B. 2. L. M.)
Gfory and Grace in the Person of Christ.
1 "\TOW to the Lord a noble song!
JAI Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue;
Hosanna to th' eternal name,
And all his boundless love proclaim.
2 See where it shines in Jesus' face,
The brightest image of his grace;
God, in the person of his Son,
Has all his mightiest works outdone.
3 The spacious earth and spread insr flood
Proclaim the wise the powerful God;
And thy rich glories from afar
Sparkle in every rolling star.
4 But in his looks a glory stands,
The noblest labour of thine hands:
The pleasing lustre of his eyes
Outshines the wonders of the skies.
i Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme;
My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name :
Ye angels, dwell upon the sound,
Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground !
6 O, may I live to reach the place
Where he unveils his lovely face,
Where all his beauties you behold,
And sing his name to harps of gold!
214» Portugal 97, Wareham 1 17,
Bramcoate 8.
(Hymn 2?. B. 1. 1st Part. L. M.)
Christ the eternal Life. Rom. ix. 5.
1 TESUS our Saviour and our God,
*J Array'd in majesty and blood,
Thou art our life ; our souls in thee
Possess a full felicity.
2 All our immortal hopes are laid
In thee our surety and our head ;
Thy cross, thy cradle and thy throne
Are big with glories yet unknown.
3 Let Atheists scoff, and Jews blaspheme
Th' eternal life and Jesus' name;
A word of thy almighty breath
Dooms the rebellious world to death.
4 But let my soul for ever lie
Beneath the blessinsrs of thine eye :
'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above
To see thy face and taste thy love.
INCARNATION OF CHRIST.
215. Silver Street 209, Ephraim 185.
(Hymn 3. B. l. S. M.)
The Nativity of Christ, Luke i. 30, &c.
Luke ii. 10, &c.
1 TTJEHOLD, the grace appears,
.D The promise is fulfill'd ;
Mary the wonderous virgin bears,
And Jesus is the child.
8 [The Lord, the highest God,
Calls him his only Son ;
He bids him rnle the lands abroad,
And gives him David's throne.
8 O'er Jacob shall he reign
With a peculiar sway :
The nations shall his grace obtain,
His kingdom ne'er decay.]
4 To brine the glorious news
A heavenl v form appears;
He tells the 'shepherds of their joys,
And banishes their fears.
5 ' Go, humble swains,' said he,
' To David's city fly ;
' The promis'd infant born to-day
' Doife in a manger lie.
6 ' With looks and hearts serene,
• Go visit Christ your Kin? ;'
And strait a flaming" troop was seen;
The shepherds heard them sing:
7 ' Glory to God on high,
' And heavenly peace on earth,
' Good-wiil to men, to an°els joy,
' At the Redeemer's birth !'
8 [In worship so divine
Let saints employ their ton°ues,
With the celestial hosts we join,
And loud repeat their songs :
9 * Glory to God on high,
' And heavenly peace on earth,
' Good-will to men, to angels joy,
* At our Redeemer's birth.']
2 lfi. Liverpool 63, Missionary 257, Cambridge
New 74.
(Hymn 4. B. l. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Nativity of Christ, Luke ii. 10, &c.
News from the "regions of the "skies,
' Salvation's born to-day.
2 ' Jesus the God whom angels fear
' Comes down to dwell with you ;
' To-day he makes his entrance here,
* But "not as monarchs do.
3 ' No gold nor purple swaddling bands,
' Nor royal shining things;
' A manger for his cradle stands,
' And holds the Kin^ of kings.
4 ' Go, shepherds, where the infant lies,
* And see his humble throne;
* With tears of joy in all your eyes,
* Go, shepherds, kiss the Son.'
5 Thus Gabriel saner, and strait around
The heavenly armies throng,
They tune their harps to lofty sound,
And thus conclude the song :
6 ' Glory to God that reigns above,
* Let peace surround the earth ;
* Mortals shall know their Maker's love,
' At their Redeemer's birth.'
7 Lord, and shall angels have their 6ongs
And men no tunes to raise?
O may we lose our useless tongues
Winn they forget to praise.
0 Glory to God that reigns above,
That pitied us forlorn,
We join to sing our Maker's love,
For there's a Saviour born.
917- Derby 169, Wells 102.
(Psalm 97. ver. 6—9. 2d Part. L. M.)
Christ's Incarnation.
1 npHE Lord is come, the heavens proclaim
J. His birth ; the nations learn his name:
An unknown star directs the road
Of eastern sages to their God.
2 All ve bright armies of the skies,
Go, 'worship where the Saviour lies :
Angels and kings before him bow,
Those gods on high, and gods below.
3 Let idols totter to the ground,
And their own worshippers confound;
But Judah shout, but Zion sing,
And earth confess her sovereign King.
21S, 210, 220 INCARNATION OF CHRIST. 221, 222, 223
2 18* Gloucester 12, Derby 169.
(Hymn 60. B. 1. L. M.)
The Virgin Mary's Song ; or, the promised
Messiah Lorn, Luke i. 46, &C.
1 fiUR soul, shall magnify the Lord,
\J la God the Saviour we rejoice;
While we repeat the virgin's song,
May the same spirit tune our voice.
2 [The Highest saw her low estate,
And mighty things his hand hath done:
His overshadowing power and grace
Makes her the mother of his Son.
3 Let every nation call her bless'd,
And endless years prolong her fame ;
But God alone must be ador'd;
Holy and reverend is his name.]
4 To those that fear and trust the Lord
His mercy stands for ever sure ;
From age to a?e his promise lives,
And the performance is secure.
5 He spake to Abra'm and his seed,
• In thee shall all the earth be bless'd;'
The memory of that ancient word
Lay long in his eternal breast.
S But now no more shall Israel wait,
No more the Gentiles lie forlorn :
Lo, the desire of nations comes,
Behold the promis'd seed is born !
219« Bramcoate 8, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 135. B. 2. L. M.)
Types and Prophecies of Christ.
1 T>EHOLD the woman's promis'd seed!
_D Behold the great Messiah come!
Behold the prophets al! agreed
To give him the superior room !
2 Abra'm the saint rejoic'd of old
When visions of the Lord he saw;
Moses the man of God foretold
This great fulfiller of his law.
3 The types bore witness to his name,
Obtain'd their chief design, and ceas'd ;
The incense and the bleeding lamb,
The ark, the altar, and the priest.
4 Predictions in abundance meet
To join their blessings on his head;
Jesus, we worship at thy feet,
And nations own the promis'd seed.
220« Ayliffe Street 241, Rowles 73.
(Hymn 136. B. 2. L. M.)
Miraclesat the Birth of Christ.
1 mHE King of Glory sends his Son
A To make his entrance on this earth!
Behold the midnight bright as noon,
And heavenly hosts declare his birth !
2 About the young Redeemer's head
What wonders and what glories meet!
An unknown star arose, and led
The eastern sages to his feet.
3 Simeon and Anna both conspire
The infant-Saviour to proclaim;
Inward they felt the sacred fire,
And bless'd the babe, and own'd his name.
4 Let Jews and Greeks blaspheme aloud,
And treat the holy child with scorn;
Our souls adore th' eternal God
Who condescended to be born.
221* Follett l81,Milbourn Port \83,Tiuerton 100*
(Psalm 98. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Messiah's Coming and Kingdom.
1 TOY to the world ; the Lord is come ;
cl Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the earth, the Saviour reigns;
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and
Repeat the sounding joy. [plains,
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground ;
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness,
And wonders of his love.
222* Cambridge New 74, Hephzibah 77, Tiver-
ton 109.
(Psalm 96. ver. ], 10, Sec. C. M.)
Christ's First and Second Cotning.
1 CING to the Lord, ye distant lands,
^ Ye tribes of every tongue ;
His new discover'd grace demands
A new and nobler song.
2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
God's own almighty Son ;
His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.
3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day,
Joy through the earth be' seen;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.
4 Let an unusual joy surprise
The islands of the sea :
Ye mountains, sink, ye vallies, rise,
Prepare the Lord his way.
5 Behold he comes, he comes to bless
The nations, as their God ;
To s.-ew the world his righteousness.
And send his truth abroad.
How will the guilty nations dread
To see their Judge appear !
223- Cambridge New 74, Evans's 190. Irish 171.
(Psalm 97. 1, 3, 5—7, 11. C. M.)
Christ's Incarnation, and the last Judgment,
1 "VT'E islands of the northern sea,
X Rejoice, the Saviour reigns;
His word, like fire, prepares his way,
And mountains melt to plains.
2 His presence sinks the proudest hills,
And makes the vallies rise;
The humble soul enjoys his smiles,
The haughty sinner dies.
3 The heavens his rightful power proclaim;
The idol-gods around
Fill their own worshippers with shame.
And totter to the ground.
4 Adoring angels at his birth
Make theRedeemer known;
Thus shall he come to judge the earth,
And angels guard his throne.
5 His foes shall tremble at his sight,
And hills and seas retire;
His children take their unknown flight,
And leave the world in fire.
C 12
224, 225, 226
LIFE OF CHRIST.
227, 228
6 The seeds of joy and glory sown
For saints in darkness here
Shall rise and spring- in worlds unknown,
And a rich harvesi bear.
LIFE OF CHRIST.
224* Sprague 166, Newbury 132.
(Hymn 103. B. 2. C. M.)
Christ's Commission, John iii. 16, 17.
COME, happy souls, approach your God
With new melodious songs ;
Come, render to almighty grace
The tribute of your tongues.
» So strange, so bound'ess was the love
That pity'd dying men,
The Father sent his equal Son
To give them life again,
ly hands, dear Jesus, w
With a revenging rod,
No hard commission to perform
The vengeance of a God.
4 But all was mercy, all was mild,
And wrath forsook the throne,
When Christ on the kind errand came,
And brought salvation down.
5 Here, sinners, you may heal your wounds,
And wipe your sorrows dry";
Trust in the mighty Saviour's name,
And you shall never die.
C See, dearest Lord, our willing souls
Accept thine offer'd grace ;
We bless the great Redeemer's love,
And give the Father praise.
225« Sutton 149, Rutland 118, Pechham 7.
(Hymn 104. B. 2. S. M.)
The same.
\ T> AISE your triumphant songs
XV To an immortal tune,
Let the wide earth resound the deeds
Celestial grace has done.
2 Sing how eternal love
Its chief beloved chose,
And bids him raise our wretched race
From their abyss of woes.
3 His hand no thunder bears,
Nor terror clothes his brow,
No bolts to drive our guilty souls
To fiercer flams below.
4 'Twas mercy fi'l'd the throne,
And wrath stood silent by,
When Christ was sent with pardons down
To rebels doom'd to die.
5 Now, sinners, dry your tears,
Let hopeless sorrow cease;
Bow to the sceptre of his love,
And take the offer'd peace.
6 Lord, we obey thy call ;
We lay an humble claim
To the salvation thou hast brought,
And love and praise thv name.
226- PortugaW, Ulverstonl79»
(Hymn 139. B. 2. L. M.)
The Example of Christ.
I "Jl/TY dear Redeemer and my Lord,
JLvX I read my dutv in thy word,
But in thy life the law appears
Drawn out in living characters.
2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
Such love, and meekness so divine,
I would transcribe and make them mine.
3 Cold mountains and the midnight air
"Witness the fervor of thy prayer;
The desert thy temptations knew,
Thy conflict and thy victory too.
4 Be thou my pattern; make be bear
More of thy gracious image here;
Then God the judge shall own my name
Amongst the followers of the Lamb.
227. Horsley 205, Wells 102.
(Hymn 112. B. 2. L. M.)
Angels ministering to Christ and Saints,
1 /**1 REAF God, to what a glorious height
vT Hast thou advane'd the Lord thy Son !
Angels, in all their robes of light,
Are made the servants of his throne.
2 Before his feet their armies wait,
And swift as flames of fire they move
To manage his affairs of state.
In works of vengeance and of love.
3 His orders run through all their hosts,
Legions descend at his command
To shield and guard the British coasts
When foreign rage invades our land.
4 Now they are sent to guide our feet
Up to the gates of thine abode,
Through all the dangers that we meet
In travelling the heavenly road.
5 Lord, when I leave this mortal ground,
And thou shalt bid me rise and come,
Send a beloved angel down
Safe to conduct my spirit home.
228- Irish 171, Bedford 91. "
(Hymn 113. B. 2. C. M.)
The same.
1 FT! HE majesty of Solomon !
A How glorious to behold
The servants waiting round his throne,
The ivory and the gold !
2 But, mighty God, thy palace shines
With far superior beams ;
Thine angel guards are swift as winds,
Thy ministers are flames.
3 [Soon as thine only Son had made
His entrance on this earth,
A shining army downward fled
To celebrate his birth.
4 And when oppress'd with pains and fears
On the cold ground he lies,
Behold a heavenly form appears
T' allay his agonies.]
5 Now to the hands of Christ our King
Are all their legions given ;
Th*y wait upon Ins saints, and bring
His chosen heirs to heaven.
6 Pleasure and praise run through their host
To see a sinner turn ;
Then Satan has a captive lost,
And Christ a suSject born.
7 But there's an hour of brighter joy
When he his angels sends
Obstinate rebels to destroy,
And gather in his friends.
8 O could I say, without a doubt,
There shall my soul be found,
Then let the great archangel shout,
And the last trumpet sound.
229, 230, 231 SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST.
232
SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF CHRIST.
229- Virginia 234, Rippon's 188, Babylon
Streams 23.
(Psalm 69. ver. 7, &c. 2d Part. L. M.)
Christ's Sufferings and Zeal.
1 J nn WAS for thy sake, eternal God,
A Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load
Of base reproach and sore disgrace,
And shame defil'd his sacred face.
2 The Jews, his brethren and his kin,
Abus'd the man that check'd their sin :
While he fuifili'd thy holy laws,
They hate him, but "without a cause.
3 ' [My Father's house, said he, was made
' A place for worship, not for trade;'
Then scattering all rheir gold and brass,
He seourg'd the merchants from the place.]
4 [Zeal for the temple of his God
Consum'd his life, e>:pos'd his blood:
Reproaches at thy glory thrown
He felt, and mourn'd them as his own.]
5 [His friends forsook, his followers fled,
While foes and arms surround his head;
They curse him with a slanderous tongue,
And" the false judge maiutainsthe wrong.]
6 His life they load with hateful lies,
And chargehis lips with blasphemies;
They nail him to the shameful tree ;
There hung the man that dy'd for me.
7 [Wretches, with hearts as hard as stones,
Insult his piety and groans :
Gall was the food they gave him there,
And mock'd his thirst' with vinegar.]
8 But God beheld; and from his throne
Marks out the men that hate his Son;
The hand that rais'd him from the dead
Shall pour the vengeance on their head.
230« Ulverston 179, Fawcett 184, Paul's 24C.
(Psalm 69. 1st Part. L. M.)
Christ's Passion and Sinner's Salvation.
1 T^EEP in our hearts let us record
JLr The deeper sorrows of our Lord ;
Behold the rising billows roll
To overwhelm his holy soul.
2 In long complaints, he spends his breath,
While hosts of hell, and powers of death,
And all the sons of malice join
To execute their curst design.
3 Yet, gracious God, thy power and lore
Has made the curse a blessing prove ;
Those dreadful sufferings of thy Son
Aton'd for sins which we had done.
4 The pangs of our expiring Lord
The honours of thy law restor'd ;
His sorrows made thy justice known,
And paid for follies not his own.
5 O for his sake our guilt forgive,
And let the mourning sinner live;
The Lord will hear us in his name,
Nor shall our hope be turn'd to shame.
231. Elenborough 170, Walsal 237, Carolina 13.
(Psalm 69. ver. 1—14. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Sufferings of Christ for our Salvation,
I t ^AVE me, O God, the swelling floods
^ ' Break in upon my soul :
« I sink, and sorrows o'er my head
' Like mighty waters roll.
2 ' I cry till all my voice be gone,
' In tears I waste the day:
' My God, behold my longing eyes,
4 And shorten thy delay.
3 ' They hate my soul without a cause,
1 Aiid still their number grows
1 More than the hairs around my head,
' And mighty are my foes.
4 ' 'Twas then I paid that dreadful debt
' Th it men could never pay,
' And gave those honours to thy law
1 Which sinners took away.'
5 Thus, in the great Messiah's name,
The royal prophet mourns ;
Thus he awakes our hearts to grief,
And gives us joy by turns.
6 ' Now shall the saints rejoice and find
1 Salvation in my name,
' For I have borne their heavy load
' Of sorrow, pain, and shame.
7 ' Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round,
' And sackcloth was my dress,
* While I procur'd for naked souls
1 A robe of righteousness.
6 * Amongst my brethren and the Jews
i I like a stranger stood,
' And bore their vile reproach, to brine
1 The Gentiles near to God.
9 ' I came in sinful mortals' stead
1 To do my Father's will ;
' Yet when I cleans'd my Father's house,
' They scandaliz'd my zeal.
10 ' My fasting and my holy groans
1 Were made the "drunkard's song;
' But God, from his celestial throne,
1 Heard my complaining tongue.
11 ' He sav'd me from the dreadful deep,
1 Nor let my soul be drown'd;
• He rais'd andfix'dmy sinking feet
1 On well establish'd ground.
12 ' 'Twas in a most accepted hour
4 My prayer arose on high,
' A iid for my sake my God shall hear
1 The dying sinner's cry.'
<?32. Bangor 231, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 69. 14—21, 26, 29, 32. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Passion and Exaltation of Christ,
1 1VJOW let our lips with holy fear
JA And mournful pleasure sing
The sufferings of our great high priest,
The sorrows of our king.
2 He sinks in floods of deep distress ;
How high the waters rise !
While to his heavenly Father's ear
He sends perpetual cries.
3 ' Hear me, O Lord, and save thy Son,
' Nor hide thy shiuingface;
1 Why should thy favourite.look like one
* Forsaken of thy grace?
4 ' With rage they persecute the man
1 That groans beneath thy wound,
' While for a sacrifice I pour
' My life upon the ground.
5 ' They tread my honour to the dust,
' And laugh when I complain ;
' Their sharp insulting slanders add
1 Fresh anguish to my pain.
6 ' All my reproach is known to thee,
' The scandal and the shame ;
* Reproach has broke ray bleeding heart,
1 And lies defil'd mv name.
D
233
SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST. 234, 235, 236
7 ' [ look'd for pity, but in vain;
' My kindred are my grief:
* I ask my friends for comfort ronnd,
* But meet with no relief.
t * With vinegar they mock my thirst;
' They gave me gall for food :
1 And sporting with my dying groans,
• They triumph in my blood.
9 ' Shine into my distressed soul,
' Let thy compassions save;
♦ And though my flesh sink down to death,
' Redeem it from the grave.
10 ' I shall arise to praise thy name,
' Shall reign in worlds unknown;
' And thy salvation, O my God,
' Shall seat me on thy throne.'
233' Walsal 237, Bangor 231.
(Psalm 22. ver. l— 16. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Sufferings and Death of Christ,
1 t \\THY has my God my soul forsook,
Y t • Nor will a smile afford V
(Thus David once in anguish spoke,
And thus our dying Lord.)
2 Tho' 'tis thy chief delight to dwell
Among thy praising saints,
Yet thoii canst hear a groan as well,
And pity our complaints.
1 Our fathers trusted in thy name,
And great deliverance found ;
But I'm a worm; despis'dof men,
And trodden to the ground.
4 Shaking the head they pass me by,
And laugh my soul to scorn ;
' In vain he trusts in God,' they cry,
* Neglected and forlorn.'
3 But thou art he who form'd my flesh
By thine almighty word ;
And since I hung upon the breast,
My hope is in the Lord.
6 Why will my Father hide his face,
When foes stand threatening round,
In the dark hour of deep distress,
And not an helper found]
PAUSE.
7 Behold thy Darling left among
The cruel and the proud,
As bulls of Bashan fierce and strong,
As lions roaring loud.
6 From earth and hell my sorrows meet
To multiply the smart ;
They nail my hands, they pierce my feet,
And try to vex my heart.
9 Yet, if thy sovereign hand let loose
The rage of earth and hell,
Why will my heavenly Father bruise
The Son he loves so well]
10 My God, if possible it be,
Withhold this bitter cup;
But I resign my will to thee,
And drink the sorrows up.
11 My heart dissolves with pangs unknown,
In groans I waste my breath ;
Thy heavy hand has brought me down
Low as the dust of death.
12 Father, I give my spirit up,
And trust it in thy hand ;
My dying flesh shall rest in hope,
And rise at thy command.
234- Gould's 272, Green's 89, Wareham 117.
(Hymn 43. B. l. 1st Part.-L. M.)
Jesus our Surety and Saviour, 1 Peter i. 18.
Gal. iii. IS. Rom. iv. 25.
1 A DAM our Father and our head
J\ Transgress'd, and justice doom'd us dead,
The fiery law speaks all despair;
There's. no reprieve nor pardon there.
2 But O unutterable grace,
The Son of Got takes Adam's place,
Down to our world the Saviour flies,
Stretches his arms and bleeds and dies.
3 Justice was pleas'd to bruise the God,
And pay its wrongs with heavenly blood:
What unknown racks and pangs he bore!
Then rose ; the law could ask no more.
4 Amazing work! look down, ye skies,
Wonder and gaze with all your eyes:
Ye heavenly thrones, stoop from above,
And bow to" this mysterious love.
5 Lo ! they adore th' incarnate Son,
And sing the glories he hath won,
Sing how he broke our iron chains,
How deep he sunk, how high he reigns.
6 Triumph and reien, victorious Lord,
By all the flaming hosts ador'd;
And say, dear conqueror, say how long,
Ere we shall rise to join their song.
7 Send down a chariot from above,
With fiery wheels, and pav'd with love,
Raise us beyond th' ethereal blue,
To sing and love as angels do.
235- Tunbridge 103, Evans's 190, Foster 9G.
(Hymn 114. B. 3. C. M.)
Christ's Death, Victory and Dominion,
1 T SING my Saviour's wonderous death ;
X He conquer'd when he fell :
yTis finis h'd, said his dying breath,
And shook the gates of hell.
2 'Tisfinish'd, our Immanuel cries,
The dreadful work is done ;
Hence shall his sovereign throne arise,
His kingdom is begun.
3 His cross a sure foundation laid
For glory and renown,
When thro' the regions of the dead
He pass'd to reach the crown.
4 Exalted at his Father's side
Sits our victorious Lord;
To heaven and hell his hands divide
The vengeance or reward.
5 The saints from his propitious eye
Await their several crowns,
And all the sons of darkness fly
The terror of his frowns.
236- Wareham 117, Angel's Hymn 60.
(Psalm 16. 2d Part. L. M.)
Christ's All- sufficiency,
1 TT OW fast their guilt and sorrows rise,
XX Who haste to seek some idol-god!
I will not taste their sacrifice,
Their offerings of forbidden blood.
2 My God provides a richer cup,
And nobler food to live upon;
He for my life has ofler'd up
Jesus his best beloved Son.
3 His love is my perpetual feast;
By day his counsels guide me right :
And be his name for ever blest,
Who gives me sweet advice by night.
237—239 RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 240, 241
4 I set him still before mine eyes;
At my right hand he stands ptepar'd
To keep my soul from all surprise,
And be my everlasting guard.
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
237' James's 163, Bedford 91, Irish 171.
(Psalm 16. 2d Part. C M.)
The Death arid Resurrection of Christ.
1 I T SET the Lord before my face,
-L ' He bears my courage up ;
' My heart and tongue, their joys express,
' My flesh shall rest in hope.
2 ' My soirit, Lord, thou \vi!t not leave
' Where souls departed are;
'Nor quit my body to the grave
' To see corruption there.
3 ' Thou wilt reveal the path of life,
' And raise me to thy throne ;
' Thy courts immortal" pleasure give,
' Thy presence joys unknown.'
4 [Thus in the name of Christ, the Lord,
The holy David suns1,
And Providence fulfils' the word
Of bis prophetic tongue.
t, Jesus, whom every saint adores,
Was crucify'd and slain;
Behold the tomb its prey restores,
Behold, he lives again!
C When shall my feet arise and stand
On heaven's eternal Mis!
There sits the Bob at uod's right haud,
And there the Father smiles.]
238* Otford 106, Cambridge Neio 74, Liver-
pool 83.
(Hymn 76. B. 2. C. M.)
The Resurrectior. and Ascerision of Christ.
1 TJOS\XN''. to rhe Prince of Light
XX That cloth'd himself in clay,
Enter'd the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.
2 Death is no more the king of dread
Since our Immanuel rose,
He took the tyrant's sting away,
And spoird our hellish foes.
3 See how the Conqueror mounts aloft,
And to his Father flies,
With scars of honour in his flesh,
And triumph in his eyes.
4 There our exalted Saviour reigns,
And scatters blessings down,
Our Jesus fills the middle seat
Of the celestial throne.
5 [Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,
To reach his bless'd abode,
Sweet be the accents of your songs
To our incarnate God.
G Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,
Your sweetest voices raise,
Let heaven, and all created things
Sound our Iininanuel's praise.]
239. Gainsborough 29, Tiverton 109.
(Hymn 26. B. 1. C. M.)
Hope of Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ,
1 Pet. i. 3—5.
1 TlLESS'D be the everlasting God,
J3 The Father of our Lord,
Be his abounding mercy prais'd,
His majesty ador'd.
2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son,
And cail'd him to the sky,
He cave our souls a liv; ly 'hope
That they should neverdie.
3 What tho' our inbred sins require
Our flesh to see the dust!
Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose
So all his followers must.
4 There's an inheritance divine
■ 'd against that day,
Tis unc'orrupted, uudefil'd,
And cannot wasLe away.
5 Saints by the power of God are kept
Till the salvation come ;
We walk bv faith as strangers here
Till Chrk't .hall call us home.
240- Bramcoate 8, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 137. B. 2. L. M.)
Miracles in the Life, Death, and Resurrection
of Christ.
1 "DEHOLDthe blind their sight receive;
JD Belsold the dead awake and live;
The dumb speak wonders, and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless his name.
2 Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own
And seal the mission of the Son;
The Father vindicates his cause
While he hangs bleeding on the cross.
3 He dies ; the heavens in mourning stood;
He rises, ?nd appears a God ;
B-hold the Lord ascending high,
No more to bleed, no more to die.
4 Hence and for ever from my heart
I bid my doubts and fears depart,
And to "those hands my soul resign
Which bear credentials so divine.
ASCENSION AND EXALTATION OF
CHRIST.
24 1 • -4 ngeVs Hym n 60, Wa reh am 117.
(Psalm 2. L. M.)
Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascension,
1 "\"S7"HY did the Jews proclaim their rage?
v v The Romans why their swords empioy?
Against the Lord their powers engage
His dear Anointed to destroy .'
2 ' Come let us break his bands,' they say,
' This man shall never give us laws;'
And thus they cast his yoke away,
And naii'd the monarch to the cross.
3 But God, who high in glory reigns,
Laughs at their pride, their rag? controuls;
He'll vex their hearts with inward pains,
And speak in thunder to their souls.
4*1 will maintain the King I made
' On Zion's everlastL
* My hand shall brirg""hica from the dead,
' And he shall stand y -till.'
5 [His wonderous rising frdm the earth
Makes his eterii
The Lord declares hi- heavenly birth j
' This day have I begoc my son.
6 * Ascend, my Son, ic my right hand,
' There thou sha.lt ask, and I bestow
' The utmost bounds of heathen lands;
1 Tc thee the northern isles shall bow.'J
7 But nations that resist his grace
Shall fall beneath his iron stroke;
His rod shall crush his foes with ease
As potter's earthen work is broke,
D 2
242, 243
ASCENSION AND
244, 245, 240
PAUSE. PauVs 246.
8 Now ye that sit on earthly thrones,
Be wise, and serve the Lord, the Lamb ;
Now at his feet submit your crowns,
Rejoice and tremble at his name.
9 With humble love address the Son,
Lest he grow angry and ye die;
His wrath will burn to worlds unkuown,
If ye provoke his jealousy.
10 His storms shall drive you quick to hell,
He is a God, and ye but dust :
Happy the souls that know him well,
And make his grace their only trust.
242. Bowden 7P, Chard 175.
(Psalm 24. L. M.)
Saints dwell in Heaven; or, Christ's Ascension.
1 npHIS spacious earth is all the Lord's,
JL And men, and worms, and beasts, and
He rais'd the building- on the seas, [birds :
And gave it for their dwelling-place.
2 But there's a brighter world on high,
Thy palace, Lord, above the sky:
Who shall ascend that blest abode,
And dwell so near his maker God ?
3 He that abhors and fears to sin,
Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean,
Him shall the Lord the Saviour bless,
And clothe his soul with righteousness.
4 These are the men, the pious race
That seek the God of Jacob's face;
These shall enjoy the blissful sight,
And dwell in everlasting light.
Derby 169. PAUSE. Bromley 104.
5 Rejoice, ye shininjr worlds on high,
Behold the King of Glory nigh!
Who can this King of Glorv be?
The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he.
6 Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display
To make the Lord the Saviour way:
Laden with spoils from earth and hell,
The Conqueror comes with God to dwell.
7 Rais'd from the dead he goes before,
He opens heaven's eternal door,
To give his saints a blest abode
Near their Redeemer, and their God.
243* Liverpool 83, Cambridge New 74, Arling-
ton 17.
(Psalm 47. C. M.)
Christ ascending and reigning*
1 f\ FOR a shout of sacred joy
VJ To God the sovereign King !
Let every land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.
2 Jesus our God ascends on high ;
His heavenly guards aroind
Atteud him rising thro' the sky,
With trumpet's joyful sound.
3 While angels shout and praise their King,
Let mortals learn their strains;
Let all the earrh his honours sing;
O'er all the earth he reigns.
4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound,
Let knowledge lead the song,
Nor mock him with a solemn sound
Upon a thoughtless tongue.
5 In Israel stood his ancient throne,
He lov'd that chosen race ;
But now he calls the world his own,
And heathens taste his grace.
6 The British islands are the Lord's,
There Abraham's God is known,
While powers and princes, shields and swords,
Submit before his throne.
244. Derby 169, Wells 102.
(Psalm 68. ver. 17, 18. 2d Part. L. M.)
Christ's Ascension, and the Gift of the Spirit.
i X ORD, when thou didst ascend on hio-h,
JLi Ten thousand angels fill'd the sky ;
Those heavenly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots that attend thy state.
2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious when the Lord was there;
While he pronoune'd his dreadful law,
And struck the chosen tiihes with awe.
3 How bright the triumph none can tell,
When the rebellious powers of hell
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains like captives led.
4 Rais'd by his Father to the throne,
He sent the promis'd Spirit down,
With gifts and grace for rebel men,
That God might dwell on earth again.
245* Eagle Street New 55, Si mon's 250.
(Hymn 141. B. 1. S. M.)
The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ ,
Isaiah liii. 1—5, 10— 12.
1 WniO has believ'd thy word,
▼ t Or thy salvation known?
Reveal thine arm, almighty Lord,
And glorify thy Son. .
2 The Jews esteem'd him here
Too mean for their belief:
Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,
And his companion, grief.
3 They turn'd their eyes away,
And treated him with scorn;
But 'twas their grief upon him lay,
Their sorrows he has borne.
4 'Twas for the stubborn Jews,
And Gentiles then unknown,
The God of justice pleas'd to bruise
His best beloved Son.
5 ' But I'll prolong his days,
' And make his kingdom stand,
* My pleasure, (saith the God of grace)
' Shall prosper in his hand.
6 {' His joyful soul shall see
' The purchase of his pain.
And by his knowledge justify
' The guilty sons of men.]
1 Shall quit their prisons and their graves,
' And own his powTer divine.]
? [' Heaven shall advance my Son
* To joys that earth deny'd ;
' Who saw the follies men had done,
' And bore their sins, and dy'd.']
246- Aynhoe 108, Broderip's 252.
(Hymn 142. B. 1. S. M.)
The same, Isaiah liii. 6 — 9, 12.
LIKE sheep we went astray,
And broke the fold of God,
Each wandering in a different way,
But all the downward road.
» How dreadful was the hour
When God our wanderings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour
Upon the Shepherd's head !
247, 248 EXALTATION OF CHRIST.
249, 250
3 How glorious was the grace
When Christ sustaiu'd'the stroke !
His life and blood the Shepherd pavs
A ransom for the flock.
4 His honour and his breath
Were taken both aw.iy ;
JoinM with the wicked in his death,
And made as vile as they.
5 But God shall raise his head
O'er all the sons of men,
And make him see a numerous seed
To recompense his pain.
6 ' I'll give him, (saith the Lord)
1 A portion with the strong;
' He shall possess a large regard,
• And hold his honours long.'
047. Wareham 117, Derby 169.
(Hymn 37. B. 1. 1st Part- L. M.)
Christ's Humiliation, Exaltation, and Triumph;
Phil. ii. 8, 9. Mark xv. 20, 24, 29. Col. ii. 15.
1 rtlHE miehtv frame of o-lorious grace,
X That brightest monument of pr.use,
That e'er the God of love de^ign'd,
Employs and fills my labouring mind.
2 Begin, my soul, the heavenly song,
A burden'for an ansel's tongue,
AYhen Gabriel sounds these awful things,
He tunes and summons all his strings.
3 Proclaim inimitable love,
•lesus the Lord of worlds above
Puts off the beams of bright array,
And veils the God in mortal clay.
4 What black reproach defil'd his name
When with our sins he took our shame !
He whom adoring angels blest
Is made the impious rebel's jest.
5 He that distributes crowns and thrones
Hangs on a tree and bleeds and groans,
The Prince of Life resi/ns his breath,
The King of Glory bows to death.
6 But see the wonders of his power,
He triumphs in his dyinsr hour;
And, while bv Satan's rage he fell,
He dash'd the rising hopes of hell.
7 Thus were the hosts of death subdu'd,
And sin was drown'd in Jesus' blood;
Thus he arose and reigns above,
Ai,d conquers sinners by his love.
» Who shall fulfil this boundless song?
The theme surmounts an angel's tongue :
How low, how vain, are mortal airs,
When Gabriel's nobler harp despairs.
248« Yarmouth 128, Dresden 178, Roivles 73.
(Hymn 44. B. 1. 1st Part. L. M.)
Christ's dying , rising, and reigning, Lukexxtii.
27, 29, 44—46. Matt, xxvii. 50, 57. xxviii. 6. &c.
1 TJE dies ! the friend of sinners dies !
XX Lo Salem's daughters weep arouud,
A solemn darkness veils the skies,
A sudden trembling shakes the ground.
2 Come, saints, and drop a tear or two
For him who groaird beneath your load ;
He shed a thousand drops for you,
A thousand drops of richer blood.
3 Here's love and grief beyond degree,
The Lor-i of Glory dies for men !
But lo! what sudden joys we see,
Jesus the dead revives again I
4 The rising God forsakes the tomb !
The tomb in vain forbids his rise;
Cherubic legions guard him home.
And shout him welcome Lo the skies.
5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell
How high our great deliverer reigns;
Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell,
And led the monster Death in chains.
6 Say • Live for ever, wond'rotis king!
1 Born to redeem, and stron? to save;'
Then a<k the monster. * ^ here's thy sting?'
And, 'Where's thy victory, boasting grave]'
249- Redemption 213, Chard 175, Rolhuell 174.
(Hymn 43. B. 2. L. M.)
Christ's Sufferings and Glory.
1 "\TOW for a tune of lofty praise
-i-\ To great Jehovah's equal Son!
Awake, my voice, in heavenly tajs,
Teli the loud wonders he hath done.
2 Sin? how he left the worlds of light
.And the bright robes he wore above,
How swift and joyful was his flight
On wings of everlasting love.
3 [Down to this base, this sinful earth
He came to raise our nature high;
He came t' atone almighty wrath ;
Jesus the God was born to die.]
4 [He'.l and its lions roar'd around,
His precious b'ood the mounters spilt,
While weighty sorrows press'd him down,
Large as the loads of all our guilt.]
5 Deep in the shades of gloomy death
Th' almishtv Captive prisoner lav,
Th' aimighty Captive left the earth,
And rose to everlasting day.
6 Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light,
Up to hfs throiie of shining grace,
See what immortal glories sit
Round the sweet beauties of his face.
7 Amongst a thousand harps and songs
Jesus the God exalted reigns,
His sacred name fills all their ton?ues,
And echoes thro' the heavenly plains!
250- Olford 106, Liverpool 83, Evans's 190.
(Psalm 8. C. M.)
Christ's Condescension and Glorification ; or.
God made Man.
1 f\ Lord, our Lord, how wonderous great
\J Is thine exalted name!
The giories of thy heavenly state
Let men and babes proclaim.
2 When I behold thy works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
And stars that well adorn the"skv,
Those moving worlds of light ;"
3 Lord, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,
That thou should'st visit him with grac?,
And love his nature so ?
4 Thai thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal form,
Made lower than his angels are,
To save a dying worm! »
5 [Yet while he liv'd on earth unknown,
And men would not adore,
Th' obedient seas and fishes own
His Godhead and his power.
f> The waves lay spread beneath his feet;
And fish, at his command,
Bring their large shoals to Peter's net,
Bring tribute to his hand.
D 3
251, 252
ASCENSION AND
253, 254, 255
7 These lesser glories of the Son
Shone thro' the fleshly cloud ;
Now we behold him on his throne,
And men confess him God.]
8 Let him be crown'd with majesty
Who bow'd his head to death ;
And be his honours sounded high,
By all things that have breath.
9 Jesus, our Lord, how wonderous great
Is thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let the whole earth proclaim.
251, Charmouth 28, Ann's b§.
(Hymn 83. B. 2. C. M.)
The Passion and Exaltation of Christ.
1 rpHUS saith the ruler of the skies,
X ' Awake, my dreadful sword;
* Awake, my wrath, and smite the man
* My fellow,' saith the Lord.
2 Vengeance receiv'd the dread command,
And armed down she flies,
Jesus submits t' his Father's hand,
And bows his head and dies.
3 But oh ! the wisdom and the grace
That join with vengeance now!
He dies to save our guilty race,
And yet he rises too.
A A person so divine was he
Who yielded to be slain,
That he could give his soul away,
And take his life again.
5 Live, glorious Lord, and reign on high,
Let every nation sing,
And angels sound with endless joy
The Saviour and the King.
252. Henley 38, Finshury 155, Pechham 7.
(Hymn 84. B. 2. S. M.)
The stone.
1 /"^OME all harmonious tongues,
V^ Your noble st music bring,
Tis Christ the everlasting God,
And Christ the man we sing.
2 Tell how he took our flesh
To take away our guilt,
Sing the dear drops of sacred blood
That hellish monsters spilt.
3 [Alas, the cruel spear
Went deep into his side,
And the rich flood of purple uore
Their murderous weapons dy'd.]
4 [The waves of swelling grief
Did o'er his bosom roll,
And mountains of almighty wrath
Lay heavy on his soul.]
A Down to the shades of death
He bow'd his awful head,
Yet he arose to live and reign
When death itself is dead.
% No more the bloody spear,
The cross and nails no more;
For hell itself shakes at his name,
And all the heavens adore.
7 There the Redeemer fits
High on the Father's throne;
The Father lays his vengeance by,
And smiles upon his Son.
9 There his full glories shine
With uncreated rays,
And bless his saints and angels eyes
To everlasting days.
(253> Ayliffe Street 241, Derby 169, Redemp-
tion 243.
(Psalm 21. ver. 1—9. L. M.)
Christ exalted to the Kingdom.
1 TVAVID rejoie'd in God his strength,
3-J Rais'd to the throne by special grace ;
But Christ, the Son, appears at length,
Fulfils the triumph and the praise.
2 How groat is the Messiah's joy
In the salvation of thy hand !
Lord, thou hast rais'd his kingdom high,
And givtn the world to his command.
3 Thy goodness grants whate'er he will,
Nor dotb the least request withhold ;
Blessings of love prevent him still,
And crowns of glory, not of gold.
4 Honour and majesty divine
Around his sacred temple shine;
Blest with tlie favour of thy face,
And length of everlasting days.
5 Thy hand shall find out all his foes;
And as a fiery oven glows
With raging heat and living coals,
So shall thy wrath devour their souls.
954- Worksop 31.
(Psalm 22, 20, 21, 27—31. 2d Part. C. M.}
Christ's Sufferings and Kingdom.
1 ( ~\TOW from the rearing lion's rage,
-l-M ' O Lord, protect thy Son ;
• Nor leave thy darling to engage
4 The powers of hell alone.'
2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray,
With mighty cries and tears;
God heard him in that dreadful day,
And chas'd away his fears.
3 Great was the victory of his death,
His throne exalted high;
And all the kindreds of the earth
Shall worship or shall die.
4 A numerous offspring must arise
From his expiring groans;
They shall be reckon'd in his eyes
For daughters and for sons.
5 The meek and humble soul shall see
His table richly spread;
And all that seek the Lord shall be
With joys immortal fed.
6 The isles shall know the righteousness
Of our incarnate God ;
And nations yet unborn profest
Salvation in his blood.
255. PauVs 246, Ulverston 179.
(Fsalm 22. L. M.)
ChrisVs Sufferings and Exaltation.
1 "VTOW let our mournful songs record
±M The dying sorrows of our Lord ;
When he complain'd in tears and blood
As one forsaken of his God.
2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn,
And shake their heads and laugh in scorn;
• He rescu'd others from the grave,
• Now let him try himself to save.
3 « This is the man did once pretend
' God was his father and his friend;
' If God the blessed lov'd him so,
• Why doth he fail to help him now!'
1 Barbarous people! cruel priests!
How they stood round like savage beasts!
Like lions gaping to :'cvour,
When Cod had left him in their power.
256, 257, 258 EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 259, 260
5 Thev wound his head, his hands, his feet,
Till 'streams of hlood each other meet;
Bv lot his garments they divide,
And mock the pangs in which he dy'd.
G But God, his Father, heard his cry :
Rais'd from the dead he reigns on high;
The nations learn his righteousness,
And humble sinners taste his grace.
256- Cambridge New 74, Milboum Pert 183.
(Psalm 89. ver. 19, &c. 4th Part. C. M.)
Christ's mediatorial Kingdom ; or, his divine
and human Nature.
1 XT EAR "hat the Lord in vision said,
JLi And made his mercy known:
' Sinners, behold you)- help is laid
1 On my almighty Son.
2 ' Behold the man my wisdom chose
* Among your mortal race ;
* His head my holy oil o'erflows,
4 The Spirit of my grace.
3 ' High shall he reign on David's throne,
' My people's better King;
' My arm shall beat his rivals down,
4 And still new subjects bring.
4 * My truth shail guard him in his way,
1 With mercy by his side,
' While in my "name thro' earth and sea
4 He shall in triumph ride.
5 ■ Me for his Father and his God
* He shall for ever own,
' Call me his rock, his high abode ;
' And I'll support my Son.
6 ( Mv first-born son array'd in grace
* At mv right hand shall sit f
* Beneath him angels know their place,
* And monarchsat his feet.
7 « My covenant stands for ever fast,
4 My promises are strone ;
* Firm as the heavens his throne shall last,
* His seed endure as long.'
257. Sutton 149, Aynhoe 108, Pechham 7.
(Psalm 99. 1st Part. S. M.)
Christ's Kingdom and Majesty.
1 rilHE God Jehovah reigns,
A Let all the nations fear,
Let sinners tremble at his throne,
And saints be humble there.
2 Jesus the Saviour reigns,
Let earth adore its Lord ;
l In Zion is his throne,
His honours are divine;
His church shaH make his wonders known,
For there his glories shine.
How holy is his name !
How terrible his praise !
Justice, and truth, and judgment join
In all his works of grace.
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST.
258. Eagle Street New 55, Ryland 48,
Simon's 250.
(Hymn 35. B. 2. S. M.)
Christ's Intercession.
WELL, the Redeemer's gone
T' appear before our God,
To sprinkle o'er the flaming throne
With his atoning blood.
2 No fiery venerea nee now,
Nor burning'wrath comes down ;
If justice call for sinners' blood,
The Saviour shews his own.
3 Before his Father's eye
Our humble suit he moves,
The Father lays his thunder by,
And looks, and smiles, and loves.
4 Now may our joyful tongues
Our Maker's honour sing,
Jesus the priest receives our songs,
And bears them to the King.
5 [We bow before his face,
And sound his glories high,
•' Hosanna to the "God of grace
1 That lays his thunder hy.]
6 'On earth thy mercy reigns,
4 And triumphs all above ;'
But, Lord, how weak are mortal strains
To speak immortal love!
7 [How jarring and how low
Are all the notes we sing !
Sweet Saviour, tune our songs anew,
And they shall please the King.]
OKQ. Spragne 166, Crowle 3, Hammond 226.
(Hymn 37. B. 2. C. M.)
The same.
1 T 1FT up your eyes to th' heavenly seats
J_i Where your Redeemer stays ;
Kind intercessor, there he sits,
And loves, and pleads, and prays.
Appeas'd stern justice on the tree,
And then arose to God,
3 Petitions now and praise may rise,
And saints their offerings bring,
The priest with his own sacrifice
Presents them to the king.
4 [Let papists trust what names they please,
Their saints and angels boast;
We've no such advocates as these,
Nor pray to th' heavenly host.]
5 Jesus alone shall bear my cries
Up to his Father's throne,
He, dearest Lord ! perfumes my sighs,
And sweetens every groan.
6 [Ten thousand praises to the King,
Hosanna in the Highest;
Ten thousand thanksour spirits bring
To God and to his Christ.]
960- Braintree 25, Neiv York 33.
(Hymn 145. B. 1. C. M.)
Christ and Aaron.
Taken from Heb. vii. and ix.
1 TESUS, in thee our eyes behold
cl A thousand glories'more
Than the rich gems and polish'd gold
The sons of Aaron wore.
2 They first their own burnt-offerings brought
To purge themselves from sin ;
Thy life was pure without a spot,
And all thy nature clean.
3 [Fresh blood as constant as the day
Was on their aitar spilt ;
But thy one offering takes away
For ever all our guiit.]
4 [Their priesthood ran thro' several hands,
For mortal was their race ;
Thy never-changing office stands
Eternal as thy davs.]
D 4
261, 262
CHARACTERS AND
263, 264
A [Once in the circuit of a year
With blood, but not his own,
Aaron within the veil appears
Before the golden throne ;
6 But Christ by his own powerful blood
Ascends above the skies,
And in the presence of our God
Shews his own sacrifice.]
7 Jesus, the King of Glory, reigns
On Sion's heavenly hill,
Looks like a lamb that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.
« He ever lives to intercede
Before his Father's face ;
Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's grace.
26 1* Wilton's 33, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 12. B. 2. C. JVI.)
Christ is the Substance of the Levitical
Priesthood.
1 fTIHE true Messiah now appears,
X The types are ail withdrawn;
So fly the shadows and the stars
Before the rising dawn.
2 No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs,
Nor kid, nor bullock slain,
Incense and spice of costly names
"Would all be burnt in vain.
3 Aaron must lay his robes away,
His mitre and his vest,
When God himself comes down to be
The offering and the priest.
4 He took our mortal flesh to show
The wonders of his love ;
For us he paid his life below,
And prays for us above.
4 ' Father, (he cries) forgive their sins,
' For I myself have dy'd,'
And then he shews his open'd veins,
And pleads his wounded side.
262* Aynhoe 108, Simon's 250.
(Psalm 2. S. M.) Translated according to the
divine pattern, Acts iv. 24, &c.
Christ dying, rising, interceding and reigning.
1 rTlyTAKER and sovereign Lord
LlvX Of heaven, and earth, and seas,
Thv providence confirms thy word,
A'nd answers thy decrees,
2 The things so long foretold
By David are fulfil I'd,
When Jews and Gentiles join'd to slay
Jesus, thine holy child.]
3 Why did the Gentiles rage,
And" Jews with one accord
Bend all their counsels to destroy
Th' anointed of the Lord ?
4 Rulers and kings agree
To form a vain design ;
Against the Lord their powers unite,
Against his Christ they join.
4 The Lord derides their rage,
And will support his tin-one;
He that hath rais'd him from the dead
Hath own'd him for his Son,
PAUSE.
$ Now he's ascended high,
And asks to rule the earth ;
The merit of his blood he pleads,
And pleads his heavenly birth,
7 He asks, and God bestows
A large inheritance ;
Far as the world's remotest ends
His kingdom shall advance.
8 The nations that rebel
Must feel his iron rod ;
He'll vindicate those honours well
Which he receiv'd from God.
I> [Be wise, ye rulers, now,
And worship at his throne;
With trembling joy, ye people, bow
To God's exalted Son.
10 If once his wrath arise,
Ye perish on the place ;
Then blessed is the soul that flies
For refuge to his grace.]
263* James's 163, Cambridge New 74.
(Psalm 2. C. M.)
The same.
1 \717"HY did the nations join to slay
tt The Lord's anointed Son ?
Why did they cast his laws away,
And tread his gospel down]
2 The Lord that sits above the skies
Derides their rage below.
He speaks with vengeance in his eye$,
And strikes their spirits through.
3 * I call him my eternal Son,
' And raise him from the dead;
* I make my holy hill his throne,
' And wide his kingdom spread.
4 ' Ask me, my Son, and then enjoy
' The utmost heathen lands :
' Thy rod of iron shall destroy
1 The rebel that withstands.'
5 Be wise, ye rulers of the earth,
Obey tli' anointed Lord,
Adore the king of heavenly birth,
And tremble at his word.
6 With humble love address his throne.
For if he frown, ye die ;
Those are secure, a'nd those alone,
Who on his grace rely.
CHARACTERS AND OFFICES OF
CHRIST.
264. Coombs' s 4.5, Derby 169, Bromley 104.
(Hymn 13. B. i. L. M.)
The Son of God incarnate ; or, the Titles and
the Ki?igdom of Christ, Isa. is. 2, 6, 7.
1 mHE lands that long in darkness lay
JL Now have beheld a heaveny light;
Nations that sat in death's cold shade
Are bless'd with beams divinely bright.
2 The virgin's promis'd Son is born,
Behold th' expected child appear ;
What shall his names or titles be ?
The Wonderful, the Counsellor.
3 This infant is the mighty God
Come to be suckled and ador'd ;
Th' etirn.tl Father, Prince of Peace,
The Son of David, and his Lord.
4 The government of earth and seas
Upon his shoulders shall be laid ;
His wide dominions still increase,
And honours to his name be paid.
265, 266
OFFICES OF CHRIST.
267, 268
5 Jesus the holy child shall sit
High on his father David's throne,
Shall crush his foes beneath his feet,
And reign to ages yet unknown.
965- Oxford 177, Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 132. B. 2. C. M.)
The OJices of Christ.
1 YI7"E bless the Prophet of the Lord,
▼ ▼ That come* with truth and grace;
Jesus, thy Spirit and thy word
Shall lead us in thy ways.
2 We reverence our High Priest above,
Who offer'd up his blood,
And lives to carry on his love,
By pleading with our God.
3 We honour our exalted King,
How sweet a're his commands !
He guards our souls from hell and sin
By his almighty hands.
4 Hosanna to his glorious name,
Who saves by different ways;
His mercies lay a sovereign "claim
To our immortal praise.
266> Babylon Streams 23, Lebanon 79.
(Hymn 146. B. 1. L. M.)
Characters of Christ, borrowed from inanimate
Things, in Scripture.
1 /"I O, worship at ImmanueVs feet,
Kjf See in his fa:e what wonders meet;
Earth is too narow to express
His worth, his glory, or his grace.
2 [The whole creation can afford
But some fawt shadows of my Lord :
Nature to make his bennies known
Must mingle colours not her own.]
5 [Is he compar'd to wine or bread?
Dear Lord, our sou's would thus be fed ;
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is hea\enly wine.]
4 [Is he a tree ? The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves;
That righteous branch, that fruitful bough,
Is David's root and offspring too.]
5 [Is he a rose ? Not Sharon yields
Such fraerrancy in all her fields :
Or if the lily he assume,
The vallies bless the rich perfume.]
6 [Is he a vine? His heavenly root
Supplies the boughs with life aud fruit :
O let a lasting union join
My soul the branch to Christ the vine .']
7 [Is he the head? Each member lives,
And owns the vital powers he gives ;
The saints below, and saints above,
Join'd by his Spirit and his love.]
8 [Is he a fountain? There I bathe,
And heal the plague of sin and death ;
These waters all my soul renew,
And cleanse my spotted garments too.]
9 [Is he -a. fire? He'll purge my dross,
But the true gold sustains no loss;
Like a refiner shall he sit,
And tread the refuse with his feet.]
10 [Is he a rork ? How firm he proves!
The rock of ages never moves;
Yet the sweet streams that from him flow
Attend us all the desert thro'.]
11 [Is he a ivny ? He leads to God,
The path indrawn in iines of blood;
There would I walk with hope and zeal,
Tid I arrive at Sion's hill.]
12 [Is he a door? I'll enter in ;
Behold »he pastures large and green,
A paradise divinely fair, '
None but the sheep have freedom there.]
13 [Is he design'd a corner-stone,
For men to build their heaven upon ?
I'll make him my foundation too,
Nor fear the plots of hell below.]
14 rls be a temple? I adore
Th' indwelling majesty and power ;
And stili to this most "holy place,
Whene'er I pray, I turn my face.]
15 [Is he a star? He breaks the night,
Piercing the shades with dawning light;
I know his glories from afar,
I know the bright, the morning star.]
16 [Is he a sun ? His beams are grace,
His course is joy, and righteousness;
Nations r.joice when he appears
To chase their clouds, and dry their tears.
17 O let me c'imb those higher skies,
Wh^re storms and darkness never rise !
There he displays his powers abroad,
And shines, and reigns th' incarnate God.]
His beauties we can never trace,
Till we behold him face to face.
26 r. Ayliffe Street 241, Redemption 243.
(Hymn 147. B. 1. L. M.)
The Names and Titles of Christ, from several
Scriptures.
[>nniS from the treasures of his word
i borrow titles for my Lord;
Nor art, nor nature can supply
Suffi ient forms of majesty.
2 Bright image of the Father's face,
Shining uith undiminish'd rajs;
Th' eternal God's eternal Son,
The heir, and partner of his throne.]
3 The King of Kings, the Lord most Highy
YVrites his own name upon his thigh:
He wears a garment dipp'd in blood,
And breaks the nations with his rod.
4 Where gra e can neither melt nor move
The Lamb resents his injur'd love,
Awakes his wrath without delay,
And Judah's Lion tears the prey.
5 But when for works of peace he come?,
What winning titles he assumes!
Light of the^uorld, and Lire of men;
Nor bears those characters in vain.
6 With tender pity in his heart
He acts the Mediator-s part;
A friend and brother he appears
And well fulfils the names he wears.
7 At length the Judge his throne ascends,
Divides the r, bels from his friends,
And saints in full fruitiou prove
His rich variety of love.
968' Resurrection 72, DarwelVs 82.
(Hymn 148. B. l. as the ]48th Psalm.,-
Ttie same.
I T W7"ITH cheerful voice I sing
L > ▼ The titles of my Lord,
And borrow all the names
Of honour from his word :
Nature aud art
Can ne'er supply
Sufficient forms
Of majesty.
D :•
269
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.
270
2 In Jesus we behold
His Father's glorious face,
Shining for ever brig lit
With mild and lovely rays:
Th' eternal God's
Eternal Son
Inherits and
Partakes the throne.]
3 The sovereign King of Kings,
The Lord oj Lords most high,
Writes his own name upon
His garment and his thigh:
His name is cali'd
The Word of God;
He rules the earth
With iron rod.
■4 Where promises and grace
Can neither melt nor move,
The angry Lamb resents
The injuries of his love;
Awakes his wrath
Without delay,
As lions roar
And tear the prey.
5 But when for works of peace
The great Redeemer comes,
What gentle characters,
What titles he assumes!
Light of the world,
And life of men;
Nor will he bear
Those names in vain.
6 Immense compassion reigns
in our Immanvel's heart',
When he descends to act
A Mediator's part :
He is a friend
And brother too ;
Divinely kind,
Divinely true.
7 At length the Lord the Judge
His awful throne ascends,
And drives the rebels far
From favourites and friends:
Then shall the saints
Completely prove
The heights and depths
Of all his love.
^69* Martin's Lane 67, Newcourt 173.
(Hymn 149. B. 1. L. M.)
The Offices of Christ from several Scriptures.
J I OIN all the names of love and power
*l That ever men cr angels bore ;
All are too mean to speak his worth,
Or set Immanuel's glory forth.
2 But O what condescending ways
He takes to teach his heavenly grace !
My eyes with joy and wonder see
What forms of love he bears for me.
3 [The Angel of the Covenant stands
With his commission in his hands,
Sent from his Father's milder throne
To make the great salvation known.]
4 [Great Prophet, let me bless thy name ;
By thee the joyful tidings came,
Of wrath appeas'd, of sins forgiven,
Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heaven.]
i [My bright example, and my guide*
I would be walking near thy side ;
O let me never run astray,
Nor follow the forbidden way f]
ij [I love my Shepherd, lie shall keep
Mv wandering soul among his sheep:
He feeds his flock, he calls their names,
And in his bosom bears the lambs.]
7 [My Surety undertakes my cause,
Answering his Father's broken laws;
Behold my soul at freedom set;
My Surety paid the dreadful debt.]
6 [Jesus my »reat High-Priest has dy'd,
I seek no sacrifice beside ;
His blood did once for all atone,
And now it pleads before the throne.]
9 [My Advocate appears on high,
The Father lays his thunder by ;
Not all that earth or hell can say
Shall turn my Father's heart away.]
10 [My Lord, my Conqueror, and my Kingt
Thy sceptre and thy sword 1 sing;
Thine is the victory, and I sit
A joyful subject at thy feet.]
11 [Aspire, my soul, to glorious deeds,
The Captain of Salvation leads ;
March on, nor fear to win the day.,
Tho' death and hell obstruct the way.]
12 Should death, and hell, and powers un-
Put all their forms of mischief on, [known,
I shad be safe; for Christ displays
Salvation in more sovereign ways.
CZ70' Carmarthen New 35, Greenwich New 62,
Grove 125.
(Hymn 150. B. 1. as the 143th Psalm.)
The same.
1 TOIN all the glorious names
tl Of wisdom, love, and power,
That ever mortals knew,
That angels ever bore :
All are too mean
To speak his worth,
Too mean to set
My Saviour forth.
2 But O what gentle terms.
What condescending ways
Doth our Redeemer use
To teach his heavenly grace !
Mine eyes with joy
And wonder see
What forms of love
He bears for me.
3 [Array'd in mortal flesh
He like an angel stands,
And holds the promises
And pardons in his hands:
Coirmission'd from
His Father's throne
To make his grace
To mortals known.]
4 [Great prophet of my God,
My tongue would bless thy name :
By thee the joyful news
Of our salvation came;
The joyful news
Of sins forgiven,
Of hell subdu'd,
And peace with heaven.]
5 [Be thou my counsellor,
My pattern and my guide;
And thro' this desert land
Still keep me near thy side:
O let my feet
Ne'er run astray,
Nor rove, nor seek
The crooked way.]
6 [I love my Shepherd's voice,
His watchful eyes shall keep
My wandering soul among
The thousands of his sheep:
271
ADDRESSES TO CHRIST.
272, 273
He feeds his flock,
He c ills their names,
His bosom bears
The tender lambs.]
7 [To this dear Surety's hand
Will I commit my cause ;
He answers and fulfils
His Father's broken laws :
Behold my soul
At freedom set !
My Suretv paid
The dreadful debt.]
8 [Jesus mv great High-Priest
Offer'd h*is blood and dy'd ;
My guiltv conscience seeks
No sacrifice beside :
His powerful blood
Did once atone ;
And now it pleads
Before the throne.]
0 [My Advocate appears
For my defence on high,
The Father bows his ear,
And lavs his thunder by:
Not all that hell
Or sin can say
Shall turn his'heart,
His love away.]
10 [My dear almighty Lord,
Mv Conqueror and my King,
Thy sceptre, and thy sword,
Thv reigoing grace I sing :
Thine is the power;
Behold I sit
In willing bonds
Before thy feet.]
11 [Now let mv soul arise,
And tread the tempter down;
Mv Captain leads me forth
To conquest and a crown.
A feeble saint
Shall win the dav,
Tho' death and hell
Obstruct the way.]
12 Should all the hosts of death,
And powers of hell unknown,
Put their most dreadful forni?
Of rage and mischief on;
I shall be safe,
For Christ displays
Superior power,
And guardian grace.
ADDRESSES TO CHRIST.
971. Devizes 14, Otford 106, Hammond 226.
1 (Hymn 62. B. 1. CM.)
Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, worshipped by
all the Creation, Rev. v. 11—13.
1 /^OME let us join our cheerful songs
\_y With- angels round the throne ;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
2 * Worthy the Lamb that dy'd,' they cry,
• To be exalted thus :'
1 Worthy the Lamb,' our lips reply,
* For he was slain for us.'
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honour and power divine ;
And blessing* more than we can give,
Be, Lord, for ever thine.
I Let all that dwell above the sky,
And air, and earth, and seas,'
Conspire to lift thy glories high,
And speak thine' endless praise.
5 The whole creation join in one
To ble^s the sacred name
• Of him that sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.
27£. Leeds 19, New Sabbath 122.
(Hymn 63. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation,
Rev. v. 12.
1 V17"HAT equal honours shall we bring
▼ T To thee, O Lord our God, the Lamb,
When all the notes that angels sing
Are far inferior to thy name ?
2 Worthy is he that once was slain,
The Prince of Pe ice that groan'd and dy'd,
Worthy to rise, and live, and reign
At his Almighty Father's side.
3 Power and dominion are his due,
Who stood condemn'd at Pilate's bar:
Wisdom belongs to Jesus too,
Tho' he was charg'd with madness here.
4 All riches are his native right,
Yet he sustain'd amazing loss:
To him ascribe eternal might,
Who kft his weakness on the cross.
3 Honour immortal must be paid,
Instead of scandal and of .'corn :
Whiie glon shines around his head,
And a bright crown without a thorn.
6 Blessings for ever on the Lamb,
Who bnre the curse for wretched men:
Let angels sound his sacred name,
And every creature say, Amen.
273- Irish 171, Cambridge New 74.
(Hymn l. 15. 1. C. M.)
A new Song to the Lamb that 7cas slain.
Rev. v. 6, 8, 9, 10, 12.
1 T> EHOLD the glories of the Lamb
-O Amidst bis Father's throne :
Prepare new honours for his name,
And songs before unknown.
2 Let elders worship at his feet,
The church adore arouud,
With vials full of odours sweet,
Anl harps of sweeter sound.
3 Those are the prayers of the saints,
And these the hymns they raise :
Jesus is kind to our complaints,
He loves to hear our praise.
4 [Eternal Father, who shall look
Into ihy secret will?
Who but "the Son should take that book
And open every seal?
.-> He shall fulfil thy great decrees,
The Son deserves it well;
Lo, in his hand the sovereign k^ys
Of heaven, and death, and hell!]
6 Now to the Lamb that once was slain
Be endless blessings paid ;
Salvation, glory, joy remain
for ever n thy head.
7 Thou hast redeem'd our souls with blood,
Hast set the prisoners frce>
Hast made us kin^s and priests to God,
And we shall reign with thee.
8 The worlds of nature and of grace
Are put beneath thy power;
Then shorten these delaying days,
And bring the promised hour."
Do
274, 275, 276 ADDRESSES TO CHRIST.
277, 278
274. I)e> by 169, Redemption 243.
(Hymn 25. B. 1. L. M.)
A Vision of the Lamb, Rev. v. 6—9.
1 A LL mortal vanities, be gone,
ii- Nor tempt mv eves, nor tire my ears,
Behold amidst th' eternal throne
A vision of the Lamb appears.
2 [Glory his fleecy robe adorns,
Mark'd with the bloody death he bore ;
Seven are his eyes, and seven his horns,
To speak his wisdom and his power.
3 l.o, he receives a sealed book
From him that sits upon the throne :
Jesus, my Lord, prevails to look
On dark decrees, and things unknown.]
4 All the assembling saints around
Fall worshipping before the Lamb,
And in new songs of gospel-sound
Address their honours to his name.
5 [The joy, the shout, the harmony
Flies o'er the everlasting hills,
' Worthy art thou alone)' they cry,
' To read the book, to loose the seals.']
6 Our voices join the heavenly strain,
And with transporting pleasure sing,
• Worthy the Lamb that once was slain,
* To be our teacher and our king !'
7 His words of prophecy reveal
Eternal counsels, depp design? ;
His grace and vengeance shall fulfil
The peaceful and the dreadful lines.
f. Thou hast redeem'd our souls from hell
W ith thine invaluable blood ;
And wretches that did once rebel
Are now made favorites of their God
9 Worthy for ever is the Lord,
That dy'd for treasons not his own,
By every tongue to be ador'd,
And dwell upon his father's throne.
275. Devizes 14, Otford 1C6, Follett 181.
(Hymn 49. B. I. C. M.)
The Works of Moses and the Lamb, Rev. xv. 3.
1 TTOW strong thine arm is, mighty God,
XX Who would not fear thy name!
Jesus, how sweet thy graces are!
Who would not love the Lamb ?
2 He has done more than Moses did,
Our Prophet and our King;
From bonds of hell he freed our souls,
And taught our lips to sing.
3 In the Red Sea by Moses' hand
Th' Egyptian host was drown'd;
But hisown blood hides all our sins,
And guilt no more is found.
4 When thro' the desert Israel went,
With manna they were fed;
Our Lord invites us to his flesh,
And calls it living bread.
5 Moses beheld the promis'd land,
Yet never reach'd the place ;
But Christ shall bring; his followers home
To see his Father's face.
6 Then shall our love and joy be full,
And feel a warmer flame,
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb.
°76' Chard 175, Derby 169, Redemption 243.
(Hymn 21. B. 2. L. M.)
A Song of Praise to God the Redeemer.
1 T ET the old heathens tune their song
XJ Of great Diana and of Jove;
But the sweet theme that moves my tongue
Is my Redeemer and his love.
2 Behold a God descends and dies
To save my soul from gaping hell:
How the black gulph where Satan lies
Yawn'd to receive me when I fell!
3 How justice frown'd and vengeance stood
To drive me down to endless'pain !
But the great Son propos'd his blood,
And heavenly wrath grew mild again.
4 Infinite Lover, gracious Lord,
To thee be endless honours given ;
Thy wonderous name shall be ador'd,
Round the wide earth, and wider heaveff*
277. Tunbridge 103, Abridge 201,
Charmouth 28.
(Hymn 79. B. 2. C. M.")
Praise to the Redeemer.
1 T>LUNG'D in a gulph of dark despair
X We wretched sinners lav,
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.
2 With pitying eyes, the Prince of Grace
Beheld our helpless grief,
He saw, and (O amazing love!)
He ran to our relief.
3 Down from the shining seats above
With joyful haste he fled,
Enter'U the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the* dead.
4 He spoil'd the powers of darkness thus,.
And brake our iron chains ;
Jesus has freed our captive souls
From everlasting pains.
5 [In vain the baffled prince of hell
His cursed projects tries,
We that were doom'd his endless slaves
Are rais'd above the skies.]
6 O for this love, let rocks and hills
Their lasting silence break,
And ail harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.
Hosanna round the spacious earth
To thine adored name,
fi Angels, assist our mighty joys,
Strike all your harps of gold ;
But when you raise your flight st notes
His love can ne'er be told.]
278- Hotham 221, Truro 105, Maze Pond 259.
(Hymn 5. B. 2. L. M.)
Longing to praise Christ better.
1 X ORD, when my thoughts with wonder
XJ roll
O'er the sharp sorrows of thy soul,
And read my Maker's broken laws
Repair'd and honour'd by thy cross;
2 When I behold death, hell and sin,
Vanquish'd by that dear blood of thine,
And see the man that groan'd and dy'd
Sit glorious by his Father's side;
3 My passions rise and soar above,
I'm wing'd with faith, and fir'd with love;
Fain would I reach eternal things,
And learn the notes that Gabriel sings.
4 But my heart fails, my tongue complains,
For want of their immortal strains;
And in such humble notes as these
Must fall below thy victories.
5 W7ell, the kind minute must appear
When we shall leave these bodies here,
These clogs of clay, and mount on high
To join the songs above the sky.
279, 280, 281, 282, 283.
INFLUENCES AND GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.*
279* Warcham 117, Green's Hundred 69.
(Hymn 144. 13.2. L. M.)
The Effusion of the Spirit ; or, the Success of
the Gospel.
1 fl REAT was the day, the joy was great,
VH" When the divine disciples met;
Whilst on their heads the Spirit came,
And sat like tongues of cloven flame.
2 What gifts, what miracles he gave!
And power to kill, and power to save!
Furnish'd their tongues with wooderous
words
Instead of shields, and spears, and swords.
3 Thus arm'd, he sent the champious forth
From east to west, from south to north ;
' Go, and assert your Saviour's cause,
* Go, spread the mystery of his cross.'
4 These weapons of the holy war,
Of what almighty force they are
To make our stubborn passions bow,
And lay the proudest rebel low !
5 Nations, the learned and the rude,
Are by these heavenly arms subdu'd;
While Satan rages at' his loss,
And hates the doctrine of the cross.
6 Great King of grace, my heart subdue,
I would be led in trism'ph too,
A willing captive to my Lord,
And sing the victories "of his word.
FAITH.
280- Gainsborough 29, Irish 171.
(Hymn 140. B. I. C M.)
A living and a dead Faith; collected from
several Scriptures.
LEN souls ! that drea
And make their empty boast
Or' inward joys, and sins forgiven,
While they are slaves to lust.
!> Vain are our fancies, airy flights,
If faith be cold and dead,
None but a tiring power unites
To Christ the brag head.
That bids all sinful joys depart,
And lifts the thoughts above.
4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell
By a celestial power;
This is the grace that shall prevail
In the decisive hour.
5 [Faith must obey her Father's will
As well as trust his grace;
A pardoning God is jealous still
For his own holiness.
6 When from the curse he sets us free,
He makes our natures clean,
Nor would he send his Son to be
The minister of sin.
* The Christian Graces and Tempers are
placed alphabetically, for the sake of finding
them at once, by looking at the head of the page.
X
7 His Spirit purifies our frame,
And seals our peace with God;
Jesus, and his sanation, came
By water and by blood.]
281- Great Milton 212, James's 163.
(Hymn 112. B. 1. C MO
The Brazen Serpent; or, looking to Jesus,
John iii. 14—16.
1 ^0 did the Hebrew prophet raise
JO The brazen serpent hish,
The wounded felt immediate ease,
The camp forbore to die.
2 ' Look upward in the dying hour,
1 And live,' the prophet cries ;
But Christ performs a nobler cure
When Faith lifts up her eyes.
3 High on the cross the Saviour hung,
High on the heavens he reigns:
Here sinuers by th' old serpent stung
Look, and forget their pains.
4 When Go I's own Son is lifted up,
A d\ing world revives,
The Jew beholds the glorious hope,
Th' expiring Gentile lives.
282- Warkgunrth 158, Stole 207, Lowell 260.
(Hymn 142. B. 2. S. M.)
Fa th in Christ our Sacrifice.
OT all the blood of beasts
On Jewish altars slain
Could eive the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.
2 But Christ the heavenly Lamb
Takes all our sins away ;
A sacrifice of nobler name
And richer blood than they.
3 My faith would lay her hand
Ou that dear head" of thine,
While like a penitent I stand
And there confess my sin.
4 My ioul looks back to see
The f urdens thou didst bear
When Banging on the cursed tree,
And hopes her guilt was there.
5 Believing we rejoice
To see the curse remove ;
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing his bleeding love.
28.S- Ulverston 179, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 100. B. I. L. M.)
Believe and be saved, John iii. 16—13.
1 "VJOT to condemn the sons of men
1^1 Did Christ, the Son of God, appear ;
No weapons in his hands are seen,
No flaming sword, nor thunder there.
2 Such was the pity of our God,
He lovM the race" of man so well,
He sent his Son to bear our load
Of sins, and save our souls from hell.
3 Sinners, believe the Saviour's word,
Trust in his mighty name and live;
A thousand jovs his lips afford,
His hands a thousand blessings give.
D 7
284—287 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 288,289,290
4 But vengeance and damnation lies '
On rebels who refuse the grace ;
Who God's eternal Son despise
The hottest hell shall be their place.
284- Hampton 275, Kingsbridge 68.
(Hymn 35. B. 1. 1st Part. L. M.)
Faith the Way to Salvation, Rom. i. 16.
Eph. ii. 8, 9.
1 "VTOT by the laws of innocence
i-^l Can Adam's sons arrive at heaven ;
New works can give us no pretence
To have our ancient sins forgiven.
2 Not the best deeds ihat we have done
Can make a wounded conscience whole;
Faith is the grace, and faith alone,
That flies to Christ and saves the soul.
3 Lord, I believe thy heavenly word,
Fain would I have my soul renew'd ;
I mourn for sin, and trust the Lord
To have it pardon'd and subdu'd.
4 O may thy grace its power display,
Let guilt and death no longer reign]
Save me in thine appointed way,
Nor let my humble faith be vain.
285» AngeVs Hymn 6o, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 125. B. 2. L. M.)
Faith and Repentance; Unbelief and
Impenitence.
1 T IFE and immortal joys are given
J-A To souls that mourn the sins they've done,
Children of wrath made heirs of heaven
By faith in God's eternal Son.
2 Wo to the wretch that never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief,
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.
3 The law condemns the rebel dead,
Under the wrath of God he lies,
He seals the curse on his own head,
And with a double vengeance dies.
286- Bath Chapel 26, New York 33.
(Hymn 120. B. 1. CM.)
Faith of Things unseen, Hcb. xi. l, 3, 8, 10.
1 T7V\ITH is the brightest evidence
JO Of things beyond our sight,
Breaks thro' the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heavenly light.
2 It sets times past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home,
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.
3 By faith we know the worlds were made
By God's almighty word ;
Abra'm, to unknown countries led,
By faith obey'd the Lord.
4 He sought a city fair and high,
Built by th7 eternal hands;
And faith assures us, tho' we die,
That heavenly building stands.
287* Wells 102, Lewtcn 30, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 129. B. 2. L. M.)
We walk by Faith not by Sight.
1 *rpiS by the faith of joys to come
A We walk thro' deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
2 The want of sight she well supplies,
She makes the "pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds 6he pries,
And brings eternal glories near.
3 Cheerful we tread the desert thro',
\>hi!e faith inspires a heavenlv ray,
Tho' lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.
4 So Abra'm by divine command
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promis'd land,
And fir'd his zeal along the road.
288- Braintree 25, Bedford 91 .
(Hymn 162. B. 2. C. M.)
Meditation of Heaven; or, the Joy of Faith*
1 TVFY thoughts surmount these lower skies
JLf L And look within the veil;
There springs of endless pleasure rise,
The waters never fail.
2 There I behoid with sweet delight
The blessed Three in one ;
And strong affections fix my sight
On God's incarnate Son.
3 His promise stands for ever firm,
His grace fchall ne'er depart;
He binds my name upon his arm,
And sealsit on his heart.
4 Light are the pains that nature bring?,
How short our sorrows are
When with eternal future things
The present we compare !
5 1 would not be a stranger still
To that celestial place,
Where I for ever hope to dwell
Near my Redeemer's face.
289* Redemption 243, Bramcoate 8.
(Hymn 14. B. 1. L. M.)
The Triumph of Faith; or, Christ's tmchange-
able Love, Rom. viii. 33, &c.
1 "\^7~HO shall the Lord's elect condemn?
tT 'Tis God that justifies their souls,
And mercy like a mighty stream
O'er all their sins divinely rolls.
2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell?
'Tis Christ that suffer'd in their stead,
And the salvation to fulfil,
Behold him rising from the dead.
3 He lives, he lives, and sits above,
For ever interceding there:
Who shall divide us from his love?
Or what should tempt us to despair?
4 Shall persecution, or distress,
Famine, or sword, or nakedness?
He that hath lov'd us bears us thro',
And makes us more than conquerors too.
5 Faith hath an overcoming power,
It triumphs in the dying hour;
Christ is our life, our joy, our hope,
Nor can we sink with such a prop.
6 Not all that men on earth can do,
Nor powers on high, nor powers below,
Shall cause his mercy to remove,
Or wean our hearts from Christ our love.
FEAR AND HOPE.
290. Abridge 201, Bedford 91, Brighthelm-
stone 208.
(Psalm 119. 13th Part. C. M.)
Holy Fear, and Tenderness of Conscience.
Ver. 10.
WITH my whole heart I've sought thy
O let me never stray [face,
From thy commands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sinner's way.
291, 292
FEAR AND HOPE.
293, 294
Ver. li.
Thv word I've hid within my heart
To keep ray conscience cle'an,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.
Vcr. 63, 53, 153.
I'm a companion of the saints
Who fear and love the Lord ;
My sorrows rise, my nature faints,
When men transgress thv word.
Ver. 161, 163.
While sinners do thy gospel wrong,
My spirit stands in awe ;
My soul abhors a lying tongue,
But loves thy righteous law.
Ver. 161, 120.
My heart with sacred reverence hears
The threat'nings of thy word :
Mv flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.
Ver. 166, 174.
My God, I long, I hope, I v. ait
For thy salvation still;
While thy whole law is my delight,
And I obey thy will.
291. Bktfbro1 170, Worksop 31, Carolina 13.
(Psalm 42. 1—5. 1st Part. C. M.)
Desertion and Hope; or, Complaint of Absence
from Public Worship.
1 \\TITH earnest longings of the mind,
T? My God, to thee I look;
So pants the hunted hart to find
And tas:e the cooling brook.
2 When shall I see thy courts of grace,
And meet my God" again?
So long an absence from thy face
My heart endures with pa'ia.
3 Temptations vex my weary soul,
And tears are my repast;
The foe insults without control,
' And where's your God at last!'
4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now
I think on ancient days ;
Then to thy house did numbers go,
And ail our v\ork was praise.
5 But why, my soul, sunk down so far
Beneath this heavy load?
Why do my thoughts indulge despair,
And sin against my God ?
6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand
Can all thy woes remove ;
For I shall yet before him stand,
And sing "restoring love.
292- Lebanon 79, Manning 245, Islington 40.
(Psalm 42. 6-^11. 2d Part. L. M.)
Melancholy Thoughts reproved ; or, Hope in
Afflictions.
1 "|\T Y spirit sinks within me, Lord,
-LtJL But I will call thy name to mind,
And times of past distress record,
When L have found my God was kind.
2 Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise,
Swell like a sea, and round me spread;
Thy water-spouts drown all my joys,
And rising waves roll o'er my'head.
j Yet will the Lord command his love,
When I address his throne by day,
Nor in I he nisrht his grace remove;
The night shall hear me sing and pray.
4 I'll cast myself before his feet,
And say, ' My God, my heavenly rock,
' Why doth thv love so Ion? forset
• The soul that groans beneath thy stroke ?
5 I'll chide my heart that sinks so low,
Why should my soul indulge her grief?
Hope in the Lord, and praise him too,
He is my rest, my sure relief.
6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still,
Thy word shall my best thoughts employ,
And lead me to thine heavenly hill,
My God, my most exceeding joy.
293* Elenborough 170, Walsal 237, Ludlow 84.
(Psalm 77. 1st Pa»-t. C. M.)
Melancholy assaulting, and Hope prevailing.
1 TT\Q God I cry'd with mournful voice,
A I sought his gracious ear,
In the sad day when troubles rose,
And fill'd the night with fear.
2 Sad were my days, and dark my nights.
My soul refus'd relief;
I thought on God the just and wise,
But thoughts increased my grief.
3 Still I complain'd, and sti'l opprest,
?>Iy heart began to break ;
My God, thy wrath forbid my rest
And kept "my eyes awake.
4 My overwhelming sorrows grew
Till I could speak no more ;
Then I within myself withdrew,
And call'd thy judgments o'er.
5 I call'd back vears and ancient time?,
When I beheld thy face;
My spirit search'd for secret crimes
That might withhold thy grace.
6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind
Which I enjoy'd before;
And will the Lord no more be kind?
His face appear no more ?
7 Will he for ever cast me off?
His promise ever fail?
Has he forgot his tender love ?
Shall anger still prevail ?
8 But I forbid this hopeless thought,
This dark despairing frame,"
Remembh-ing what thy hand hath wrought;
Thy hand is still the same.
9 I'll think again of all thy ways,
And talk thy wonders o'er;
Thy wonders of recovering grace,
When flesh couid hope no more.
10 Grace dwells with justice on the throDe;
And men that love thy word
Have in thy sanctuary "known
The counsels of the Lord.
294> Newbury 132, Miall 240.
(Psalm 3. C. M.)
Doubts and Fears supprest ; or, God our De-
fence from Sin and Satan.
1 1VTY God, how many are my fears!
1»A How fast my foes increase!
Conspiring my eternal death,
They break my present peace.
2 The lying tempter would persuade
There's no relief in heaven;
And all my swelling sins appear
Too big to be forgiven.
3 But thou, my glory and my strength,
Shalt on the tempter tread,
Shalt silence all my threatening guilt,
And raise mv drooping- head."
D $T
205, 296 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 297, 298, 299
4 [I cry'd, and from his holy hill
He bow'd a listening ear,
I call'd my Father, and my God,
And he "subdu'd my fear.
5 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes,
la spite of all my foes;
I 'woke, and vvonder'd at the grace
That guarded my repose.]
6 What tho' the hosts of death and hell
All arm'd against me stood,
Terrors no more shall shake my soul,
My refuge is my God.
7 Arise, O Lord, fulfil thy grace,
While I thy glory sing:
My God has broke the serpent's teeth,
And death has lost his sting.
8 Salvation to the Lord belongs,
His arm alone can save :
Blessings attend thy people here,
And reach beyond the grtive.
995- Sprague 166.
(Hvmn 34.* B. I. 2d Part. C. M.)
None excluded from Hope, Rom. i. 16. 1 Cor.
i. Ji.
1 TESUS, thy blessings are not few,
*J Nor is thy gospel weak ;
Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew,
And bow th' aspiring Greek.
2 Wide as the reach of Satan's rage
Doth thy salvation flow;
'Tis notconfin'd to sex or age,
The lofiy or the low.
3 While grace is offer'd to the prince,
The poop may take their share;
No mortal has a just pretence
To perish in despair.
4 Be wise, ye men of strength and wit,
Nor boast your native powers;
But to his sovereign grace submit,
And glory shall be yours.
5 Come, all ye vilest sinners, come,
He'll form your souls anew :
His gospel and las heart have room
For rebels such as you.
6 His doctrine is almighty love;
There's virtue in his name
To turn the raven to a dove,
The lion to a lamb.
HUMILITY.
296* PauVs 246, Ulverston 179, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 131. B. 1. L. M.)
The Pharisee and the Publican,
Luke xviii. 10, &c.
I "DEHOLD how sinners disagree,
-D The Publican and Pharisee 1
One doth his righteousness proclaim,
The other owns his guilt and shame.
2 This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.
3 The Lord their different language knows,
And different answers he bestows :
The humble soul with grace he crowns,
Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.
4 Dear Father, let me never be
Join'd with the boasting Pharisee ;
I have no merits of my own,
But plead the sufferings of thy Son.
* Note.— In one edition, the chief part of
this Hymn is numbered 36.
29 r. Crowle 3, Charmouth 28, Biighthelm-
stone 208.
(Psalm 131. C. M.)
Humility and Submission.
1 TS there ambition in my heart?
A Search, gracious God, and see;
Or do I act a haughty part?
Lord, I appeal to thee.
2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still,
And all my carriage mild,
Content, my Father, with thy will,
And quiet as a child.
3 The patient soul, the lowly mind
Shall have a large reward:
Let saints in sorrow lie resisn'd,
And trust a faithful Lord.'
JOY AND REJOICING.
298- Welts 102, Gloucester 12, Wareham 117.
(Ps. 18, 30, 31, 34, 35, 46, &C 3d Part. L. M.)
Rejoicing in God; or, Salvation and Triumph.
1 TUST are thy ways, and true thy word,
*J Great rock of my secure abode ;
Who is a God beside the Lord ?
Or where's a refuge like our God ?
2 'Tis he that girds me with his might,
Gives dip his holy sword to wield ;
And while with sin and hell I fight,
Spreads his salvation for my shield.
3 He lives (and bies«ed be my rock !)
The God of my salvation lives,
The dark designs of hell are broke;
Sweet is the peace my Father gives.
4 Before the scoffers of the age,
1 will exalt my Father's name,
Nor tremble at their mighty rage,
But meet reproach, and bear the shame.
.5 To David and his royal seed
Thy grace for ever sball extend;
Thy love to saints in Christ their head
Knows not a limit, nor an end.
299* Martin's Lane 67, Bramcoate 8.
(Hymn 57. B. 2. L. M.)
The Pleasures of a good Conscience.
1 T ORD, how secure and biess'd are they
XJ Who fe«-l the joys of pardon'd sin !
Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea,
Their minds have heaven and peace within.
2 The day glides sweetly o'er their heads,
Made up~of innocence and love ;
And soft and silent as the shades
Their nightly minutes gently move.
3 [Quick as their thoughts their joys come on,
But fly uot half so fast away ;
Their sou!s are ever bright as noon,
And calm as summer evenings be.
4 How oft they look to th' heavenly bills.
Where groves of living pleasure grow !
And longing hopes and cheerful smiles
Sit undUturb'd upon their brow.]
5 They scorn to seek our golden toys,
But "spend the day and share the night
In numbering o'er the richer joys
That heaven prepares for their "delight :
% While wretched we, like worms and moles,
Lie grovelling in the dust below:
Almighty grace, renew our soul*,
And we'll aspire to glory too.
300,301,302
KNOWLEDGE.
303, 304
300« New YorJt 33, Braintree 25.
(Hymn 73. B. 2. C. M.)
Doubts scattered; or, spiritual Joy restored.
1 TTENC'E from my soul, sad thoughts be
XI And leave me "to my joys, [gone,
My tongue shall triumph in my God,
And make a joyful noise.
2 Darkness and doubts had veil'd my mind,
And drown'd my head in tears,
Till sovereign grace with shining rays
Dispell'd my" gloomy fears.
3 O what immortal joys I felt,
And raptures all divine,
When Jesus told me, I was his,
And my Beloved miue.
4 In vain the tempter frights my soul,
And breaks my peace in vain,
One glimpse, dear Saviour, of thy face
Revives my joys again.
301. Brighthelmstone 208, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 59. B. 2. C. M.)
Paradise on Earth.
1 (Ti LORY to God that walks the sky,
VT And sends his blessings through,
That tells his sain'
And gives a tasi
2 [Glory to God that stoops his throne
That dust and worms may see't,
And brines a glimpse of glory down
Around his sacred feet.
3 When Christ, with all his graces crown'd,
Sheds his kind beams abroad,
'Tis a young heaven on earthly ground,
And glory in the bud.
4 A blooming Paradise of joy
In this wild desert springs ;
And every sense I straight employ
On sweet celestial things.
5 White lilies all around appear,
And each his glory shows ;
The rose of Sharon blossoms here,
The fairest flower that blows.
6 Cheerful I feast on heavenly fruit,
And drink the pleasures down,
Pleasures that flow hard by the foot
Of the eternal throne.]
7 But ah ! how soon my joys decay !
How soon my sins "arise,
And snatch the heavenly scene away
From these lamenting"eyes !
8 When shall the time, dear Jesus, when
The shininx day appear,
That I shall ieave those clouds of sin,
And guilt and darkness here !
9 Up to the fields above the skies
My hasty feet would go,
There everlasting flowers arise,
And joys unwithering grow.
392- Mansfidd 154, Finsbnrv 155, StocJiport 47.
"(Hymn 30. B. 2. S. M.)
Heavenly Joy on Earth.
1 rf^lOME, we that love the Lord,
L \y And let our joys be known;
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.
2 The sorrows of the mind
Be banish'd from the place !
Religion never was design'd
To make our pleasures less.]
3 Let those refuse to sing
That never knew our God,
But favorites of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.
4 [The God that rules on high,
And thunders when he please,
That rides upon the stormy sky,
And manages the seas;]
5 This awful God is ours,
Our Father and our love,
He shall send down his heavenly powers
To carry us above.
6 There we shall see his face,
And never, never sin;
There from the rivers of his grace
Drink endless pleasures in.
7 Yes, and before we rise
To that immortal state,
The thoughts of such amazing bliss
Should constant joys create.
8 [The men of grace have found
Glory begun below,
Celestial fruits on earthly ground
From faith and hope may grow.]
9 The hill of Sion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the golden streets.
10 Then let our songs abound,
And every tear be dry ;
We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground
To fairer worlds on high.
KNOWLEDGE.
303- Eagle Street New 55, Harborongh 142,
Gosport 53.
(Psalm 25. ver. 12, 14, io, 13. 2d Part. S. M.)
Divine Instruction.
1 "\1|7"HERE shall the man be found
T ▼ That fears t' offend his God,
That loves the gospel's joyful sound,
And trembles at the rod?
2 The Lord shall make him know,
The secrets of his heart,
The wonders of his covenant show^
And all his love impart.
3 The dealings of his hand
Are truth and mercy still
With such as to his covenant stand,
And love to do his will.
4 Their souls shall dwell at ease
Before their Maker's face,
Their seed shall taste the promises
In their extensive grace.
304. Bedford 91, Wor~ksop 31.
(Psalm 119. 9th Part. C. M.)
Desire of Knoivledge ; or, the Teachings of the
Spirit with the Word.
Ver. 64, G8, is.
THY mercies fill the earth, O Lord,
How good thv works appear!
Open mine eyes to read thy word,
And see thy wonders there.
Ver. 73, 125.
My fceart was fashion'd bv thy hand,
My service is thy due :
O make thy servant understand.
The duties he must do.
D 9
305, 306
GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
307, 308
Ver. 19.
Since I'm a stranger here below,
Let not thy path be hid ;
But mark the road my feet should go,
And be my constant guide.
Ver. 26.
When I confess'd my wandering ways,
Thou heardst my soul complain ;
Grant me the teachings of thy grace,
Or I shall stray again.
Ver. 33, 34.
If God to me his statutes shew,
And heavenly truth impart,
His work for ever I'll pursue,
His law shall rule my heart.
Ver. 50, 71.
This was my comfort when I bore
Variety of grief;
It made me learn thv word the more,
And fly to that refief.
Ver. 51.
[In vain the proud deride me now;
I'll ne'er forget thy law,
Nor let that blessed gospel go
Whence ail my hopes I draw.
Ver. 27, 171.
When I have learn'd my Father's will,
I'll teach the world his ways;
My thankful lips inspir'd with zeal
Shall loud pronounce his praise.]
LIBERALITY.
305* Great Milton 212, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 37. ver. 16, 21, 26—31. 2d Part. C. M.)
Charity to the Poor; or, Religion in Words
and Deeds.
1 \X7~HY do the wealthy wicked boast,
▼ T And grow profanely bold?
The meanest portion of the just
Excels the sinner's gold.
2 The wicked borrows of his friends,
But ne'er designs to pay ;
The saint is merciful and lends,
Nor turns the poor away.
3 His alms with libera! heart he «ives
Amongst the sons of need ;
His memory to long ages lives,
And blessed is his seed.
4 His lips abhor to taik prophane,
To slander or defraud ;
His ready tongue declares to men
What he has learn'd of God.
5 The law and gospel of the Lord
Deep in his heart abide;
Led by the Spirit and the word,
His feet shall never slirle.
6 When sinners fall, the righteous stand,
Preserv'd from every snare;
They shall possess the promis'd land,
And dwell for ever there.
306' Bramcoate 8,Ki:igi>bridgcS8,Po>:liigal91,
(Psalm 41. ver. 1, 2, 3. L. M.)
Charity to the Poor; or, Pity to the Afflicted,
1 "O LEST is the man whose bowels move,
X> And melt with pity to the poor,
Whose soul, by sympathizing love,
Feels what his fellow-saints' endure.
£ His heart contrives for their relief
More good than his own hands can do :
He, in the time of general grief,
Shall find the Lord has bowels too.
3 His soul shall live secure on earth,
With secret blessings on his head,
When drought, and pestilence, and dearth
Around him multiply their dead.
4 Or, if he languish on his couch,
God v. ill pronounce his sins forgiven,
Will save him with a healing touch,
Or take his willing soul to heaven.
307« Newconrt 173, Jennings^s 123.
(Psalm 112. As the 113th Psalm.)
The Blessings of the liberal Man.
1 FT! HAT man is blest who stands in awe
-fl- Of God, and loves his sacred law :
His seed on esjrth shall be renowu'd ;
His house the seat of wealth shall be,
An inexhausted treasury,
And with successive honours crown'd.
2 His liberal favours he extends,
To some he gives, to others lends;
A generous pity fills his mind:
Yet what his charity impairs,
He saves by prudence in affairs,
And thus he's just to all mankind.
3 His hands, while they his alms bestow'd,
His glories future harvest sow'd;
The sweet remembrance of the just,
Like a green root, revives and bears
A train of blessings for his heirs,
When dying nature sleeps in dust.
4 Beset with threatening dangers round,
Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground;
His conscience holds his courage up:
The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light
Shines brightest in affliction's night,
And sees in darkness beams of hope.
PAUSE.
5 [111 tidings never can surprise
His heart that fix'd on God relies,
Tho' waves and tempests ro.tr around :
Safe on the rock he sits, and sees
The shipwreck of his enemies,
And all their hope and giory drown'd.
6 The wicked shall his triumph see,
And gnash their teeth in agony
To find their expectations crost :
They and their envy, pride and spite,
Sink down to everlasting night,
And all their names in darkness lost.]
308* New Sabbath 122, Rothwell 174, Leeds 19.
(Psalm 112. L. M.)
The Blessings of the Pious and Charitable.
1 rpHRICE happy man who fears the Lord,
A Loves hi.-, commands, and trusts his word ;
Honour and peace his days attend,
And blessings to his seed* descend.
2 Compassion dwells upon his mind,
To works of mercy still inclin'd:
He lends the poor some present aid,
Or gives them, not to be repaid.
3 When times grow dark, and tidings spread
That fill his neighbours round with dread,
His heart is arm'.l against the fear,
For God with all his power is there.
i His soul, well fix'd upon the Lord,
Draws heavenly courage from his word ;
Amidst the darkness light shall rise
To cheer his heart, and bless his eyes.
5 He hath dispers'd his alms abroad,
His works are still before his God;
His name on earth shall long remain.
While envious sinners fret in vain.
309, 310, 311 LOVE.
312, 313, 314, 315
309* New Yorh 33> Condescension 116.
(Psalm J 12. C. M.)
Liberality reivarded.
1 TTAPPY is he that fears the Lord,
XX And follows his commands,
"Who lends the poor without reward,
Or gives with liberal hands.
2 As pity dwells within his breast
To all the sons of need;
So God shall answer his request
With blessings on his seed.
3 No evil tidings shall surprise
His well-es'ubiish'd mi ad ;
His soul to God his refuge flies,
And leaves his fears behind.
4 In times of general distress,
Some beams of light shall shine
To shew the word his righteousness,
And give him peace divine.
5 His works of piety and love
Remain before the Lord;
Honour on earth and joys above
Shall be his sure reward.
LOVE.
310- Xew York 33, Condescension 116, Mi-
chael's 119.
(Hymn 38. B. 2. C. M.)
Love to God.
1 TTAPPY the heart where graces reign;
XX Where love inspires the breast;
Love is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.
2 Knowledge, alas, 'tis all In vain,
And win vain our fear,
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign
If love be absent there.
3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet
In swift obedience move,
The devils know and tremble too,
But Satan cannot love.
4. This is the grace that lives and sings
When faith and hope shall cease,
'Tis this shall strike our jovful strings
In the sweet realms of bliss.
a Before we quite forsake our clay,
Or leave this dark abode,
The wiugs of love bear us away
To see our smiling God.
311. Bedford 91, Elim 151, Irish 171.
(Hymn 42. B. 2. C. M.)
Delight in Qod.
1 "j\TY God, what endless pleasures dwell
1?X Above at thy right hand!
The courts below ."how amiable,
Where all thy graces stand !
2 The swallow near thy temple lies.
And chirps a cheerful note;
The lark mounts upwards to thy skies,
And tunes her warbling throat:
i And we, when in thy presence, Lord,
We shout with jos'ful tcnzues,
Or sitting round our Father's board,
We crown the feast with songs.
4 While Jesus shines with quickening grace,
YA e sing and mount on high ;
But if a irown becloud his face,
We faint, and tire, and die.
i [Just as we sec the lonesome dove
Bemoan her widow'd state,
Wandering she flies thro' all the grove,
And mourns her loving mate.
! Just so our thoughts from thing to thin*
In restless circles rove,
Ju-t so we droop, and hang the wing,
When Jesus hUes his love.]
319. Mansfield 151, Rutland 118.
~ (Hymn 108. B. I. S. M.)
Christ unseen and beloved, 1 Pet. i. 3.
Yet we rejoice to hear his name,
And love him in his word.
2 On earth we want the sight
Of our Redeemer's face,'
Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight
To dwell upon thy gracer
3 And when we taste thy love,
Our joys divinely grow
Unspeakable, like"those above,
And heaven begins below.
313. Ae«> Yor7? 33, Stillman 66, Slamfordd*
(Psalm 133. C, M.)
Brotherly Love.
1 T O! what an entertaining sight
X-i Are brethren that agree,
Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite
In bands of piety !
2 When streams of love from Christ the spring:
Descend to every soul,
And heavenly peace, with balmy wing,
Shades and bedews the whole":
3 'Tis like the oil divinely sweet,
On Aaron's reverend head,
The trickling drops perfum'd his feet,
Aud o'er his garments spread ;
4 'Tis pleasant as the mornin? dews
That fall on Zion's hill,
Where God his mildest glory shews,
And makes his grace distil.
314* Lebanon 79, Ma7inine 245, Hoisley 205.
(Hvmu 130. B. 1. L. M.)
Love and Haired, Phil. ii. 2. Eph. iv. 30, &c.
1 "VI" OW by the bowels of my God,
±M His sharp distress, his sore complaints.
By his last groans, his dying blood,
I charge my soul to love the saints.
2 Clamour and wrath and war be gone,
Envy and spite for ever cease,
Let bitter words no more be known
Amongst the saints, the sons of peace.
3 The Spirit like a peaceful dove
Flies from the realms of noise and strife ;
Why should we vex and grieve his love,
Who seals our souls to heavenly life ?
4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts,
Thro' all our lives let mercy run :
So God forgives our numerous faults
For the dear sake of Christ his Son.
315- Rothivell 174, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 126. B. 1. L. M.)
Charity and Uneharitableness, Rom. xiv. 17,19
1 Cor. x. 32.
1 "VTOT" different food, or different dress,
1A Compose t!ie kingdom of our Lord,
But peace and joy aud righteousness,
Faith and obedience to his word.
D 19
316, 317, 318 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 319, 320
2 When weaker christians we despise
We do the gospel mighty wrong,
For God the gracious and the wise
Receives the feeble with the strong.
3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence,
Meekness and love our souls pursue;
Nor shall our practice give offence
To saints, the Gentile or the Jew.
31fi. Bath Chapel 26, Hammond 226.
(Hymn 133. B. I. C. M.)
Love and Charity, 1 Cor. xiii. 2—7, 13.
1 T ET Pharisees of high esteem
JU Their faith and zeal declare,
All their religion is a dream
If love be wanting there.
2 Love suffers long with patient eye,
Nor is provok'd in haste,
She lets the present injury die,
And long forgets the past.
3 [Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes, and believes, and t .inks no ill,
Tho' she endure the wrong.]
4 [She nor desires nor seeks to know
The scandals of the time;
Nor looks with pride on those below,
Nor envies those that climb.]
3 She lays her own advantage by
To seek her neighbour's good ;
So God's own Son came down to die,
And bought our lives with blood.
6 Love is the grace that keeps her power
In all the realms above ;
There faith and hope are known no more,
But saints for ever love.
317. Walsal 237, Bedford 91, James's 163.
(Psalm 35. ver. 12—14. 2d Part. C. M.)
Love to Enemies ; or, the Love of Christ to
Sinners, typified in David.
IOLD the love, the gen
That holy David shews;
Hark, how his sounding bowels move
To his afflicted foes !
2 When they are sick his soul complains,
And seems to feel the smart;
The spirit of the gospel reigns,
And melts his pious heart.
3 How did his flowing tears condole
As for a brother dead !
And fasting mortify'd his soul,
While for their life he pray'd.
4 They groan'd; and cur-'d him on their bed,
Yet still tie pleads and mourns;
And double blessings on his head
The righteous God returns.
5 O glorious type of hea; enly grace!
Thus Christ the Lord appears;
While sinners curse, the Saviour prays,
And pities them with tears.
fi He, the true David, Israel's king,
Bless'd and belov'd of God,
To s-ave its rebels, dead in sin,
Paid las own dearest blood.
318« Elenbro* 170, Hrighton 208, Crowle 3.
(Psalm 109. ver. 1—5, 31. C. M.)
Love to Enemies, from the Example of Christ.
I f^l OD of my mercy and my praise,
vX Thy glory is my song;
Tho' sinners speak against thy grace
| III* SUJIICI » npC'llY .17. illllfL LIIJ
With a blaspheming tongue.
2 When in the form of mortal man
Thy Son on earth was fou»d,
With cruel sla^iers, false and vain,
They com^a s'd lam around.
3 Their miseries his compassion move,
Their peace be stiii pursu'd ;
They render hatred for his love,
And evil for his good.
4 Their malice rag'd without a cause,
Yet, with his dying breath,
He pray'd for murderers on his cross,
And b'.ess'd his foes in death.
5 Lord, shall thy bright example shine
In vain befttre my eyes?
Give me a soul a-kin to thine
To love mine enemies.
6 The Lord shall on my side engage,
And, in my Saviour's name,
I shall defeat their pride and rage
Who slander and condemn.
319. Neio Sabbath 122, Lewton 30.
(Hymn 134. B. 1. L. M.)
Religion vaimcithout Love, 1 Cor. xiii. 1—3.
1 TTAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,
XI And nobler speech that angeis use,
If iove be absent, I am found
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
Or could my faith the world remove,
Still I am nothing without love.
3 Should 1 distribute all rny store
To feed the bowels of the poor,
Or give my body to the flame
To gain a martyr's glorious namej
4 If love to God and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain ;
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal
The work of love can e'er fulfil.
PRUDENCE.
320 Hephzibah 77, Weston Favel 27, Turman
135.
(Hymn 36. B. 1. C. M.)
A lovely Carriage.
1 /"| 'TIS a lovely thing to see
VJ A man of prudent heart,
Whose thoughts, and lips, and life agree
To act a useful part.
2 When envy, strife, and wars begin
In little angry souls,
Mark how the sons of peace come in,
And quench the kindling coals.
3 Their minds are humble, mild, and meek,
Nor let their fury rise ;
Nor passion moves their lips to speak,
Nor pride exalts their eyes.
4 Their frame is prudence mix'd with love,
Good works fulfil their day :
They join the serpent with the dove,
But cast the sting away.
5 Such was the Saviour of mankind ;
Such pleasures he pursu'd;
His flesh and blood were all refined,
His soul divinely good.
6 Lord can these plants of virtue grow
In such a heart as mine!
Thy erace my nature can renew.
And make my soul like thine.
321, 322, 323
REPENTANCE.
324, 325, 326
321. Crowle 3, Great Milton 212.
(Psa'in 39. ver. |, 2, 3. 1st Part. C. M.)
Watchfulness over the Tongue; or, Prudence
and Zeal.
1 mHUS I resolv'd before the Lord,
A ■ Now will I watch my tongue,
« Lest I let slip one sinful "word,
1 Or do my neighbour wrong.'
8 And if I'm e'er constrain'd to stay
With men oflives prophane,
3 I'll scarce allow my lips to speak
The pious thoughts I feel,
Lest scoffers should th' occasion take
To mock my holy zeal.
4 Yet, if some proper hour appear,
I'll not be over-aw'd,
But let the scoffing sinners hear
That wc can speak for God.
REPENTANCE.
S22' Crowle 3, Ludlow 84, Hammond 226.
(Hymn 123. B. 1. CM.)
The repenting Prodigal, Luke xv. 13, Sec.
1 "DEHOLD the wretch whose lust and wine,
JO Had wasted his estate,
He bogs a share among the swine,
To caste the husks they eat!
2 ' 1 die with hunger here, (he cries)
' I starve in foreign lands,
* My fathers househas large supplies,
4 And bounteous are his hands.
3 'I'll go, and with a mournful tongue
4 Fall down before his face,
* Father, I've done thy justice wrong,
' Nor can deserve tby grace.'
4 He said, and hasten'd to his home
To seek his father's love ;
The father saw the rebel come,
And all his bowels move.
5 He ran, and fell upon his neck,
Embrac'd and kiss'd his Son;
The rebel's heart with sorrow brake
For follies he had done.
6 "" Take off his clothes of shame and sin,'
(The fafher gives commana)
' Dress him in garments white and clean,
• With rings adorn his hand.
7 ' A day of feasting 1 ordain,
1 Let mirth rnd joy abound ;
1 My son was dead, and lives again,
* Was lost, and now is found.'
323- James's 163, Bedford 91, Worksop 31.
(Psalm 51. ver. 14—17. 2d Part. C. M.)
Repentance and Faith in the Blood of Christ.
1 f\ GOD of mercy ! hear ray call,
\J My loads of guilt remove;
Break down this separating wall
That bars me from thy love.
2 Give me the presence of thy grace,
Then mv rejoicing tongue
Shall cpea'k aloud thy righteousness,
And make thy praise my song.
3 No blood of goats, nor heifer slain,
For sin could e'er atone ;
The death of Christ shall still remain
Sufficient and alone.
4 A soul opprest with sin's desert,
My God will ne'er despise;
A humble »roan, a broken heart,
Is our best sacrifice.
324. Stoke 207, Worfisworth 158.
t^Hymn 74. B. 2. S. M.)
Repentance from a Sense of Divine Goodness ;
or, a Complaint of Ingratitude.
1 TS this the kind return
JL And these the thanks we owe?
Thus to abuse eternal love
Whence all our blessings flow]
2 To what a stubborn frame
Has sin redue'd our mind !
What strange rebellious wretches we,
And God as strangely kind 1
3 [On us he bids the sun
Shed his reviving rays,
For us the skies their circles run
To lengthen out our days.
4 The brutes obey their God,
And bow their necks to men,
But we more base, more brutish things
Reject his easy reign.]
5 Turn, turn us, mighty God,
And mould our souls afresh,
6 Let old ingratitude
Provoke our weeping eyes,
And hourly as new mercies fall
Let hourly thanks arise.
3l25* Worksop 3(, Bangor 231, Ann's 58.
(Hymn 105. B. 2. C. M.)
Repentance flcwing from the Patience of God>
1 A ND are we wretches yet alive I
J\. And do we yet rebel":
'1 is boundless, 'tis amazing love
That bears us up from hell !
2 The burden of our weighty guilt
Would si uk us down "to flames,
And threatening vengeance rolls above
To crush our feeble frames.
3 Almisrhty goodness cries, Forbear;
And straight the thunder stays ;
And dare we now provoke his wrath,
And weary out his grace?
4 Lord, we have long abus'd thy love,
Too long induig'd our siu;
Our aching hearts e'en bleed to see
What rebels we have been.
5 No more, ye lust*, shall ye command,
No more will we obey;
Stretch out, O God, thy conquering hand,
And drive thy foes away.
326* Carolina 13, Ludlow 84.
(Hymn i(tf. B. 2. C. M.)
Repen'ance at the Cross.
1 (~\H, if my soul was form'd for woe,
KJ How would I vent my sighs!
Repentance should like rivers flow,
From both my streaming eyes.
2 'Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree,
And groan'd away a d\ ins life
For thee, my soul, for thee.
3 O how I hate those lusts of mine
That cruc'fy'd my God,
Those sins that piere'd and nail'd his flesh
Fast to the fatal wood.
D 11
327—329 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 330, 331, 332
4 Yes, my Redeeme r,they shall die,
My heart has so decreed,
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Saviour bleed.
i Whilst with a melting- broken heart
My murder'd Lord I view,
I'll raise revenge against my sins,
And slay the murderers too.
. 3<z7' Elenborough 170, Wantage 204.
(Hymn 9. B. 2. C. M.)
Godly Sorrow arising from the Sufferings of
Christ.
1 ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed,
A And did my Sovereign die?
Would he devote .that sacred head
For such a worm as I ?
2 [Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine,
And bath'd in its own blood,
While all expos'd to wrath divine
The glorious sufferer stood.]
3 Was it for crimes that I had done
He groan'd upon the tree 1
Amazing pity ! Grace unknown !
And love beyond degree!
4 Well might the sun in darkness hide,
And shut his glories in,
When God the mighty Maker dy'd
For man the creature's sin.
5 Thus might I hide my blushing face
While his dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,
And melt my eyes to tears.
6 But drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe;
Her?, Lord, T _i\e myself away,
Tis ai! that 1 can do.
328. Portugal 97, inversion 179.
(Hymn 101. B. I. L. M.)
Joy in Heaven for a repenting Shiner,
Luke xv. 7, 10.
1 "\yl7~HO can describe the joys that rise
7 T Thro' all the courts of paradise
To see a prodigal return,
To see an heir of glory born?
2 With joy the Father doth approve
The frui I love ;
The Son with joy iooks down and sees
The | urchase <T his agonies.
3 Th? Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he form'd anew ;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.
RESIGNATION.
329. Walsal 237, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 123. C. M.)
Pleading with Submission,
1 f\ THOU whose grace and justice reign
v/ Enthron'd above the skies,
To thee our hearts would tell iheir pain,
To thee we lift our eyes,
2 As servants watch their master's hand,
And fear the angry stroke ;
Or maids before their mistress stand,
And wait a peaceful look ;
3 So for our sins we justly feel
Thy discipline, O God;
Yet wait the gracious moment still,
Till thou remove thy rod.
4 Those that in wealth and pleasure live
Our daily groans deride,
And thy delays of mercy give
Fresh courage to their pride.
5 Our foes insult us, but our hope
In thy compassion lies ;
This thought shall bear our spirits up,
That God will not despise.
330. Hotham 224, Ayliffe Street 241.
(Hymn 129. B. l.L. M.)
Submission and Deliverance ; or, Abraham
offering his Son, Gen. xxii. 6, &c.
1 ^<AINTS, at your Father's heavenly word
>o Give up your comforts to the Lord;
He shall restore what you resign,
Or grant you blessings more divine.
2 So Abraham with obedient hand
Led forth his son at God's command,
The wood, the fire, the knife he took,
His arm prepar'd the dreadful stroke.
3 ' Abraham, forbear,' (the angel cry'd),
* Thy faith is known, thy love is try'd,
1 Thy son shall live, and in thy seed
' Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed.'
4 Just in the last distressing hour
The Lord displays delivering power;
The mount of danger is the place
Where we shall see surprising grace.
331* Bangor 231, Char mouth 2fl, Elenborovgh
170.
(Hymn 5. B. I. O. M.)
Submission to afflictive Providences, Job i. 21.
1 "VTAKED as from the earth we came,
JAI And crept to life at first,
We to the earth return again,
And mingle with our dust.
2 The dear delights we here enjoy,
And fondly call our own,
Are but short favours borrow'd now,
To be repaid anon.
3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high,
Or sinks them in the grave ;
He gives, and (blessed be his name !)
He takes but what he gave.
4 Peace, all our angry passions, then,
Let each rebellious sigh
Be silent at his soveieign will,
And every murmur die.
5 If smiling mercy crown our lives
Its praises shall be spread,
And we'll adore the justice too
That strikes our comforts dead.
332. Bedford 91, Spragve 1G6.
(Hymn 35. B. I. 2d Part. C. M.)
Truth, Sincerity, fyc. Phil. iv. 8.
1 T ET those who bear the Christian nanv
X-i Their holy vows fulfil :
The saints, the followers of the Lamb,
Are men of honour still.
2 True to the solemn oath they take,
Tho' to their hurt they swear;
Constant and just to all they speak,
For God and angels hear.
?, Still with their lips their hearts agree
Nor flattering words devise ;
They know the God of truth can see
Thro' every false disguise.
333, 334, 335
SINCERITY.
336, 337
4 Thev bate th' appearance of a lie
In all the shapes it wears;
Thev live the truth; and when they die,
Eternal life is theirs.
$ While hypocrites and liars fly
Before" the Judge's frown,
His faithful friends, who fear a lie,
Receive th' immortal crown.
333- Abridge '201, London 180.
(Hymn 136. B. 1. C. M.)
Sincerity and Hypocrisy; or, Formality in
Worship, John iv. 24. Ps. exxxix. 23, 24.
1 fi OD is a spirit just and wise,
V3T He sees our inmost mind;
In vain to heaven we raise our cries
And leave our souls behind.
2 Nothing but truth before his throne
With honour can appear,
The painted hypocrites are known
Thro' the disguise they wear.
3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bending knets the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice
Where not the heart is found.
4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways,
And make my soul sincere;
Then shall I stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.
534* Paul's 246, AngeVs Hymn 60, Babylon
Streams 23.
(Psalm 30. 3d Part. L. M.)
Hypocrisy exposed.
1 nPHE Lord, the judge, his churches warns,
X Let hypocrites attend and fear,
Who place" their hope iu rites and forms,
But make not faith nor love their care.
2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name
With lips of falsehood and deceit;
A friend or brother they defame,
And sooth and flatter tnose they hate.
3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong,
Yet'dare to seek their Maker's face;
4 To heaven thev lift their hands unclean,
DefiPd with lust, defi.'d wuh blood;
By nght they practise every sin,
By day their mouths draw near to God.
* And while his judgments long delay,
Thev grow secure aud siu the more ;
Thev think he sleeps as v.eli as they,
And* put far off the dreadful hour.
fi O dreadful hour ! when God draws near
And sets their crimes before their eye-!
His wrath their guilty souls shall tear,
And no deliverer dare to rise.
335- ^'ew York 33, Michael's 119.
(Psalm liy. 3d Part. C. M.)
Professions of Sincerity, Repentance, and
Obedience.
Ver. 57, 60.
THOU art my portion, O my God ;
Soon as [ know thy way,
My heart makes haste t' obey thy word,
And suffers no delav.
Ver. 30, 14.
I choose the path of heavenly truth,
And glory in my choice :
Not all the riches" of the earth
Could make me so rejoice.
The testimonies of thy grace
I set before my eyes;
Thence I derive my daily strength,
And tliere my comfort lies.
Ver. .59.
If once I wander from thy path,
I think upon my warys,
Then torn my feet to thy commands,
And trust thy pardoning grace.
Ver. 94, 114.
Now I am thine, for ever thine,
O save thy servaut, Lord ;
Thou art my shield, my hiding-place,
My hope is in thy word.
Ver. 112.
Thou hast inclin'd this heart of mine
Thy statutes to fulfil ;
And thus till, mortal life shall end
Would I perform tby wHl.
33fi. Kingsbridge S3, PauVs 246.
(Psalm 139. 3d Part. L. M.)
Sincerity professed, and Grace tried ; or, the
Heart-searching God.
1 *j\X Y God, what inward grief I feel
lfJ- When impious men transgress (by will
I mourn to hear their lips profane,
Take thy tremendous name in vain.
2 Does not mv soul detest and hate
The sons of malice and deceit !
Those that oppose thy laws and thee
I count tbem enemies to me.
3 Lord, search my soul, try every thought;
Tho' mv own heart accuse rpe not
Of walking in a false disguise,
I be^ the trial of thine eye-.
4 Doth secret mischief lurk within:
Do I indulge some unknown sin !
O turn my feet whene'er 1 stray,
And lead me in thy perfect way.
337* Kingsbridge S3, Pavlh 216.
(Psalm 13. ver. 20— 26. 2d Pari. L. M.)
Sincerity proved and rewarded.
1 T ORD, thou hast seen my soul sincere,
J-J Hast made thy truth and love appear;
Before mine eyes I set thy laws,
And thou hast own'd my righteous cause.
2 Since I have leafnt thy ho'y ways
I've walk'd upright before thy face ;
Or if mv feet did e'er depart,
'Twas never with a wicked heart.
3 What sore temptations broke my rest !
What wars and struggling in my breast!
But thro' thy grace that reigns within,
I guard against my darting sin :
4 That sin which close besets me still,
That works and strives against my will;
When shall thy Spirit's sovereign power
Destroy it that it rise no more I
fi [With an impartial hand, the Lord
Deals out to mortals their reward;
The kind and faithful souls shall fiul
A God as faithful, and as kind.
6 The just and pure shall ever say
Thou art more pure, more just than they;
And men that love revenge shall know*
God hath an arm of vengeance too.]
D 12
338, 339, 340 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 341, 342
TRUST AND CONFIDENCE.
338« Lebanon 79, Manning 245.
(Psalm 62. ver. 5—12. L. M.)
No Trust in the Creatures ; or, Faith in Divine
Grace and Power.
1 TV/TY spirit looks to God alone;
J.YJL My rock and refuge is his throne :
Da all my fears, in all my straits,
My soul on his salvation waits.
2 Trust him, ye saints, in all your ways,
Pour out your hearts before his face :
When helpers fail, and foes invade,
God is our all-sufficient aid.
3 False are the men of high degree,
The baser sort are vanity ;
Laid in the balance both appear
Light as a puff of empty air.
4 Make not increasing gold your trust,
Nor set your heart on glittering dust;
Why will you grasp the fleeting smoke,
And not believe what God hath spoke ?
5 Once has his awful voice declar'd,
Once and again my ears have heard,
* All power is his eternal due;
' He must be fear'd and trusted too.'
6 For sovereign power reigns not alone,
Grace is a partner of the throne :
Thy grace and justice, mighty Lord,
Shall well divide our last reward.
359* Abridge 201, Ann's 58, Grovefiouse 143.
(Hymn 103. B. I. C. M.)
Notashamed of the Gospel, 2Tim. i. 12.
'M not asham'd to own m
. Or to defend his cause.
Maintain the honour of his word,
The glory of his cross.
2 Jesus, my God, I know his name,
His name is all my trust,
Nor will he put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope" be lost.
3 Firm as his throne his promise stands,
And he can well secure
What I've committed to his hands
Till the decisive hour.
4 Then will he own my worthless name
Before his Father's face,
And in the New Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.
340* Cambridge New 74, Irish 171.
(Hymn 37. B. 1. 2d Part. C. M.)
Zeal and Fortitude.
1 T\0 I believe what Jesus saith,
XJ And think the gospel true?
Lord, make me bold to own my faith,
And practise virtue too.
2 Suppress my shame, subdue my fear,
Arm me with heavenly zeal,
That I may make thy power appear,
And works of praise fulfil.
3 If men shall see my virtue shine,
And spread my name abroad,
Thine is the power, the praise is thine,
My Saviour and my God.
4 Thus when the saints in glory meet,
Their lips proclaim thy grace ;
They cast their honours at thy feet,
And own their borrow'd rays.
PAUSE.
5 Are we the soldiers of the cross !
The followers of the Lamb ?
And shall we fear to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name]
»j Now we must fight if we would reign;
Increase our courage, Lord !
We'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by thy word.
7 Thy saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer, tho' they're slain;
They see the triumph from afar,
Aud shall with Jesus reign.
8 When that illustrious day 6hall rise,
And all thy armies shine
In robes of victory thro' the skies,
The glory shall be thine.
ADDRESSES TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
341* Carolina 13, Brighton 208.
(Hymn 31. B. 2. CM.)
Breathing after the Holy Spirit ; or, Fervency
of Devotion desired.
1 f~iOME, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
Kj With all thy quickening powers,
Kindle a flame of sacred love,
In these cold hearts of ours.
2 Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys;
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.
3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
4 Dear Lord! and shall we ever lie
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to thee?
And thine to us so great?
5 Come, holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kiudle ours.
342. Ulverston 179; Portugal 97, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 133. B. 2. L. M.)
The Operations of the Holy Spirit.
1 "INTERNAL Spirit! we confess
-Ei And sing the wonders of thy grace ;
Thy power conveys our blessings down
From God the Father and the Son.
2 Enlighten'd by thine heavenly ray,
Our shades and darkness turn to day;
Thine inward teachings make us know
Our danger and our refuge too.
3 Thy power and glory works within,
And breaks the chains of reigning sin,
Doth our imperious lusts subdue,
And forms our wretched hearts anew.
4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice,
Thy cheering words awake our joys;
Thy words allay the stormy wind,
And calm the surges of the mind.
343, 344
CHRISTIAN.
345, 346, 347
343. Worksop 31, Croivle 3, Stamford 9.
(Hymn 144. B. I. C. M.)
The witnessing and sealing Spirit, Rom. viii.
14, 16. Eph. i. 13, 14.
1 "VirHY should the children of a king
▼ ▼ Go mourning all their days 1
Great Comforter, descend and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.
2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven !
"When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And shew my sins forgiven?
3 Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer's blood;
Ani bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
4 Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come :
And thy soft wings", celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.
344. Leu ton 30, New Sabbath 122, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 23. B. 2. L. It.)
The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven.
1 TVESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove,
JLJ Stoop down and take us on thy wings,
And mount and bear us far above
The reach of these inferior things:
2 Beyond, beyond this lower sky,
Up' where eternal ages ro II,
Where solid pleasures never die,
And fruits immortal feast the soul.
3 O for a sight, a pleasing sisrht
Of our almighty Father's throne !
There sits our Saviour crown'd with light,
Cloth'd in a body like our own.
4 Adoring saints around him stand,
And thrones and powers before him fall;
The God shines gracious thro' the man,
And sheds sweet glories on them all.
.5 O what amazing joys they feel
While to their golden harps they siug,
And sit on every heavenly hill,
And spread the triumphs of their King !
G When shall the day, dear Lord, appear
That 1 shall mount to dwell above,
And stand and bow amongst them there,
And view thy face, and sisg, and love !
CHRISTIAN.
34,5. Inversion 179, Paul's 246, Babylon 23.
(Psalm 51. 1st Part. L. M.)
A Penitent pleading for Pardon.
1 OHEW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive,
^ Let a repenting rebel live :
Are not thy mercies large and free ?
May not a" sinner trust in thee !
2 My crimes are great, but not surpass
The power and glory of thy grace:
Great God, thy nature hath no bound,
So let thy pardoning love be found.
3 O wash my soul from every sin,
And makt'my guiltv conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
And past offences pain my eyes.
4 My lips with shame my sins confess
Against thy law, against thy grace :
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe,
I am condemn'd, but thou art clear.
5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath,
I must pronounce thee just in death ;
And if my soul were sent to hell,
Thy righfeous law approves it well.
6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope, still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.
346- Aynhoe 108, Broderip's 252.
(Psalm 25. ver. i — 11. 1st Part. S. M.)
Waiting for Pardon and Direction.
I T LIFT my soul to God,
A My trust is in his name;
Let not my foes that seek my blood
Still triumph in my shame.
2 Sin and the powers of hell
Persuade me to despair;
Lord, make me know thy covenant well,
That I may 'scape the" snare.
3 From the first dawning light
Till the dark evening rise,
For thy salvation, Lord, I wait
With ever-longing eyes.
4 Remember all thy grace,
And lead me in thy truth ;
Forgive the sins of riper days,
And foiies of my youth.
5 The Lord is just and kind,
The meek shall learn his ways;
And every humble sinner find "
The methods of his grace.
6 For his own goodness sake
He saves my soul from shame;
He pardons (thoueh my guilt be great)
Thro' my Redeemer's name.
347. Sprague 166, Salem 139, Grovehouse 143.
(Hymn 48. B. 2. C. M.)
Love to the Creatures is dangerous.
1 TJOW vain are all things here below!
XA How false, an J vet how fair !
Each pleasure hath its poison too,
And every sweet a snare.
2 The brightest things below the sky
Give but a flattering light;
We should suspect some danger nigh
Where we possess delight.
3 Our dearest joys, and nearest friends,
The partners of our blood,
Howtbey divide our wavering minds
And leave but half for God !
348, 349, 350
CHRISTIAN.
351, 352, 353
4 The fondness of a creature's love,
How strong it strikes the sense !
Thither the warm affections move,
Nor can we call them thence.
5 Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be
My soul's eternal food ;
And grace command my heart awav
From all created good.
348- Chard 175, Truro 105, Derby 169.
(Hymn 41. B. 2. L. M.)
A Sight of God mortifies us to the World.
1 TTTP to the fields where angels lie,
L yJ And living waters gently roll,
Fain would my thoughts leap out and fly,
But sin hangs"heavy~on my soul.
2 Thy wonderous blood, dear dying Christ,
Can make this load of guilt remove;
And thou canst bear me where thou fly'st,
On thy kind wings, celestial Dove ! J
3 O might I once mount up and see
The glories of th' eternal skies,
What little things these worlds would be!
How despicable to my eyes !
4 Had I a glance of thee, my God,
Kingdoms and men would vanish soon,
Vanish as tho' I saw them not,
As a dim candle dies at noon.
6 Then they might fight, an:l rage and rave,
1 should perceive the noise no more
Than we can hear a shaking leaf
While rattling thunders round us roar.
G Great All in All, Eternal King,
Let me bit view thy lovely face,
And all my powers shall bow and sing
Thine endless grandeur and thy grace.
349. Elim 151, frisk 171, Salem I3i>.
(Hymn 10. B. 2. C. M.)
Parting with carnal Joys.
1 "IVfY soul forsakes her vain delight,
1VJL And bids the world farewell,
Base as the dirt beneath my feet,
And mischievous as hell.
2 No longer will I ask your love,
Nor seek your friendship more;
The happiness that I approve
Lies not within your power.
3 There's nothing round this spacious earth
That suits my large desire;
To boundless joy and solid mirth
My nobler thoughts aspire.
4 [Where pleasure rolls its living flood,
From sin and dross refin'd,
Still springing from the throne of God,
And fit to cheer the mind.
5 Th' almighty ruler of the sphere,
The glorious and the s;reat,
Brings his own all-sufficience there
To make our bliss complete.]
C Had I the pinions of a dove
I'd cli:iib the heavenly road;
There sits my Saviour dress d in love,
And there my smiling God.
550* RipporCs 186, Ulvcrston 179, Kingsbridge '
88.
(Hymn 11. B. 2. L. M.)
The same.
1 T SEND the joys of earth away,
J. Away, ye tempters of the mind,
False as the smooth deceitful sea,
And empty as the whistling- wind.
2 Your streams were floating me along
Down to the gulph of black despair,
And whilst I listen'd to your song,
Your streams had e'en convey'd me there.
3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace,
That warn'd me of that dark abyss,
That drew me from those treacherous seas,
And bid me seek superior bliss.
4 Now to the shining realms above
I stretch my hands and elance mine eyes;
0 for the pinions of a dove
To bear me to the upper skies.
.5 There from the bosom of my God
Oceans of endless pleasure roll ;
There would I fix my last abode,
And drown the sorrows of my soul.
351. Worksop 31, Crowle 3.
(Psalm 119. 15th Part. C. M.)
Holy Resolutions.
Ver. 93.
OTHAT thy statutes every hour
Might dwell upon my mind !
ThenceT derive a quickening power,
And daily peace I find.
Ver. 15, 16.
To meditate thy precepts, Lord,
Shall be my sweet employ;
My soul shall ne'er forget thy word,
Thy word is all my joy.
Ver. 32.
How would I run in thy commands,
If thou my heart disc'iarore
From nin arid Satan's hateful chains,
And s^t my feet at large !
Ver. 13, 46.
My lips with courage shall declare
Thy statutes and thy name;
I'll speak thy word, tho' kings should hear,
Nor yield to sinful shame.
Ver. 61, C9, 70.
Let bands of persecutors rise
To rob me of my right,
Let pride and malice forge their lies,
Tiiy law is my delight.
Ver. 1J5.
Depart from me, ye wicked race,
♦ Whose hands and hearts are ill;
1 love my God, I love his ways,
And must obey his will.
352* Worksworth 158, Stoke 207.
(Hymn IOC. B. 1. S. M.)
Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ, Rom.
vi. 1, 2, 6.
1 Q HALL we go on to sin
►o Because thy grace aboum's,
Or crucify the Lord again,
And open all his wounds?
2 Forbid it, mighty God,
Nor let it e'er be said
That we whose sins are crucify'd
Should raise them from the dead.
3 We will be slaves no more.
Since Christ has made us free,
Has nail'd our tyrants to his cross,
And bought our liberty.
353« Carolina 13, Elenbro'' 170, Walsal 237.
(Hymn 81. B. 2. C. M.)
Our Sin the Cause of Christ's Death.
1 A \D now the scales have left mine eyes,
jCjL Now I begin to see;
Oh the curs'd deeds my sins have done!
W hat murderous things they be !
354, 355, 356
CHRISTIAN.
357, 35S
2 Were these the traitors, dearest Lord,
That thy fair body tore?
Monsters,"that stain'd those heavenly limbs
With floods of purple gore I
t Was it for crimes that I had done
My dearest Lord was slain,
When justice seiz'd God's only Son,
And put his soul to pain ?
4 Forgive my guilt, O Prince of Peace,
I'll wound" niy God no more;
Hence from my heart, ye sins, be gone,
For Jesus I adore.
5 Furnish me, Lord, with heavenly arms
From grace's magazine,
And I'll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.
354- Sprague 166, Hephzibah 11,
Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 31. B. l. 2d Part. C. MO
The hidden Life of a Christian, Col. iii. 8.
1 (\ HAPPY soul! that lives on high;
\J While men lie grovelling here !
His hopes are fix'd above the sky,
And faith forbids his fear.
2 His conscience knows no secret stings,
While peace and joy combine
To form a life whose holy springs
Are hidden and divine."
3 He waits in secret on his God;
His God in secret sees:
Let earth be all in arms abroad,
He dwells in heavenly peace.
4 His pleasures rise from things unseen,
Beyond this world and time,
Whcfe neither eyes nor ears have been,
Nor thoughts of sinners climb.
5 He wants no pomp nor royal throne
To raise his figure here ;"
Content and pleas'd to live unknown
Till Christ his life appear.
6 He looks to heaven's eternal hill
To meet that glorious day ;
But patient waits his Saviour's will
To fetch his soul away.
355. Grove House 143, Michael's 119.
(Hymn 116. B. 2. C. M.)
Mercies and Thanks.
1 TTOW can I s'nk with such a prop
XX As my eternal God,
Who" bears the earth's huge pillars up,
And spreads the heavens abroad ?
2 How cm I die while Jesus lives,
Who rose and left the dead ?
Pardon and grace my soul receives
From mine exalted head.
3 All that I am, and all I have
Shall be for ever thine,
Whate'er m* duty bids me give
My cheerful hands resign.
4 Yet if I might make some reserve,
And duty did not call,
I love my God with zeal so great
That 1 should give him all.
35l)« Hephzibah 11, Gainsborough 30.
(Hymn 140. B. 2. C M.)
The Examples of Christ and the Saints,
1 f~l IVE me the wings of faith to rise
vT Within the veil," and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.
2 Once they were mourning here b< low,
And wet their couch with tears;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
W'lth sins, and doubts, and fears.
3 I ask them whence their victory came, *
They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.
4 They mark'd the footsteps that he trod,
(His zeal inspir'd their breast;)
And following their incarnate God
Possess the promis'd rest.
5 Our glorious leader claims our praist
For his own pattern given,
While the long cloud of wirnesses
Shew the same path t j heaven.
35?' Coomb's 45, Bromley 104, Truro 105.
(Hymn 48. B. I. L. M.)
The Christian Race, Isa. xl. 28 — 31.
1 A WAKE, our sou!-, away, our fears,
J\. Let every trembling thought be gone;
Awake, and run the heavenly iace,
And put a cheerful courage on.
2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and taint;
But they forget the mightv God
That feels the strength of* every saint—
3 Thee, mighty God, whose matchless power
Is ever new and ever young,
And firm endures while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.
4 From thee the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a fresh supply,
While such as trust their native strength
Shall Hit It away, and drop and die.
.<! S ' ift as an eagle cuts the air
We'll mount aloft to thine abode,
On wings of love our souis shall fly,
Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.
358- Coombs'slS, Wells 102, Rothwell 174.
(Hymn 77. B. 2. L. M.)
The Christian Warfare.
1 r^TAND up, my soul, shake oft thy fears,
L ^ And gird the gospel armour on,
March to the gates of endless joy
Where thy great Captain-Saviour's gone
2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course,
But hell and sin are vanquish'd foes,
Thy Jesus nail'd them to the cross,
And sun^ the triumph when he rose.]
3 [What tho' the prince of darkness rage,
And waste the fury of his spite,
Eternal chains confine hiia down
To fiery deeps and endless night.
4 What tho' thine inward lusts rebel,
'Tis but a struggling gasp f<»r life;
The weapons of victorious grace
Shall slay thy sins, and end the strife.]
5 Then let my soul march boldly on,
Press forward to the heavenh gate,
There peace and joy eternai' reign,
And glittering robes for conquerors wait.
6 There shall I wear a starry crown,
And triumph in almighty grace,
While all the armies of the skies
Join in my glorious Leader's praise.
359, 360, 361
CHRISTIAN.
362, 363, 364
359. Foster 96, Salem 139.
(Psalm 144. ver. l, 2. 1st Part. C. M.)
Assistance and Victory in the spiritual warfare.
1 "B710R ever blessed be the Lord,
-F My Saviour and my shield ;
He sends his Spirit with his word
To arm me for the field.
2 When sin and hell their force unite,
He makes my soul his care,
Instructs me to the heavenly fight,
And guards me thro' the war.
3 A friend and helper so divine
Doth my weak courage raise;
He makes the glorious victory mine,
And his shall be the praise.
360* Rippon's 188, Kingsbridge 88.
(Psalm 119. 17th Part. L. M.)
Courage and Perseverance under Persecution ;
or, Grace shining in Difficulties and Trials.
Ver. 143, 28.
WHEN pain and anguish seize me, Lord,
All my support is from thy word:
My soul dissolves for heaviness,
Uphold me with thv strengthening grace.
Ver. 51,69, 110.
The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies,
They watch my feet with envious eyes,
And tempt my soui to snares and sin,
Yet thy commands I ne'er decline.
Ver. 161 , 78.
They hate me, Lord, without a cause,
They hate to see me love thy laws;
But I will trust and fear thy name,
Till pride and malice die with shame.
361» Worhsop 31, Elenbro' 170.
(Psalm 7. C. M.)
God's Care of his People, and Punishment of
Persecutors.
1 TV/TY trust is in my heavenly friend,
1.T-L My hope in thee, my God;
Rise, and my helpless life defend
From those that seek my blood.
2 With insolence and fury they
My soul in pieces tear,
As hungry lions rend the prey,
When no deliverer's near.
3 If I had e'er provok'd them first,
Or once abus'd my foe,
Then let him tread my life to dust,
And lay mine honour low.
4 If there be malice found in me,
I know thy piercing eyes;
I should not dare appeal to thee,
Nor ask my God to rise.
5 Arise, my God, lift up thy hand,
Their pride and power controul ;
Awake to judgment, and command
Deliverance for my soul.
PAUSE.
6 [Let sinners and their wicked rage
Be humbled to the dust;
Shall not the God of truth engage
To vindicate the just!
7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins,
He will defend th' upright:
His sharpest arro>vs he ordains
Against the sons of spite.
8 For me iheir malice digg'd a pit,
But there themselves are cast;
My God makes all their mischief light
On their own heads at last.]
9 That cruel persecuting race
Must feel his dreadful sword ;
Awake, my soul, and praise the grace
And justice of the Lord.
'S62' Croivle 3, Walsal 237, Bangor 231.
(Psalm 94. ver. 16—23. 2d Part. C. M.)
God our Support and Comfort; or, Deliverance
from Temptation and Persecution.
1 \17~HO will arise and plead my right
TT Against my numerous foes,
While eartii and hell their force unite,
And all my hopes oppose?
2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help,
Sustain'd my fainting head,
My life had now in silence dwelt,
My soul amongst the dead.
3 Alas! my sliding feet, I cry'd;
Thy promise was my prop ;
Thy grace stood constant by my side,
Thy Spirit bore me up.
4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts
Within my bosom roll,
Thy boundless love forgives my faults,
Thy comforts cheer my soul."
5 Powers of iniquity may rise,
And frame pernicious laws ;
But God, my refuge, rules the skies,
He will defend my cause.
6 Let malice vent her r.ige aloud,
Let bold blasphemers scoff ;
The Lord our God shall judge the proud,
And cut the sinners off.
363* Great Milton 212, Salem 139, Foster 96.
(Psalm 16. 1—8. 1st Part. C. M.)
Support and Counsel from God without Merit.
Can ne'er deserve thy grace.
2 Yet if my God prolong my breath
The saints may profit by't;
The saints the glory of the earth,
The men of my delight.
3 Let Heathens to their idols haste,
And worship wood or stone ;
But my delightful lot is cast
Where the true God is known.
4 His hand provides my constant food,
He fills my daily cup ;
Much am I pleas'd with present good,
But more rejoice in hope.
5 God is my portion and my joy,
His counsels are my light;
He gives me sweet advice by day,
And gentle hints by night.
Not death, nor hell my hope shall move,
While such a friend is nigh.
364. Ludlow 84, Wantage 204, WorJisop 31.
(Psalm 120. C. M.)
Complaint of quarrelsome Neighbours ; or, a
devout Wish for Peace.
1 rpHOU God of love, thou ever-blest,
A Pitv my suffering state ;
When w"ilt thou set my soul at rest
From lips that love deceit!
2 Hardjlot of mine ! my days are cast
Among the sons of strife,
Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste
My golden hours of life.
365, 366
CHRISTIAN.
367,368
3 O might I fly to change my place,
How would I choose to dwell
In some wide lonesome wilderness,
And leave those gates of hell!
4 Peace is the blessing that I seek,
How lovely are its charms!
I am for peace; but when I speak,
They all declare for arms.
a New passions still their souls engage,
And keep their malice strong :
What shail be done to curb thy rage,
O thou devouring tongue!
C Should burning arrows smite thee thro?,
Strict justice would approve;
But I had rather spare my foe,
And melt his heart with love.
365- %ath Chapel 26, Bedford 91.
(Psalm 56. C. M.)
Deliverance from Oppression and Fahchood; or,
God's Care of his People, in waiter to Faith
and Prayer.
1 f\ THOU, whose justice reigns on high,
\J And makes th' oppressor cease,
Behold how envious sinners try
To vex and break my peace!
2 The sons of violence anJ lies
Join to devour me, Lord ;
But as my hourly dangers rise
My refuge is thy word.
3 In God most holy, just, and true,
I have repos'd my trust;
Nor will I fear wha"t flesh can do,
The offspring of the dust.
4 They wrest my words to mischief still,
Charee me with unknown faults;
Mischief doth all their counsels fill,
And malice all their thoughts.
5 Shall they escape without thy frown?
Must their devices stand?
O cast the haughty sinner down,
And let him kno'w thy hand !
PAUSE.
6 God counts the sorrows of his saints,
Their groans affect his ears;
Thou hast a book for my complaints,
A bottie for my tears.
7 When to thy throne I raise my cry,
The wicked fear and flee;
So swift is prayer to reach the sky,
So near is God to me.
8 In thee, most holy, just, and true,
I have repos'd my trust;
Nor will I fear what man can do,
The offspring of the dust.
9 Thy solemn vows are on me. Lord,
Thou shalt receive my praise;
I'll sing, ' How faithful is thy word!
* How righteous all thy ways !'
10 Thou hast secur'd my soul from death;
0 set thy prisoner free,
That heart and hand, and life and breath,
May be employ 'd for thee.
S66- Crowle 3, Condescension 116, Walsal 237.
(Ps. 31. ver. 7—13, 18—21. 2d Part. C. M.)
Deliverance from Slander and Reproach.
1 TV/TY heart rejoices in thy name,
lML My God, my help, my trust;
Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame,
Mine honour from the dust.
2 ' My life is spent with grief,' I cry'd,
' My years eonsum'd~in groans,
- My strength decavs, mine eyes are dry'd,
1 Aud sorrow was'tes my bones.'
3 Among mine enemie9 my name
Was a mere proverb grown,
While to my neighbours I became
Forgotten and unknown.
4 Slander and fear, on every side,
Seiz'd and beset me rouud;
I to the throne of grace applyrd,
And speedv rescue found.
Irish 17!*. PAUSE. Foster 96.
5 How great deliverance thou hast wrought,
Before the sons of men ! .
The lying lips to silence brought,
And made their boastings vain!
6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues,
Shall thy pavilion hide,
Guard them from infamy and wrongs,
And crush the sons ofpride.
567- Kewbury 132, Worksop 31.
(Psalm 118. ver. 6—15. 1st Part. C. 31.)
Deliverance from a TnmulU
1 npHE Lord appears my helper now,
M. Nor is my faith afraid
What all the sons of earth can do,
Since heaven affords its aid.
2 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee,
And have my God my friend,
Than trust in men of high degree,
And on their truth depend.
3 Like bees my foes beset me round,
A large and angry swarm ;
But I shall all their rage confound
By thine Almighty arm.
4 Tis thro' the Lord my heart is strong,
In him my iips rejoice;
While his salvation is my song,
How cheerful is my voice !
5 Like angry bees they girt me round ;
When God appears they fly:
So burning thorns, with crackling sound,
Make a fierce blaze and die.
6 Joy to the saints and Feace belongs;
The Lord protects their da\ s :
Let Israel tune imniurcal songs
To his almighty grace.
o68« Babylon Streams 23, PauVs 246.
(Psalm 143. L. M.)
Complaint of heavy Afflictions in Mind and
Body.
1 "jVT Y righteous Judge, my gracious God,
ItX Hear when 1 spread" my hands abroad
And cry for succour from thy throne,
0 make thy truth and mercy known.
2 Let judgment not agaiust me pass;
Behold thy servant pleads thy grace;
Should justice call us to thy bar,
No man alive is guiltless there.
3 Look down in pity, Lord, and see
The mighty woes that burden me;
Down to the dust my life is brought,
Like one long bury'd and forgot.
4 I dwell in darkness and unseen,
My heart is desolate within;
My thoughts in musing silence trace
The ancient wonders of thy trace.
5 Thtiice I derive a giimpse of hope
To bear my sinkin? spirits up;
1 stretch my hands to God again
And thirst like parched lands for rain,
E 3
369
CHRISTIAN.
370, 371, 372
g For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn ;
When will thy smiliog face return ?
Shall all my joys on earth remove?
And God for ever hide his love?
7 My God, thy long- delay to save
Will sink thy prisoner lo the grave ;
My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye;
Make haste to help before I die.
8 The night is witness to my tears,
Distressing pains, distressing fears;
0 might 1 hear thy morning voice,
How would my weary'd powers rejoice!
9 In thee I trust, to thee 1 sigh,
And lift my heavy soul on high,
For tltee sit waiting all the day,
And wear the tiresome hours away.
JO Break off my fetters, Lord, and show
Which is the path my feet should go;
If snares and foes beset the road,
1 flee to hide me near my God.
11 Teach me to do thy holy will,
And lead me to Uiy heavenly hill;
Let the good Spirit of thy love
Conduct me to thy courts above.
12 Then shall my soul no more complain,
The tempter then shall rage in vain;
An 1 flesh, that was my foe before,
Shall never vex my spirit more.
369. Bangor 231, Walsal 2X7, Ludlow 84.
(Psalm 55. 1—8, 16—18, 22. C. M.)
Support for the afflicted and tempted Soul.
1 f\ GOD, my refuge, hear my cries,
\J Behold my flowing tears,*
For earth and hell my hurt devise,
And triumph in my fears.
2 Their rage is levell'd at my life,
My soul with guilt they load,
And fill my thoughts with inward strife
To shake my hope in God.
3 With inward pain my heart-strings sound,
I groan with every breath ;
Horror and fear beset me round
Amongst the shades of death.
4 O were I like a feather'd dove,
And innocence had wings;
I'd fly, and make a long remove,
From all these restless things.
5 Let me to some wild desert go,
And find a peaceful home,
Where storms of malice never blow,
Temptations never come.
6 Vain hopes, and vain inventions all
To 'scape the rage of hell ! '
The mighty God on whom I call
Can save me here as well.
PAUSE.
7 By morning light I'll seek his face,
At noon repeat my cry,
The night shall hear me ask his grace,
Nor will he long deny.
8 God shall preserve my soul from fear,
Or >hield me when afraid;
Ten thousand angels must appear
If he command their aid.
9 I cast my burdens on the Lord,
The Lord sustains them all ;
My courage re*ts upon his word
That' saints shall never fa|l.
10 Mv highest hopes shall Hot b;; vain,
My lips shall spread his praise;
While cruel and deceitful men
Scarce live out half their days,
370* Foster 96, Michael's 119, Fountain ]0l.
(Hymn 25. B. 2. C. M.)
Complaining of spiritual Sloth.
1 TV/TY drowsy powers, why sleep ye so?
ItA Awake, mv sluggish soul 1
Nothing has half thy work to do,
Yet nothing's half so dull.
2 The little ants for one poor grain
Labour, and tug, and strive,
Yet we who have a heaven t' obtain,
How negligent we live !
X We for whose sake all nature s-tands
And stars their courses move ;
We for whose guard the angel bands
Come flying from above ;
4 We for whom God the Son came down,
And labom'd for our good,
How carehss to secure that crown
He purchas'd with his blood !
5 Lord, shall we iie so sluggish still?
And never act our parts !
Come, holy Dove, from th' heavenly hill,
And sit and warm our hearts.
6 Then shall our active spirits move,
Upward our souls ^hall rise:
With hands of faith and wings of love
We'll fly and take the prize.
371. Wantage 204, Walsal 2o7, David's Ud
(Hymn 98. B. 2- C. M.)
Hardness of Heart complained of.
1 "1VTY heart, how dreadful hard it is 1
It J. How heavy here it lies,
Heavy and cold within my breast
Just like a rock of ice!
2 Sin like a raging tyrant sits
Upon this flinty throne,
And every grace lies bury'd deep
Beneath this heart of stone.
3 How seldom do I ri*e to God,
Or taste the joys above !
This mountain presses down my faith,
And chills my flaming love.
4 When smiling mercy courts my soul
With all its heavenly charms,
This stubborn, this relentless thing
Would thrust it from my arms.
6 Against the thunders of thy word
Rebellious I have stood,
My heart it shakes not at the wrath
And terrors of a God.
6 Dear Saviour, steep this rock of mine
In thine own crimson sea:
None bur a bath of blood divine
Can melt the flint away.
372. Broderip's 252, Harborovgh 142.
(Psalm 25. ver. 15—22. 3d Part. S. M.)
Distress of Soul ; or, Backsliding and De-
sertion.
1 "JVITNE eyes and my desire
ItjL Are ever to the Lord ;
I love to plead his promises,
And rest upon his word.
2 Turn, turn thee to my soul,
Bring thy salvation near;
When will thy hand release my feet
Out of the deadly sn ire!
3 W hen shall the sovereign grace
Of my forgiving God
Restore me from those dangerous ways
My wandering feet have trod?
373, 374
CHRISTIAN.
375, 376
4 The tumult of my thoughts
Doth but enlarge my woe;
My spirit languishes, 'my heart
Is desolate and low.
5 With every morning light
My sorrow new begins ;
Look on my anguish and my pain,
And pardon ah my sins.
PAUSE.
6 Behold the hosts of hell,
How cruel k their hate!
Aarain-t my life they rise, and join
Their fury with deceit.
7 O keep my soul from death,
Nor put my hope to shame,
For I h -.ve plac'd my only trust
In my Redeemer's" name.
s With humble faith 1 wait
To see thy face again ;
Of Israel it" shall ne'er be said,
' He sought the Lord in vain.'
373- Worksop 31, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 163. B. 2. C. M.)
Complaint of Desertion and Temptations.
1 T\EAR Lord, behold our sore distress ;
\J Our sins attempt to reign;
Stretch out thine arm of conquering grace
And let thy foes be slain.
2 [The lion with his dreadful roar
Affrights thy feeble sheep :
Reveal the glory of thy power,
And chain him to the deep.
8 Must we indulge a long despair?
Shall our petitious die ?
Our mournings never reach thine ear,
Nor tears affect thine eye ?]
4 If thou despise a mortal groan
Yet hear a Saviour's blood ;
An advocate so near the throne
Pleads and prevails with God.
5 He bought the Spirit's powerful sword
To slay our deadly foes :
Our Bins' shall die beneath thy word,
And hell "in vain oppose.
« How boundless is our Father's grace,
In height, and depth, and length !
He makes his Son our righteousuess,
His Spirit is our strength.
374* Bangor 231, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 13. C. M.)
Complaint under Temptations of the Devil.
1 TTOW lon^r wilt thou conceal thy face!
JlX My God, how Ion? delay.'
When shall 1 feel those" heavenly ra\s
That chase my fear* awayl
2 How Ion? shctl! my poor labouring soul
Wrestle and toil" in vain >
Thy word can all my foes controul,
And ease my raging pain.
3 See how the prince of darkness tries
All his malicious arts,
He spreads a mist around my eyes,
And throws his fiery darts."
4 Be thou my sun, and thou my shield,
My coul" in safety keep ;
Make haste befoiemine eyes are seal'd
In death's eternal sleep.
5 How would the tempter boast aloud
It I become his prey i
Behold the sons of hell grow proud
At thy 6o long delay.
6 But they shall fly at thy rebuke,
And Satan hide his head ;
He knows the terrors of thy look,
And hears thy voice with dread.
7 Thou wilt display that sovereign grace,
Where all my hopes have hung;
I shall employ'mv lips in praise,
And victory shall be sung.
37l- Bright helm stone ,03, Crowle 3.
(Hymn 20. B. 2. C. M.)
Bac/islidings and Returns ; or, the Inconstancy
of our Love.
1 ~W HY is my heart so far from thee,
Y Y My God, my chief delight ?
V. by are my thoughts no more by day
With thee", no more by night?
1 [Why should my foolish passions rove'
Where can such sweetu ss be
As I have tasted in thy love,
As I have found in thee »]
3 When my forgetful soul renews
The savour of thy grace,
My heart presumes I cannot lose
Tue relish all my days.
4 But ere one fleeting hour is pass'd,
The flattering- world employs
Some sensual bait to seize nay taste,
And to pollute my joys.
Intrude upon my thoughtless heart,
And thrust thee from my arms.]
G Then I repent and vex my soul
That I should leave thee so,
Where will those svild affections roll
That let a Saviour go !
7 [Sin's promis'd joys are turn'd to pain,
And I am drown'd in giief;
But my dear Lord returns again,
He riies to my relief.
8 Seizing my soul with sweet surprise,
He draws with loving bands;
Divine compassion in his eyes,
And pardon in his hands.]
9 [Wretch that I am to wander thus
In chase of false delight !
Let me be fasten'd to thy cross
Rather than lose thy s'ight.]
10 [Make haste, my days, to reach the goal,
And b'in^ my "heart to rest
On th' dear centre of my soul,
My God, toy S.;v hour's breast.]
;,7h. RipponU 188, Vlventon i79, Paul's 246.
(Psalm 13. L. MO
Pleading with God under Desertion ; or, Hope
in darkness.
1 TTOW long, O Lord, shall I complain
XI Lik^ one that seek- his God in vain?
Canst thou thy face for ever hide !
And I >till pray, and be deny'd!
2 Shall I for ever be forgot
As one whom thou regardest not?
Still shall my soul thine absence mourn?
And still de-pair of thy return !
3 How long shall my poor troubled breast
Be with these anxious thoughts epprest ?
And Satan, my malicious foe.
Rejoice to see me sunk so low ?
4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief,
Before my deatli conclude my srief ;
If thou withhold thy heavenly light,
I sleep in everlasting night,
E 4
377, 378, 379
CHRISTIAN.
380, 381
5 How will the powers of darkness boast,
If but one praying soul be lost !
But I have trusted in thy grace,
And shall again behold thy face.
* Whate'er my fears or foes suggest,
Thou art mv hope, my joy, my rest ;
My heart shall feel thy love, and raise
My cheerful voice to songs of praise.
377' Bright helmstone 208, Sprague 106.
(Psalm 119. 10th Part. C. M.)
Prayer for quickening Grace.
Ver. 25, 37.
MY soul lies cleaving to the dust;
Lord, give me life divine;
From vain desires and every lust
Turn off these eyes of mine.
T need the influence of thy grace
To speed me in thy way,
Lest I should loiter in my race,
Or turn my feet astray.
Ver. 107.
"When sore afflictions press me down,
I need thy quickening powers ;
Thy word that I have rested on
Shall help my heaviest hours.
Ver. 156,40.
Are not thy mercies sovereign still!
And thou a faithful God ?
Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal
To run the heavenly road ?
Ver. 159, 40.
Does not my heart thy precepts love,
And long to see thy face ?
And yet how slow my spirits move
Without enlivening grace !
Ver. 93.
Th^n shall I love thy gospel more,
And ne'er forget thy word,
When I have felt its quickening power
To draw me near the Lord.
378- Walsal 237, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 119. 12th Part. C. M.)
MY God, consider my distress,
Let mercy plead my cause ;
Tho' I have sinn'd against thy grace,
I can't forget thy laws.
Ver. 39, 116.
Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach
Which I so justly fear;
Uphold my life, uphold my hopes,
Nor let my shame appear.
Ver. 122, 135.
Be thou a surety, Lord, for me,
Nor let the proud oppress ;
But make thy waiting servant see
The shinings of thy face.
Ver. 82.
My eyes with expectation fail,
Mv heart within me cries,
« When will the Lord his truth fulfil,
« And make mv comforts rise V
Ver. 132.
Look down upon my sorrows, Lord,
And shew thy grace the same
As thou art ever wont t' afford
To those that love thy name.
<h7Q. Walsal 237, Ludlow 84, Wantage 204.
°'* (Psalm 38. C. M.)
Guilt of Conscience and Relief; or, Repentance
and Prayer for Pardon and Health.
1 A MIDST thy wrath remember love,
A. Restore thy servant, Lord ;
Nor let a Fathers chastening prove
Like an avenger's sword.
2 Thine arrows stick within my heart,
My flesh is sorely prest ;
Between the sorrow and the smart
My spirit finds no rest.
3 My sins a heavy load appear,
And o'er my head are gone ;
Too heavy they for me to bear,
Too hard for me t' atone.
4 My thoughts are like a troubled sea,
My head still bending down ;
And I go mourning alfthe day
Beneath my Father's frown.
5 Lord, I am weak, and broken sore,
None of my powers are whole ;
The inward anguish makes me roar,
The anguish of my soul.
C All my desire to thee is known,
Thine eye counts every tear,
And every" sigh, and every groan
Is notie'd by thine ear.
7 Thou art my God, my only hope ;
My God will hear my cry,
My God will bear my s'pirit up
When Satan bids ine die.
8 [My foot is ever apt to slide,
My foes rejoice to see't;
They raise, their pleasure and their pride,
when they supplant my feet.
9 But I'll confess my guilt to thee,
And grieve for all my sin,
I'll mourn how weak my graces be.
And beg support divine.
10 My God, forgive my follies past,
A'nd be for ever nigh ;
O Lord of my salvation, haste,
Before thy servant die.]
880. Green's Hundred 89, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 107. 2d Part. L. M.)
Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer*
1 TT^ROM age to age exalt his name,
-F God and his grace are still the same ;
He fids the hungry soul with food,
And feeds the poor with every good.
2 But if their hearts rebel and rise
Against the God that rales the skies,
If they reject his heavenly word,
And slight the counsels of the Lord ;
3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground,
And no deliverer shall be found ;
Laden with grief they waste their breath
In darkness and the shades of death.
4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries,
He makes the dawning light arise,
And scatters all that dismal shade,
That hung so heavy round their head.
5 He cuts the bars of brass in two,
And lets the smiling prisoners thro' ;
Takes oft' the load of guilt and grief,
And gives the labouring soul relief.
6 () may the sons of men record
The wonderoiiii goodness of the Lord!
How great his works ! how kind his ways !
Let every tongue pronounce his praise.
381 . Ulverston 179, Hotham 224.
(Psalm 4. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. L. M.)
Hearing of Prayer: or, God our Portion, and
Christ our Hope.
1 f\ GOD of grace and righteousness,
VJ Hear and attend when I complain ;
Thou hast enlarg'd me in distress,
Bow down a gracious ear again.
382, 383
CHRISTIAN.
384, 385
2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try
To turn ray glory into shame;
How long will scoffers love to lie,
And dare reproach my Saviour's name I
3 Know that the Lord divides his saints
From all the. tribes of men beside ;
He hears the cry of penitents
For the dear sake of Christ that dy'd.
4 When our obedient hands have done
A thousand works of righteousness,
We put our trust in God alone,
And glory in his pardoning grace.
5 Let th' unthinking many say,
• Who will bestow some earthly good?'
But, Lord, thy lit; lit and love we pray,
Our souls desire this heavenly food.
6 Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice
At grace and favour so divine;
Nor will I change my happy choice
For all their corn, and all their wine.
3«9« Paul's 246, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 85. 1—8. 1st Part. L. M.)
Waiting for an Answer to Prayer ; or, Deli-
verance begun and completed.
1 T ORD, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind,
J_i Thou hast revers'd our heavy doom ;
So God forgave when Israel sinn'd,
And brought his wandering captives home.
2 Thou hast begun to set us free,
And made thv fiercest wrath abate:
Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee,
And thy salvation be complete.
3 Revive our dying graces, Lord,
And let thy saints in thee rejoice ;
Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word,
We wait for praise to tune our voice.
1 We wait to hear what God will say;
He'll speak, and give his people peace;
But let them run no more astray,
Lest his returning wrath increase.
383' Fawcett 181, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 51. 3d Part. L. M.)
The Backslider restored j or, Repentance and
Faith in the Blood of Christ.
1 f\ THOU that hear'st when sinners cry,
\J Tho' all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book.
2 Create my nature pure within,
And form ray soul averse to sin :
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from ray heart.
3 I cannot live without thy light,
Cast out and banish'd from thy sight:
Thine holv joys, my God, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.
4 Tho' I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord,
His help and comfort still afford :
And let a wretch come near thy throne
To plead the merits of thy Son.
3 A broken heart, my God, my king,
Is all the sacrifice i bring ;
The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice.
f> My soul lies humbled in the dust,
Aiid owns thy dreadful sentence just;
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye,
And save the sonl condemn'd to die.
7 Then will I teach the world thy ways ;
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace ;
I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood,
And they shall praise a pardoning God.
8 O may thy love inspire my tongue !
Salvation shall be all my song;
And all my poweis shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness.
334. Elenbro' 170, Grovehouse 143, Bangor 231,
(Hymn 9.5. B. 2. C. M.)
Looh on him whom they pierced, aud mourn,
1 TNFINITE grief ! amazing woe!
J. Behold my bleeding Lord:
Hell and the Jews oonspir'd his death,
And us'd the Roman sword.
2 Oh, the sharp pangs of smarting pain
My dear Redeemer bore,
Whew knotty whips aud ragged thorns
His sacred body tore!
3 But knotty whips and ragged thorns
In vain do I accuse,
In vain I blame the Roman bands,
And the more spiteful Jews.
4 'Twere you, my ;ins, my cruel sins,
His chief tormentors were ;
Each of my crimes became a nail,
And unbelief the spear.
,5 'Twere you that pull'd the vengeance down
Upon "his guiltless head :
Break, break, my heart. Oh burst, mine eyes,
And let my sorrows bleed.
6 Strike, mighty grace, my flinty soul
Till melting waters flow,
And deep repentance drown mine eyes
In undissembled woe.
385- Winchester 137, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 18. ver. 1—6, 15—18. 1st Part. L. M.)
Deliverance from Despair ,• or, Temptations
overcome.
1 rriHEE will I love, O Lord, my strength,
A My rock, my tower, my high defence;
Thy rnighry arm shall be my trust,
For I have"found salvation thence.
2 Death, and the terrors of the grave,
Stood round me with their dismal shade;
While floods of high temptations rose,
And made ray sinking soul afraid.
3 I saw the opening gates of hell.
With endle-s pains ana sorrows there,
Which none but they that feel can tell,
While I was hurry'd to despair.
He bow'o his ear to ray complaint,
Then did bis grace appear divine.
5 [With speed he flew to my relief,
As on a cherub's wing he rode ;
Awful and bright as lightning shone
The face of my deliverer, God.
6 Temptations fled at his rebuke,
The blast of his almighty breath;
He sent salvation from on high,
And drew me from the deeps of death.]
7 Great were my fears, my foes were great,
Much was their strength, and more their
rage ;
But Christ, my Lord, is conqueror still
In all the wars that devils wage.
8 My song for ever shall record
That terrible, that joyful hour;
And give the glory to the Lord
Due to his mercy and his power.
E 9
386, 387, 388
CHRISTIAN.
389, 390, 391
386- Newbury 132, Worhsop 31, Irish 171.
'(Psalm 40. vcr. 1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 1st Part. C. M.)
A Song of Deliverance from great Distress.
1 T WAITED patient for the Lord,
A He bow'd to hear my cry;
He saw me resting on his word,
And brought salvation nigh.
2 He rais'd me from a horrid pic
Where mournin? Ions: I lay,
And from my bonds releas'd my feet,
Deep bonds of miry clay.
3 Firm on a rock he made me stand,
And taught niy cheerful tongue
To praise the wonders of his hand,
In a new thankful song.
4 I'll spread his works of grace abroad;
The saints with joy shall hear,
And sinners learn to make my God,
Their only hope and fear.
5 How many are thy thoughts of love !
Thy mercies, Lord, how great!
We have not words nor hours enough
Their numbers to repeat.
6 When I'm afflicted, poor and low,
And light an 1 peace depart,
My God beholds my l-.eavy woe,
And bears me on his heart.
387» L'yland 48, Broderip's 252, Aynhoe 108.
(Psalm 61. ver. 1—6. S, M.)
Safety in God.
1 \17"HRN overwhelm'd with grief
V V My heart within me dies,
Helpless and far from all relief
To heaven I lift mine eyes.
2 O lead me to the rock
That's high above my head,
And make the covert of thy wings
My shelter and my shade.
3 Within thy presence, Lord,
For ever I'll abide ;
Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where I hide.
4 Thou givest me the lot
Of those that fear thy name;
If endless life be their reward,
I shall possess the same.
38$. Kingsbridge 88, Uluerston 179.
(Hymn 50. B. 2. L. M.)
Comfort under Sorrows and Pains.
1 TVTOW h t the Lord my Saviour smile,
-lM And shew my name upon his heart,
1 would forget my pyins awhile,
And in the pleasure lose the smart.
2 But Oh it swells my sorrows high
To see my blessed Jesus frown.
My spirits sink, my comforts die,
And all the springs of life are down.
3 Yet why, my soul, why these complaints?
Still while he frowns, iiis bowels move;
Still on his heart he bears his saints.
And feels their sorrows and his love.
4 My name is printed on his breast;
His book of life contains my name;
I'd rather have it there imprcss'd
Than in the bright records of fame.
5 When the last fire burns all things here
Those letters shall securely stand,
And in the Lamb's fair book appear
Writ by th' eternal Father's hand.
G Now shall my minutes smoothly run,
Whilst here I wait my Father's will;
My rising and my setting sun
Roll gently up and down the hill.
389* Lebanon 79, Manning 245, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 102. B. 1. L. M.)
The Beatitudes, Matt. v. 3—12.
1 r T> LESS'D are the humble souls that see
L-O Their emptiness and poverty;
Treasures of grace to them are given,
And crowns of joy laid up in heaven.]
2 [Bless'd are the men of broken heart,
Who mourn for sin with inward smart;
The blood of Christ divinely flows,
A healing balm for all their woes.]
3 [Bless'd are the meek, who stand afar,
From rage and passion, noise and war;
God will secure their happy state,
And plead their cause against the great.]
4 [Bless'd are the souls that thirst for grace,
Hunger and long for righteousness,
1 hey shall be well supply'd and fed,
With living streams and living bread.]
5 [Bless'd are the men whose bowels move
And melt with sympathy and love;
From Christ the Lord sliall they obtain
Like sympathy and love again.]
6 [Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean
From the defiling powers of. sin,
With endless pleasure they' shall see
A God of spotless purity.]
7 [Bless'd are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife,
They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.]
8 Bless'd are the sufferers who partake
Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake ;
Their souls shall triumph in the Lord,
Glory and joy are their reward.]
390- Lebanon 79, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 43. B. 1. 2d Part. L. M.)
The Christian Treasure, 1 Cor. iii. 21.
1 TJOVV vast the treasure we possess!
JlX How rich thy bounty, king of grace !
This world is ours, and worlds to come;
Earth is our lodge, and heaven our home.
2 All things are ours, the gifts of God ;
The purchase of a Saviour's blood :
While the good spirit shews us how
To use and to improve them too.
3 If peace and plenty crown my days,
They help me, Lord, to speak thy praise:
If bread of sorrows be my food,
Those sorrows work ray lasting good.
4 I would not change my blest estate
For all the world calls good or great :
And while my faith can~keep her hold,
I envy not the sinner's gold.
5 Father, I wait thy daily will;
Thou shalt divide ray portion still :
Grant me on earth what seems thee best,
Till death and heaven reveal the rest.
391. Otford 10C, Cambridge New 74.
(Hymn 53. B. 2. CM.)
The Pilgrimage of the Saints; or, Earth and
Heaven.
I T ORD ! what a wretched land is this
M-J That yields us no supply !
No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees,
Nor streams of living joy !
392
CHRISTIAN.
393, 394, 395
2 But pricking thorns thro' all the ground
And mortal poisons grow,
And all the rivers that are found
With dansrerous waters flow.
3 Yet the dear path to thine abode
Lies thro' this horrid land ;
Lord ! we would keep the heavenly road,
And run at thy command.
4 [Our souls shall tread the desert through
With undiverted feet;
And faith and flaming zeal subdue
The terrors that we meet.]
5 [A thousand savage beasts of prey
Around the forest roam ;
But Judah's Lion guards the way,
And guides the strangers home.]
6 [Long nights and darkness dwell below,
With scarce a twinkling ray;
But the bright world to which we go
Is everlasting day.]
7 [By glimmering hopes and gloomy fears
YVe trace the sacred road,
Thro' dismal deeps and dangerous snares
We make our way to God]
8 Our journey is a thorny maze,
Bat we march upward still;
Forget these troubles of the ways
And reach at Zion's hill.
9 [See the kind angels at the gates
forking us to conie ;
There Je*us the forerunner waits
To welcome travellers home.]
10 There on a green and flowery mount
Our wearysouls shall sit,
And with transporting joys recount
The labours of our "feet.
11 [No vain discourse shall fill our tongue,
Nor trifles vex our ear,
Infinite grace shall be our song,
And God rejoice to hear.]
12 Eternal glories to the King
That brought us safely through;
Our tongues shall never cease to sing,
And endless praise renew.
.'392' Mverston 179, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 100. B. 2.L. M.)
The Presence of Christ is the Life of my Soul.
1 rTXOW full of anguish is the thought.
L-tX How it distracts and tears my heart,
If God at last, my sovereign judire,"
Should frown, and bid my soul, Depart !
2 Lord, when I quit this earthly stage,
Where shall I fly but to thy breattt !
For I have sought no other home;
For I have learnt no other rest.
S I cannot live contented here,
, Without some glimpses of thy fare:
And heaven without thy presence there
Would be a dark and tiresome place.
4 When earthly cares engross ihe dav,
And hoi I my thoughts aside from thee,
The shining hours of cheerful light
Are long and tedious years to me.
5 And if no evening visit's paid
Between my Saviour and mv soul,
How dull the night! how sa"d the shade!
How mournfully the minutes roll.'
6 This flesh of mine might learn as soon
To live, yet part with all my blood;
To breathe when vital air i<" sone,
Or thrive and grow without mv food.
7 [Christ is my light, mv life, my care,
My blessed hope, my Heavenly prize,
Dearer than all my passions are,
My limbs, my bowels, or my eyes.
8 The strings that twine ahout my heart
Tortures and racks may tear them off;'
Rut they can never, never part
With their dear hold of Christ my love.]
9 [My God ! and can an humble child
Th.it loves thee with a flame so high
Be ever from thy face exil'd,
W ithout the pity of thin, eye ?
10 Impossible— For thine own hands
Have ty'd my heart so fast to thee;
And in thy book the promise stands,
That where thou art thy friends must be.]
L93- Sraintree 25, Condescension 116, Ham-
mond 226.
(Hymn 54. B. 2. C. M.')
God's Presence is Light hi Darkness.
1 1YTY God> tl,e spring of all my leys,
J.TX The life of mv delights,
The glory of my brightest days,
And comfort of my nights.
2 In darkest shades if he appear,
My dawning is begun ;
He is my soul's sweet morning star,
And he my rising sun.
3 The opening heavens around me shine
W ith beams of sacred bli>s,
White Jesus shews his heart is mine,
And whisper* I am his !
i My sool would leave tins heavy clay
At that transporting word,
Run up with jov the shining wav
T' embrace my dearest Lord. "
5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death
I'd break thro' ever] foe";
The wings of love, and arms of faith
Should b^ar me conqueror through.
39-i- Salem 139, Brighton 208, Worksop 31,
(Psalm 90. ver. 13, Sc. 3d Part. C. M.)
Breathing after Heaven.
1 T3 ETURN, O God of hue, return ;
XV Earth is a tiresome nlaee :
H<-w long shall we thv children mourn
Our absence from thy face !
2 Let heaven succeed our painful years
Let sin an sorrow cease, '
And in proportion to our tears
So make our joys increase.
3 Thy wonders to thy servants show,
Make thy own work complete,
Then shall our souls thy glory know,
And own thy love was great.
4 Then shall we shine before thv throne
In all thy beauty, Lord;
And the poor sen ice we have done
Meet a divine reward.
39.5- Kewington 61, Foltett 181, Otford 106
(Hymn 65. R. 2. C. M.)
The Hope of Her.ven ovr Support under Triah'
on Earth.
1 W^*11^ T can read »J title clear
▼ ▼ To mansions in the skies,
1 bid farewe:! to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
2 Should earth against mv soul en°-a~e
And hellish darts be hurl'd, ° 3
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.
396, 397, 398 SAINTS AND SINNERS.
399, 400
3 Let cares like a wild deluge come,
And storms of sorrow fall,
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all.
4 There shall I bathe my weary soul
In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.
396* Kingsbridge 88, Ul version 179.
(Hymn 117. B. 2. L. M.)
Living and dying with God present.
4 T CANNOT bear thine absence, Lord,
X My life expires if thou depart;
And thou, my God, be near my heart.
2 I was not born for earth and sin,
Nor can I live on things so vile ;
Yet I would stay ray Father's time,
And hope and wait for heaven awhile.
3 Then, dearest Lord, in thine embrace
Let me resign my fleeting breath,
And with a smiie'upon my face
Pass the important hour of death.
SAINTS AND SINNERS.
1
397* PauVs 246, Warehcm 117.
(Psalm l. L. M.)
The difference between the Righteous and the
Wicked.
APPY the man, whose cautious feet
Shun the broad way that sinners go,
t\'ho hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.
2 He loves t' employ his morning light
Amongst the statutes of the Lord ;
And spends the wakeful hours of night,
With pleasure pondering o'er the word.
3 He, like a plant by gentle streams,
Shall flourish in immortal green ;
And heaven will shine with kindest beams
On every work his hands begin.
4 But sinners find their counsels crost;
As chaff before the tempest flies,
So shall their hopes be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.
5 In vain the rebel seeks to stand
In judgment with the pious race;
The dreadful judge with stern command
Divides him to a different place.
h '.Straight is the way my saints have trod,
* I blest the path and drew it plain ;
* But you would choose the crooked road,
' And down it leads to endless pain.'
398« Eagle Street New 55, Aynhoe 108.
(Psalm 1. S. M.)
The Saint happy, the Sinner miserable.
1 rp HE man is ever blest
X Who shuns the sinners ways,
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorner's place;
2 But makes the law of God
His study and delisrht,
Amidst the labours of the day,
And watches of the night.
3 He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root;
Fresh as the leaf his name shall live,
His works arc heavenly fruit.
4 Not so th' ungodly race,
They no such blessings find ;
Their hopes shall dee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.
5 How will they bear to stand
Before that judgment-seat,
Vf here all the saints at Christ's right hand
In full assembly meet ?
> He kuows, and he approves
The way the righteous go;
But sinners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overthrow.
399- Crowle3, Bedford 91.
(Psalm 199. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of
Sinners. Ver. I, 2, 3.
BLEST are th' undefil'd in heart,
Whose ways are right and clean;
Who never from thy law depart,
But fly from every sin.
Blest are the men that keep thy word,
And practise thy commands;
With their whole heart they seek the Lord,
And serve thee with their" hands.
Ver. 165.
Great is their peace who love thy law I
How firm their souls abide !
Nor can a bold temptation draw
Their steady feet aside.
Ver. 6.
Then shall my heart have inward joy,
And keep my face from shame,
When all thy statutes 1 obey,
And honour all thy name.
Ver. 21, 118.
But hauehty sinners God will hate,
The proud shall die accurst;
The sons of falsehood and deceit
Are trodden to the dust
Ver. 119, 155.
Vile as the dross the wicked are ;
And those that leave thy ways
Shall see salvation from afar,
But never taste thy grace.
400- Crowle 3, Bedford 91.
(Psalm 1. C. M.)
The Way and End of the Righteous, and the
Wicked.
1 T> LEST is the man who shuns the place
XJ Where sinners love to meet;
Who fears to tread their wicked wavs,
And hates the scoffer's seat;
2 But in the statutes of the Lord
Has plac'd his chief delight;
By day he reads or hears the word,
And meditates by night.
3 [He like a plant of generous kind,
By living waters set,
Safe from the storms and blasting wind,
Enjoys a peaceful state.]
401, 402
SAINTS AND SINNERS.
403, 404
4 Green as the leaf and ever fair
Shall his profession shine,
While fruits of holiness appear
Like clusters on the vine.
5 Not so the impious and unjust;
What vain designs they form !
Their hopes are blown away like dust,
Or chaff before the storm.
6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand
Amongst the sons of gr.tce,
When Christ the judge, at his right hand,
Appoints his saints a place.
7 His eye beholds the path they tread,
His heart approves it well;
But crooked ways of sinners lead
Down to the gates of hell.
401. Irish 171, Foster 96, Salem 139.
(Psalm 37. ver. 23—37. 3d Part. C. M.)
The same.
1 T\yTY God, the steps of pious men
lfX Are ordevM by thy will ;
Tho' thev should fall, they rise again,
Thy hand supports them still.
2 The Lord delights to see their ways,
Their virtue he approves;
He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace,
Nor leave the men he loves.
3 The heavenly heritage is theirs,
Their poriion and their home;
He feeds them now, and makes them heirs
Of blessings long to come.
4 Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men,
Nor fear when tyrants frown;
Ye shall confess their pride was vain,
When justice casts them down.
PAUSE.
5 The haughty sinner have I seen,
Nor fearing men nor God,
Like a tall bay-tree fair and green,
Spreading his arms abroad.
6 And lo ! he vanish'd from the ground,
Destroy'd by hands unseen ;
Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found
Where all that pride had been.
7 But mark the man of righteousness,
His several seeps attend ;
True pleasure runs thro' all his ways,
And peaceful is his end.
40^. Grove House 143, Sprague 166, Worksop
31.
(Psalm 37. ver. l— 15. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Cure of Envy, Fretfulness, and Unbelief;
or, the Rewards of the Righteous, and the
Wicked; or, the World's Hatred, and the
Saint's Patience.
1 \X7HY should I vex my soul, and fret
Vt To sec the wicked rise ?
Or envy sinners waxing great
By violence and lies!
2 As flowery grass, cut down at noon,
Before the evening, fades,
So shall their glories vanish soon
In everlasting shades.
3 Then let me make the Lord my trust,
And practise all that's good ;
So shall I dwell among the just,
And he'll provide me food.
4 I to my God my ways commit,
And cheerful wait his will;
Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet,
Shall my desires fulfil.
5 Mine innocence Shalt thou display,
And make thy judgments known,
Fair as the light of dawning day,
And glorious as the noom
<» The meek at last the earth possess,
And are the heirs of heaven;
True riches, with abundant peace,
To humble souls are sriven.
PAUSE.
7 Rest in the Lord and keep his way,
Nor let your anger rise
Tho' providence should long delay
To punish haughty vice.
8 Let sinners join to break your peace,
And plot, and rage, and foam;
The Lord derides them, for he sees
Their day of vengeance come.
0 They have drawn out the threatening sword,
Ha\e bent the murderous bow,
To slay the men that fear the Lord
And bring the righteous hw.
10 My GoJ shait break their bows, and burn
Their persecuting darts,
Shall their own swords against them turn,
And ptiin surprise their hearts.
403« Worksop 31, Bedford 91.
(Psalm 94. ver. l, 2, 7—14. 1st Part. C. M.)
Saints chastised, and Sinners destroi/ed; or.
instructive Afflictions.
1 f\ GOD, to whom revenge belongs.
\J Proclaim thy wrath aloud; "
Let sovereign power redress our wrongs,
Let justice smite the proud.
2 They say, The Lord nor sees nor hears ;
When will the fools be wise !
Can he be deaf who form'd their ears?
Or blind, who made their eyes?
3 He knows their impious thoughts are vain,
And they shall feel his power;
His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain
In some surprising hour.
4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke,
Thou hast a gentler rod;
Thy providences and thy book
Shall make them know their God.
"/ Blest is the man thy hands chastise,
And to his duty draw;
Thy scourges make thy children wise
When they forget thy law.
6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints,
Nor his ow» promise break j
He pardons his inheritance
For their Redeemer's sake.
404- Babylon Streams 23, AngeVs Hymn 60.
(Psalm 11. L. M.)
God loves the Righteous, and hates the Wicked.
1 1YTY refl,ne is tne God of love;
-LT.L Why do my foes insult and crv,
• Fly like a timorous trembling dove,
To distant woods or mountains fly P
2 If government be all destroy'd,
(That firm foundation of our peace)
And violence make justice void,
Where shall the righteous seek redress?
3 The Lord in heaven has fix'd his throne,
His eye surveys the world below;
To him all mortal things are known,
His eyelids search our spirits through.
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405, 406, 407
WORSHIP.
408
4 If he afflicts his saints so far
To prove their love, and try their grace,
What mav .the bold transgressors fear]
His very soul abhors their ways.
5 On impious wretches he shail rain
Tempests of brimstone, fire, and death,
Such as he kindled on the plain
Of Sodom with his angry breath.
6 Tlie righteous Lord loves righteous souls,
Whose thoughts and actions are sincere;
And with a gracious eye beholds
The men that his own image bear.
405. Newcastle 20, Aynhoe 108, Ryland 48.
(Psalm 17. ver. IS, &c. S. M.)
Portion of Saints and Shiners; or, Hope and
Despair in Death.
1 A RISE, my gracious God,
J\. And make the wicked flee;
ThfV are but thy chastising rod
To drive thy saints to thee.
2 Behold the sinner dies,
His hauffhty words are vain ;
Here in this life his pleasure lies,
And all beyond is pain.
3 Then let his pride advance,
And boast of all his store;
The Lord is my inheritance,
My soul can wish no more.
4 I shall behold the face
Of mv forgiving God,
And stand complete in righteousness,
Wash'd in my Saviour's blood.
5 There's a new heaven begun,
When I awake from death,
Drest in the likeness of thy Son,
And draw immortal breath.
40(> Bramcoate 8, Viverston 179.
(Psalm 17. L. M.)
The Sinner's Portion and Saint's Hope; or, the
Heaven of separate Souls, and the Resurrection.
1 T ORD, I am thine; but thou wilt prove
J_i My faith, my patience, and my love :
When men of spite against me. join,
They are the sword, the hand is thine.
o Their hope and portion lies below;
" 'Tis all the happiness they know,
>Tis all they seek ; they take their shares,
And leave the rest among their heirs.
3 What sinners value, I resign ;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine;
I shall behold thy blissful face,
And stand complete in righteousness.
4 This life's a dream, an empty show;
But the bright world to which I go
Hath joys substantial and sincere;
When shall I wake, and find me there?
5 O glorious hour! O blest abode !
I shall be near and like my God!
And flesh and sin no more, controul
The sacred pleasures of the soul.
C My flesh shall slumber in the ground,
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ;
Then burst the chains with sweet surprise,
And in my Saviour's image rise.
407' Cambridge New 74, Evans's 190.
(Psalm 149. C. M.)
Praise God, all his Saints; or, the Saints
judging the World.
1 A LL ye that love the Lord, rejoice,
J\. And let your songs be new ;
Amidst the church with cheerful voice
His later wonders shew.
2 The .lews, the people of his grace,
Shall their Redet mer sing ;
And Gentile nations join tlie praise,
While Zion owns her King.
3 The Lord takes pleasure in the just,
Whom sinners treat with scorn ;
The meek that lie despis'd in dust
Salvation shall adorn.
4 Saints should be joyful in their King,
Ev'n on a dying bed;
And like the souls in glory sing,
For God shall raise the dead".
5 Then his high praise shall fill their tongues,
Their hands shall wield the sword ;
And vengeance shall attend their songs,
The vengeance of the Lord.
C When Christ his judgment-seat ascends,
And bids the world appear,
Thrones are prepar'd for all his friends,
Who humbly lov'd him here.
7 Then shall they rule with iron rod
Nations that'dar'd rebel;
And join the sentence of their God
On tyrants doom'd to hell.
8 The royal sinners bound in chains
New triumph shall afford ;
Such honour for the saints remains:
Praise ye, and love the Lord.
WORSHIP.
PRIVATE WORSHIP.
408- Portugal 97, Viverston 179.
(Hymn 122. B. 2. L. M.)
Retirement and Meditation.
MY God permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove
Forgetful of my highest love.
2 Why should ray passions mix with earth,
And* thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Saviour'go?
3 Call me away from flesh and sense,
One sovereign word can draw me thence;
1 would obey the voice divine,
And all inferior joys resign.
409, 410, 411 FAMILY WORSHIP. 412, 413, 414
4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn,
Let noise and vaniry be gone ;
In secret silence of the mind
My heaven, and there niy God I find.
40Q. Great Milton 212, Stamford 9.
(Psalm 119. 2d Part. C. M.)
Secret Devotion and SpirituaUmindednest J or,
constant Converse with God.
Ver. 147, 55.
TO thee, before the dawning light,
My gracious God, I pray :
I meditate thy name by ni»ht,
And keep thy law by day.
Vet, 61.
Mv spirit faints to see thy grace,
Thy promise bears me up;
And <\hile salvation lone delays,
Thv word supports my hope.
Ver. 154.
Seven times a day I lift my hands,
And pay my thanks to thee;
Thv righteous providence demands
Repeated praise from me.
Ver. 62.
When midnight darkness veils the skies,
I call thy works to mind ;
My thoughts in warm devotion rise,
And sweet acceptance find.
410- Worhsworth 153, Broderip's 252.
(Psalm 55. ver. 15—17, 19, 22. S. M.)
Dangerous Prosperity ; or, daily Devotions
encouraged.
1 T ET sinners take their course,
J_i And choose their road to death;
But in the worship of my God
I'll spend my daily breath.
2 My thoughts address his throne
When morning brings the light;
I seek his blessing every noon,
And pay my vows at night.
3 Thou wilt regard my cries,
O my eternal God,'
White sinners perish in surprise
Beneath thine angry rod.
4 Because they d*<ell at ease,
And no sad changes feel,
They neither fear nor trust thy name,
Nor learn to do thy will.
,5 But I with all my cares,
Will lean upon the Lord,
I'll cast my burdens on his arm,
And rest upon his word.
6 His arm shall well sustain
The children of his love;
The ground on which their safety stands
No earthly power can move.
411. Ulvcrston 179, Kingsbridge 88, Rochford
22.
(Psalm 26. L. M.)
Self-examination ; or, Evidences of Grace.
1 TUDfiE me, O Lord, and prove my ways,
cl And try my reins, and try my heart;
My faith upon thy promise stays,
Nor from thy law my feet depart.
2 I hate to walk, I hate to sit
With men of vanity and lies;
The scoffer and the hypocrite
Are the abhorrence of mine eyes.
3 Amonsst thy saints will I appear,
With hands well wash'd in innocence ;
But when I stand before thy bar,
Theblocd of Christ is my defence.
4 I love thy habitation, Lord,
The temple where thine honours dwell
Tliere shall I hear thine holy word,
And there thy works of wonder tell.
5 Let not my soul be join'd at last
With men of treachery and blood,
Since I my days on earth have past
Among the saints, and near my God.
FAMILY WORSHIP.
412. Salem 13f), Bedford 91, Croioled.
(Psalm 101. C. MO
A Psalm for a Master of a Family.
1 /~\F justice and of grace I sing,
VJ \nd pay my Go*! my vows ;
Thy grace and justice, heavenly King,
Teach me to rule my house.
2 Now to my tent, O God, repair,
And make thy servant wise;
I'll suffer nothing near me there
That shall offend thine eyes.
3 The man that doth his neighbour wrong,
By falsehood or by force,
Tin' scornful eye, the slanderous tongue,
I'll thrust them from my doors.
4 I'll seek the faithful and the just,
And will their help enjoy;
These are the frien.Js that 1 shall trust,
The servants I'll employ.
5 The wretch, that deals in sly deceit,
I'll not endure a night;
The liar's tongue I ever hate,
And banish from my sight.
6 111 purge my family around,
And make the wicked dee ;
So shall my house be ever found
A dwelling fit for thee.
413* Mark's 65, Rochford 22, Bampton 275.
(Psalm 127. L.M.)
The Blessing of God on the Business and
Comforts of Life.
1 TF God succeed not, all the cost
J- And pains to build the house are lost :
If God the city will not keep,
The watchful guards as well may sleep.
2 What if you rise before the sun,
And work and toil when day is done,
Careful and sparing eat your bread
To shun that poverty you dread;
3 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest ;
He can make rich, yet give us rest:
Chi dren an l friends are blessings too,
If God our sovereign make them so.
4 Happy the man to whom he sends
Obedient children, faithful friends:
How sweet our daily comforts prove
When they are season'd with his love !
414. Salem 139, Foster 96, Great Milton 212.
(Psalm 127. C. M.)
God all in all.
1 TF G<"d to build the house deny,
A. The builders work in vain ;
And town?, without his wakeful eye,
An useless watch maintain.
2 Before the morning beams arise,
Your painful work renew,
And till the star-, a-cend the skies,
Your tiresome toil pursue.
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415, 416, 417
WORSHIP.
418, 419
3 Short be your sleep, and coarse your fare;
In vain, till God has blest;
But if his smiles attend your care,
You shall have food and rest.
4 Nor children, relatives, nor friends,
Shall real blessings prove,
Nor all the earthly joys he sends,
If sent without his love.
415. Milboum Port 183, Furman 135, Wilt'
shire 110.
(Psalm 128. C. M.)
Family Blessings.
1 f\ HAPPY man whose soul is fill'd
\J With zeal and reverend awe!
His lips to God their honours yield,
His life adorns the law.
2 A careful providence shall stand
And ever guard thy head,
Shall on the labours of thy hand
Its kindly blessings shed.
3 [Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine;
Thy children round thy board,
Each like a plant of honour shine,
And learn to fear the Lord.]
4 The Lord shall thy best hopes fulfil
For months and years to come;
The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hill,
Shall send thee blessings home.
5 This is the man whose happy eyes
Shall see his house increase,
Shall see the sinking church arise,
Then leave the world in peace.
41 rj. Finsbvry 155, Harbro1 142.
(Psalm 133. S. M.)
Communion of Saints; or, Love and Worship
in a Family.
J X> LEST are the sons of peace,
J3 Whose hearts and hopes are one,
Whose kind designs to serve and please,
Thro' all their actions run.
2 Blest is the pious house
Where zeal and friendship meet,
Their songs of praise, their mingled vows
Make their communion sweet.
3 Thus when on Aaron's head
They pour'd the rich perfume,
The oil thro' all his raiment spread,
And pleasure fill'd the room.
4 Thus on the heavenly hills
The saints are blest above,
WThere joy like morning dew distils,
And all the air is love.
4j 7« Balston R5, John's 138.
(Psalm 133. As the 122d Psalm.)
The Blessings of Friendship.
1 TTOW pleasant 'tis to see
XX Kindred and friends agree,
Each in their proper station move,
And each fulfil their part
With sympathising heart,
In all the cares of life and love !
2 'Tis like the ointment shed
On Aaron's sacred head,
Divinely rich, divinely sweet;
The oil, thro' all the room,
Diffus'd a choice perfume,
Ran thro' his robes, and blest his feet.
3 Like fruitful showers of raiu,
That water all the plain,
Descending from the neighbouring hills;
Such streams of pleasure roll
Thro' every friendly soul,
Where love like heavenly dew distils.
Repeat the first stanza to complete the tune,
PUBLIC WORSHIP.
418. Oxford 177, New York 33, Southtcark
New 238.
(Psalm 122. CM.)
Going to Church.
1 TTOW did my heart rejoice to hear
XX My friends devoutly say,
1 In Zion let us all appear,
' And keep the solemn day !'
2 I love her gates, I love the road ;
The church adorn'd with grace
Stands like a palace built for God
To shew his milder face.
"3 Up to her courts with joys unknown
The holy tribes repair:
The Son of David holds his throne.
And sits in judgment there.
4 He hears our praises and complaints;
And while his awful voice
Divides the sinners from the saints,
We tremble and rejoice.
5 Peace be within this sacred place,
Arid joy a constant guest!
With holy gifts and heavenly grace
Be her attendants blest !
6 My soul shall pray for Zion still,
While life or breath remains ;
There my best friends, my kindred dwell,
There God my Saviour reigns.
419. Prescott 254, Dalston BS, John's 138.
(Psalm 122. Proper Tune.)
The same.
1 TTOW pleas'd and blest was I
XX To hear the people cry,
' Come, let us seek our God to-day!'
Yes, with a cheerful zeal,
We haste to Zion's hill,
And there our vows and honours pay.
2 Zion, thrice happy place,
Adorn'd with woriderous grace,
And walls of strength embrace thee round;
In thee our tribes appear
To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel'sjoyful sound.
3 There David's greater Son
Has fix'd his royal throne,
He sits for grace and judgment there;
He bids the saint be glad,
He m ikes the sinner sad,
And humble souls rejoice with fear.
4 May peace attend thy gate,
And joy within thee wait
To bless the soul of every guest!
The man that seeks thy peace,
And wishes thine increase,
A thousand blessings on him rest!
5 IMv tongue repeats her vows,
* Peace to this sacred house!'
For there my friends and kindred dwell;
And since my glorious God
Makes thee his blest abode,
My soul shall ever love thee well.
Repeat the fourth stanza to complete the tune.
420, 421 , 422 PUBLIC WORSHIP.
423, 424, 425
420 George's 2, Weston Favel 27, Sydenham 43.
(Psalm 134. C. M.)
Daily and nightly Devotion.
1 "VE that obey the immortal King,
X Attend his holy place,
Bow to the glories of his power,
And bless his wonderous grace;
2 Lift up your hands by morning light,
And send your souls on high ;
Raise you,- a'dndring thoughts by night
Above the starry sky.
3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts
With ravs of quickening grace;
The God that spreads the heavens abroad,
And rules the swelling sea?.
fal\. London ISO, Abridge 201, James's 163.
(Psalm 89. ver. 7, &c. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Power and Majesty of God ; or, reveren-
tial Worship.
1 "V17TTH reverence let the saints appear
m And bow before the Lord,
His high commands with reverence hear,
And tremble at his word.
Where is the power that vies with thee?
Or truth compar'd to thine \
4 The northern pole and southern rest
On thy supporting hand ;
Darkness and day from east to we*t
Move round at thy command.
4 Thy words the raging winds controul,
And rule the boisterous deep;
Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll,
The rolling billows sleep.
* Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine,
And the dark world of heil :
How did thine arm in vengeance shine
When Egypt durs-t rebel!
6 Justice and judgment are thy throne,
Yet wonderous is thy grace ;
While truth and mercy join'd in one
Invite us near thy face.
422. Sprague 166, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 108. B. 2. C. M.)
Access to the Throne of Grace by a Mediator.
1 plOME let us lift ourjovful eyes
VJ Up to the courts above,
And smile to see our Father there
Upon a throne of love.
2 Once 'twas a seat of dreadful wrath,
And shot devouring flame ;
Our God appeared consuming fire,
And vengeance was his name.
3 Rich were the drops of Jesus' blood
That ealni'd his frowning face,
That sprinkled o'er the burning throne,
And turn'd the wrath to grace.
4 Now we may bow before his feet,
And venture near t, e Lord;
No fiery cherub guards his seat,
Nor double flamiug sword.
5 The peaceful gates of heavenly bliss
Are open'd by the Son;
High let us raise our notes of praise,
And reach the almighty throne,
fl To thee ten thousand thanks we bring,
Great Advocate on high;
And glory to th' eternal king
That lays his fury by.
423- Green's Hundred 89, Rothwell 174,
Portugal Neio 263.
(Hymn 4.5. B. 2. L. M.)
God's Condescension to our Worship.
1 rilHY favours, Lord, surprise our souls;
X Will the Eternal dwell with us?
What canst thou find beneath the poles
To tempt thy chariot downward thus !
2 Still might he fill his starry throne,
And please his ears with Gabriel's songs j
But th' heavenly majesty comes down,
And bows to hearken to our tongues.
.1 Great God, what poor returns we pay
For love so infinite as thine !
Words are but air, and tongues but clay,
But thy compassion's all divine.
424- Leeds 19, Langdon 217, New Sabbath 122.
(Psalm 84. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Pleasure of jmblic Worship.
1 TTOW pleasant, how divinely fair,
XX O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are !
With long desire my spirit faints
To meet th' assemblies of thy saints.
2 My flesh would rest in thine abode.
My panting heart cries out for God ;
My God! my Kiug! why should I be
So" far from all my joys and thee !
3 The sparrow chooses where to rest,
And for her young provides her nest;
But will my God to sparrows grant
That pleasure which his childTen want?
4 Blest are the saints who sit on high,
Around thy throne of majesty ;
Thy brightest glories shine above,
And all their work is praise and love.
5 Blest are the souls that find a place
Within the temple of thy grace ;
There they behold thy gentler rays,
And seek thy face, and learn thy praise.
6 Blest are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Sion's gate;
God is their strength, and through the road
. They lean upon their helper God.
7 Cheerful they walk with growing strength,
Tdl all shall "meet in heaven at length,
Tid all before thy face appear,
Aud join in nobler worship there.
42o- Chard 175, Horsley 205, Bredby 165.
(Psalm 81. 2d Part. L. M.)
God and his Church; or, Grace and Glory.
1 /~"i REAT God, attend, while Sion sings
VT The joy that from thy presence springs ;
To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
2 Might I enjoy the meanest place
Within thine "house, O God of grace,
Not ,ents of ease, nor thrones o( power,
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.
3 God is our sun, he makes our day ;
God is our shield, he guards our way
From all th' assaults of hell and -in,
From foes without, and foes within.
4 All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too;
He sives us all things, and withholds
No real gooa from upright souls.
5 O God, our King, whose sovereign sway
The glorious hosts of heaven obey,
Aud devils at thv presence flee,
Blest is the man "that trusts in thee*
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4-26, 427
WORSHIP.
428, 429
426* Bedford 91, Froom 255, Sprague 166.
(Psalm 84. v. 1, 4, 2, 3, 10, Paraphrased. C. M.)
Delight in Ordinances of Worship; or, God
present in his Churches.
1 1VTY soul, how lovely is the place
-L.T-L To which thy God resons !
7Tis heaven to see his sniilmg face,
Tho' in his eatthly coarts.
2 There the great Monarch of the skies
His saving power displays,
And light breaks in upon our eyes
With kind and quickening rays.
3 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove
Descends and fills the place,
While Christ reveals his wonderous love,
And sheds abroad h:s grace.
4 There, mighty God, thv words declare,
The secrets of thy will;
And stdl we seek thy mercy there,
And sing thy praises still.
PAUSE.
5 My heart and flesh cry out for thee,
While far from thine abode ;
When shall I tread thy courts, and see
My Saviour and my'God ?
6 The sparrow builds herself a nest,
And suffers no remove ;
O make me, like ti e sparrows, blest,
To dwell but where I love.
7 To sit one day beneath thine eye,
And hear thy gracious voice,
Exceeds a whole eternity
Employ'd in carnal joys.
t Lord, at thy threshold I would wait,
While Jesus is within,
Rather than fill a throne of state,
Or live in tents of sin.
9 Could I command the spacious land,
And the more boundless sea,
For one blest hour at thy right hand
I'd give them both away.
427- Greenwich New 62, Clapham 18,
Portsmouth New 144.
(Psalm 84. As the 143th Psalm.)
Longing for the House of God.
1 T ORD of the worlds above,
JLA How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love,
Thy earthly temples are !
To thine abode
My heart aspires,
With warm desires,
To see my God.
2 The sparrow, for her young,
With pleasure seeks a nest";
And wandering swallows long
To find their wonted rest:
My spirit faints,
With equal zeal,
To rise and dwell
Among thy saints.
S O happy souls that pray
Where God appoints to hear!
O happy men that pay
Their constant service there !
They praise thee still ;
And happy they
That love the way
To Zion'shill.
4 They go from strength to strength,
Thro' this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,
Till each in heaven appears:
0 glorious seat,
When God our King
Shall thither bring
Our willing feet!
Caermarlhen New 35. PAUSE. Grove 125.
5 To spend one sacred day,
Where God and saints abide,
Aff rds diviner joy
Than thousand days beside:
Wiiere God resorts,
1 love it more
To keep the door
Than shine in courts.
C God is our sun and shield,
Our light and our defence ;
With gifts his hands are fill'd,
We draw our blessings thence:
He shah bestow
On Jacob's race
Pecul.a; grace
And glory too.
7 The Lord his people loves;
His hand no aood withholds
From those his heart approves,
From pure and pious souls :
Thrice happy he,
O God of hosts.
Whose snirit. trusts
Alone in thee.
428- Bramcoate 8, New Sabbath 122, Leeds 12.
(Hymn 123. B. 2. L. M.)
The Benefit of public Ordinances.
1 A WT AY from every mortal care,
J\. Away from earth our souls retreat;
We leave this worthless world afar,
Ana wait anil worship near thy teat.
2 L^rd, in the temple of thy grace
We see thy feet, and w e adore ;
We gaze upon thy lovely face,
And learn the wonders of thy power.
3 While here our various wants we mourn,
Uuired groans ascend on high,
An I prayer b> ars a quick return
Of blessings in variety.
4 [Tf Satan rage and sin grow strong,
Here we receive some cheering word;
We gird the gospel-armour on
To fi^ht the battles of the Lord.
5 Or if our spirit faints and dies,
(Our conscience gall'd with inward stings)
H re doth the righteo s Sun arise
With healing beams beneath his wings.]
6 Father, my soul would still abide
Within thy temple, near thy side ;
But if my feet must hence depart
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart.
429. Michael's 119, Devizes 14, Milboum
Port 183.
(Psalm 27. ver. 1—6. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Church is our Delight and Safety,
1 rpHE Lord of glory is my light,
A And my salvation too;
God is my strength, nor will I fear
What all my foes can do.
2 One privilege my heart desires ;
O grant me an abode
Among the chvrches, of thy saints,
The' temples of my God!
430,431,432 PUBLIC WORSHIP.
433, 434
3 There shall I offer my requests,
And see thy beauty still,
Shall hear thy messages of love,
And there enquire thy will.
4 When troubles rise, and storms appear,
There may his children hide:
God has a strong pavilion where
He makes my soul abide.
5 Now shall my head be lifted high
Above my foes around,
And songs "of joy ami victory
Within thy temple sound.
4.^0- Worksop 31, Abridge 201.
(Psalm 27. ver. 8, <), 13, 14. 2d Part. C. M.)
Prayer and Hope.
1 COON as l heard mv Father say,
^ ' Ye children seek my grace;'
My heart reply'd without delay,
' I'll seek my Father's face.'
2 Let not thy face be hid from me,
Nor frown my soul away;
God .of my life, I fly to th'ee
In a distressing day.
3 Should friends and kindred near and dear
Leave me to want, or die,
My God would make my life his care,
And all my need supply.
4 My fainting flesh had dy'd with grief,
Had not my soul believ'd
To see tky grace provide relief,
Nor was my hope deceiv'd.
5 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints,
And keep your courage up;
He'll raise your spirit when it faints,
And far exceed your hope.
431. Bath Chapel 26, Bedford 91.
(Psalm 65. 1st Part. C. M.)
A Prayer-hearing God, and the Gentiles called.
1 T>RAISE waits in Sion, Lord, for thee;
-L There shall our vows be paid:
Thou hast an ear when sinners pray,
All flesh shall seek thine aid.
2 Lord, our iniquities prevail,
But pardoning grace is thine,
And thou wilt grant us power and skill
To conquer every sin.
3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose
To bring them near thy face,
Give thenfa dwelling in "thine house
To feast upon thy grace.
4 In answering what thy church requests,
Thy truth and terror shine,
And "works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfil thy kind design.
5 Thus shall the wondering nations see
The Lord is good and just;
And distant i?land^ fly to thee
And make thy name their trust.
6 They dread thy glittering tokens, Lord,
When sierns in heaven appear;
But they shall learn thy holy word,
And love as well as fear.
432- Hotham 224, Portugal 97, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 65. ver. 1—5. 1st Part. L. M.)
Public Prayer and Praise.
1 rpHE praise of Sion waits for thee,
X My God ; and praise becomes thy house ;
There shall thy saints thy glory see,
And there perform their public vows.
2 O thou, whose mercy bends the skies
To save when humble sinners pray,
All lands to thee shall lift their eyes,
And islands of the northern sea.
3 Against my will my sins prevail,
But grace shall purge away their stain;
The blood of Christ will never fail
To wash my garments white again.
4 Blest is the man whom thou shalt choose,
And give him kind access to thee,
Give him a plate within thy house,
To taste thy love divinely free.
Wareham 117. PAUSE. Paul's 245.
5 Let Babel fear v. hen Sion prays;
Babel, prepare for long distress
When Sion's God himself arrays
In terror, and in righteousness.
6 With dreadful glory God fulfils
What his afflicted saints request;
And with almighty wrath reveals
His love to give his churches rest.
7 Then shall the flocking nations run
To Sion's hill, and own their Lord;
The rising and the setting sun
Shall see the Saviour's name ador'd.
433* New York 33, Neivbury 132.
(Psalm 110. ver. 12, &c 2d Part. C. M.)
Vows made in Trouble paid in the Church,- or,
public Thanhs for private Deliverance,
1 \17~HAT shall I render to ray God
tt For all his kindness shown?
My feet shall visit thine abode,
My songs address thy throne.
2 Among the saints that fill thine house,
My offerings shall be paid ;
There shall my zeal perform the vows
My soul in anguish made.
3 How much is mercy thy delight,
Thou ever-blessed God !
How dear thy servants in thy sight !
How precious is their blood !
1 How happy all thy servants are!
How great thy grace to me !
My life which thou hast made thy care.
Lord, I devote to thee.
5 Now I am thine, for ever thine,
Nor shall my purpose move;
Thy hand hath loos'd my bonds of pain,
And bound me with thy love.
6 Here in thy courts 1 leave my vow,
And thy rich grace record ;
Witness; ye saints, who hear me now,
If I fois'ake the Lord.
434. New York 33, Irish 171, Sydenham 43,
(Hymn 145. B. 2. C. M.)
Sight through a Glass, and Face to Face.
1 T LOVE the windows of thy grace
A Through which my Lord is seen,
And long to meet mv" Saviour's face
Without a glass be'tween.
2 O that the happy hour were come
To change my"faith to sight !
I shall behold my Lord at home
In a diviner light.
3 Haste, my Beloved, and remove
rhese interposing days;
Then shall my passions all be love,
And all my powers be praise.
E 10
435, 436
WORSHIP.
437, 438
LORD'S DAY.
435. Bedford 91, Froom £55, Foster 96.
(Psalm 5. C. M.)
For the Lord's Day Morning.
1 T ORD, in the morning thou shak hear
-I_i My voice ascending high ;
To thee will I direct my player,
To thee lift up mine eye ;
2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone
To plead for all his saints,
Presenting at his Father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.
3 Thou art a God before whose sight
The wicked shall not standi
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy ritjht hand.
4 But to thy house will I resort
To taste thy mercies there;
I will frequent thine holy court,
And worship in thy fear.
5 O may thy Spirit guide n:y feet
In ways' of righteousness !
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face.
Foster 96. PAUSE. Miall 240.
6 Mv watchful enemies combine
To tempt my feet astray ;
They flatter with a base design
To make my soul their prey.
7 Lord, crush the serpent in the dust,
And all his plots destroy;
While those that in thy mercy trust
For ever shout for joy.
t The men that love and fear thy name
Shall see their hopes fulfill'd ;
The mighty God will compass them
With favour as a shield.
436* Mount Ephrahn 185, Price's 187.
(Psalm 19. 1st Part. S. M.)
The Boek of Nature and Scripture.
For a Lord's Day Morning.
1 "OEBOLD the lofty sky
J3 Declares its maker "God,
And all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.
2 The darkness and the light
Still keep their course the same;
While night to day and day to night
Divinely teach his name.
3 In every different land
Their general voice is known ;
They shew the wonders of his hand,
And orders of his throne.
4 Ye British lands, rejoice,
Here he reveals his word,
We are not left to nature's voice
To bid us know the Lord.
5 His statutes and commands
Are set before our eyes,
He puts his gospel in our hands,
Where our salvation lies.
6 His laws are just and pure,
His truth without deceit,
His promises for ever sure,
And his rewards are great,
7 [Not honey to the taste
Affords so much delight,
Nor gold that has the furnace past
So much allures the sight,
8 While of thy works I sing,
Thy glory to proclaim,
Accept the praise, my God, my king,
In my Redeemer's name.]
437. Sutton 149, Beckham 7.
(Psalm 19. 2d Part. S. M.)
God's Word most excellent; or, Sincerity and
Watchfulness.
The same.
1 "OEHOLD the morning sun
-D Begins his glorious way;
His beams thro' all the nations run,
And life and light convey.
2 But where the gospel comes,
It spreads diviner light,
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.
3 How perfect is thy word!
And all thy judgments just!
For ever sure thy~promise, Lord,
And men securely trust.
4 My gracious God, how plain
Are thy directions given !
O ! may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heaven !
PAUSE.
5 I hear thy word with love,
And I would fain obey ;
Send thy good Spirit from above
To guide me, lest I stray.
6 O who can ever find
The errors of his way6?
Yet with a bold presumptuous mind,
I would not dare transgress.
7 Warn me of every sin,
Forgive my secret faults,
And cleanse this guilty soul of mine,
Whose crimes exceed my thoughts,
b While with my heart and tongue,
1 spread thy praise abroad,
Accept the worship and the song,
Mv Saviour and my God.
438- James's 163, Bath Chapel 26, Oxford 177.
(Psalm 63. ver. 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. 1st Part. C. M.)
The Morning of a Lord's Day.
1 Tjl ARLY, my God, without delay
JDi 1 haste to seek thy face ;
My thirsty spirit faints away,
Without thy cheering grace.
2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand,
Beneath a burning sky,
Long for a cooling stream at hand,
AhJ they must drink or die.
3 I've seen thy glory, and thy power
Thro' all thy temple shine ;
My God, repeat that heavenly hour,
That vision so divine.
4 Not all the blessings of a feast
Can please my soul so well,
As when thy richer grace I taste,
And in thy presence dwell.
5 Not life itself, with all her joys,
Can my best passions move,
Or raise so high my cheerful voice
As thy forgiving love.
6 Thus till my last expiring day,
I'll bless my God and king;
Thus will I lift my hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.
439, 440
LORD'S DAY.
441,442,443
43Q. Leeds 19, New Sabbath 122.
(Psalm 63. L. M.)
Longing after God ; or, the Love of God better
than Life.
1 g~*i REAT God, indulge my humble claim,
\JT Thou a*t my hope, my joy, my rest;
The glories that compose thy name
Stand all engag'd to make me blest.
3 Thou great and good, thou just and wise,
Thou art my Father and my God ;
And I am tfiine by sacred ties ;
Thy son, thy servant bought with blood.
3 With heart, and eyes, and lifted hands,
For thee I long, to thee I look,
As travellers in thirsty lands
Pant for the cooling water brook.
4 With early feet I love t' appear
Amon* thy saints, and seek thy face ;
Oft have I seen thy glory there,
And felt the power of sovereign grace.
5 Not fruits nor wines that tempt our taste,
Not all the joys our senses know,
Could make me so divinely blest,
Or raise my cheerful passions so.
6 My life itself without thy love
No taste of pleasure could afford ;
Twould but a tiresome burden prove,
If I were banish'd from the Lord.
7 Amidst the wakeful hours of night,
When busy cares afflict my head,
One thought of thee gives new delight,
And adds refreshment to my bed.
8 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice,
While I have breath to pray or praise ;
This work shall make my heart rejoice,
And spend the remuant of my days.
440. Vermont 134, Eagle Street New 55,
Henley 3t>.
(Psalm G3- S. M.)
Seeking God.
1 "JVT^ God, permit my tongue
lfX This joy, to call thee mine,
And let my early cries prevail
To taste thy love divine.
2 My thirsty fainting soul
Thy mercy doth implore ;
Not travellers in desert lands
Can pant for water more.
3 Within thy churches, Lord,
I long to find my place,
Thy power and glory to behold,
And feel thy quickening grace.
4 For life without thy love
No relish can afford ;
No joy can be compar'd to this,
To serve and please the Lord.
5 To thee I'll lift my hands,
And praise thee while I live;
Not the rich dainties of a feast
Such food or pleasure give.
6 In wakeful hours at night
I call my God to mind;
I think how wise thy counsels are,
• And all thy dealings kind.
7 Since thou hast been my help,
To thee my spirit flies,
And on thy watchful providence
My cheerful hope relies.
8 The shadow of thy wings
My soul in safety "keeps;
I follow where my Father leads,
And he supports my steps.
441. Ryland 48, Henley 38, Eagle Street New 55.
(Hymn 14. B. 2. S. M.)
The Lord's Day; or, Delight in Ordinances,
1 \\7ELC0ME, sweet day of rest,
\V That saw the Lord arise ;
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes !
2 The King himself comes near,
And feasts his saints to-day,
Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray. ""
3 One day amidst the place,
Where "my dear God hath been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand day?
Of pleasurable sin.
4 My willing soul would stay
In such atrame as this,
And sit and sing herself away
To everlasting bliss.
449. Derby 69, Horsley 205, New Sabbath 122,
(Psalm 92. 1st Part. L. M.)
A Psalm for the Lord's Day.
1 ^WEET is the work, my God, my King,
lO To praise thy name, give thanks and
To shew thy love by morning-light [sing,
And talk of all thy'truth at night.
2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest,
No mortal cares shall seize my breast ;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound!
3 My heart shall triumph in my Lord,
Arid bless his works, and bless his word ;
Thy works of grace, how bright thev shine!
How deep thy counsels! how divine!
4 Fools never raise their thoughts so high :
Like brutes they live, like brutes thev die :
Like grass they flourish, 'till thy breath
Blast them in everlasting death".
5 But I shall share a glorious part
When grace hath well refin'd my heart,
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.
6 Sin (my worst enemy before)
Shall vex my eyes and ears no more ;
My inward foes shall all be slain,
Nor Satan break my peace agaiti.
7 Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desir'd or wish'd below;
And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.
443. Follett 181, Otford 106, Irish 171.
(Hymn 72. B. 2. C. M.)
The Lord's Day ; or, the Resurrection of Christ,
1 TILESS'D morning, whose young dawnin0,
-D Beheld our rising God, [rays
Tnat saw him triumph o'er the dust,
And leave his dark abode.
2 In the cold prison of a tomb
The dead Redeemer lay,
Till the revolving skies had brought
The third, th' appointed day.
3 Hell and the grave unite their force
To hold our God in vain,
The sleeping Conqueror arose,'
And burst their feeble chain.
i To thy great name, almighty Lord,
These sacred hours we pay,
And loud hosannas shall proclaim
The triumph of the day.
E II
444,445,446
WORSHIP.
447, 448, 449
5 [Salvation and immortal praise
To our victorious King,
Let heaven, and earth, and rocks, and seas,
With glad hosannas ring.]
444. Cambridge Nero 74, Liverpool 83, Irish 171.
(Psalm 118. ver. 24— 2G. 4ih Part. C. M.)
Hosanna; the Lord's Day ; or, Christ's Resur-
rection and our Salvation.
1 npHIS is the day the Lord hath made,
A He calls the hours his own ;
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.
2 To-day he rose and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell ;
To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And" all his wonders tell.
8 Hosanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Son :
Help us, O Lord; descend and bring
Salvation from the throne.
4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
With me-sages of grace ;
Who comes in God his Father's name
To save our sinful race.
5 Hosanna in theliighest strains
The church on earth can raise ;
The higher heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.
445. Mansfield 154, Falcon 209, Ephraim 185.
(Psalm 118. ver. 22—27. S. M.)
An Hosanna for the Lord's Day ; or., a neio
Song of Salvation by Christ.
1 ^EE what a tiring stone
^ The builders did refuse;
Yet God hath bui!t his church thereon
In spite of eimous Jews.
2 The scribe and angry priest
Reject thine only Son;
Yet on this rock shall Zion rest
As the chief corner-stone.
3 The work, O Lord, is thine,
And wondt-rous in our eyes;
This day declares it all divine,
This day did Jesus rise.
4 This is the glorious day
That our Redeemer made;
Let us r?joice, anu sing, and pray,
Let ail the church be glad.
5 Hosanna to the King
Of David's roy^l blcod :
Bless him, ye saints ; he comes to bring
Salvador from your Go !.
C We bless thine holy word,
Which a!i this grace displays;
And oiier on thine altar, Lord,
Our sacrifice of praise.
445. Derby 169, Rowles 73, Mark's 65.
(Psalm 118. ver. 22—27. L. M.)
The sume.
1 X O ! what a glorious corner-stone
J_J The Jewish builder* did refuse;
But God hath built his church thereon,
In spite of envy, and the Jews.
2 Great God, the work is all divine,
Thejov and wonder of our eyes;
This is" the lay that proves it thine,
The day that saw our S .viour rise.
3 Sinners rtjoice, and saints be glad;
Hosanna, let his name be blest;
A thousand honours on his head,
With peace, and light, and glory, rest!
4 In God's own name he comes to bring
Salvation to our dying race :
Let the whole church address their King
With hearts of joy, and songs of praise.
BEFORE PRAYER.
447* Tlyland 48, Eagle Street New 55, Br ode-
rip's 232.
(Psalm 99. 2d Part. S. M.)
A holy God worshipped with Reverence,
1 TTiXALT the Lord our God,
XL And worship at his feet;
His nature is all holiness,
And mercy i6 his seat.
2 When Tsrael was his church,
When Aaron was his priest,
When Moses cry'd, when Samuel pray'd,
He gave hrs people rest.
3 Oft he forgave their sins,
Nor would destroy their race;
And oft he made his vengeance known,
When they abus'd his grace.
4 Exalt the Lord our God,
Whose grace is still the same;
Still he's a God of holines?,
And jealous for his name.
448« Oxford 177, Bedford 91, London 18».
(Psalm 95. C. M.)
A Psalm before Prayer,
1 ^ING to the Lord Jehovah's name,
►^ And in his strength rejoice;
When his salvation is our theme,
Exalted be our voice.
2 With thanks approach his awful sight,
And psalms of honour sing~;
The Lord's a God of boundless might,
The whole creation's King.
Those gods on high, and gods below,
When once coinpar'd with him.
4 Earth with its caverns dark and deep
Lies in his spacious hand,
He fiv'd the seas what bounds to keep,
And where the hills must stand.
5 Come, and with humble souls adore,
Come, kneel b fore his face;
O may the creatures of his power
Be children of his grace!
6 Now is the time: he bends his ear,
And waits for your request :
Come, lest he rouse his wrath and swear
' Ve shall not see my rest.'
BEFORE SERMON.
449* Peckham 7, Si?nons's 20, Aynhoe\Q%,
(P.-.alm 95. S. M.)
A Psalm before Sermon.
I riOME. sound his praise abroad,
V^ And hymns of «lory sing;
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.
I He form'd the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound ;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.
450, 451, 452, 453 THE WORLD.
454
3 Coine, worship at his throne,
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his works and not our own ;
He form'd us by his word.
4 To-day attend his voice,
Nor d'ire provoke his rod;
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.
5 But if your ears refuse
The language of his grace,
And hearts grow h t<], like stubborn Jews,
That unbelieving race ;
6 The Lord in vengeance drest
Will lift his hand and swear,
* You that despise my promis'd rest
' Shall have no portion ther .
4*0. Wareham 117, Green's Hundred 89.
(Psalm 95. 1, 2, 3, 6— 11. L. M.)
Canaan lost through Unbelief ; or, a Warning
to delaying Sinners.
1 /^lOME, let our voices join to raise
V^ A sacred song of solemn praise;
God is a sovereign King: rehearse
His honours in exalted verse.
2 Come, let our souls address the Lord,
Who fram'd our natures with his word;
He is our shepherd ; we the sheep
His mercy chose, his pastures keep.
3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day,
The counsels of his love obey;
Nor let our harden'd hearts renew
The sins ana plagues that Israel knew.
4 Israel, that saw his works of grace,
Yet tempt their Maker to his face;
A faithless unbelieving brood
That tifd the patience of their God.
5 Thus saith the Lord, ' How false they prove!
' Forget mv power, abuse my love:
■ Since they despise my rest, 1 swear,
■ Their feet shall never enter there.'
6 [Look back, my soul, with holy dread,
And view those ancient rebels dead ;
Attend t! e ofier'd grace to-day,
Nor lose the blessing by delay.
7 Seize the kind promise while it waits,
And march to Zion\ heavenly gates;
Believe, and take the promis'd rest ;
Obey, and be for ever blest.J
451. Crowle 3, Ann's 58, Worksop 31.
(Hymn 165. B. 2. C. M.)
Unfruitj 'illness, Ignorance, and unsanctified
Affections.
I X ONG have I sat beneath the sound
J_i Of thv salvation, Lord,
But still how weak my faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word !
2 Oft I frequent thy holy place
And hear almost in vain ;
How small a portion of thy grace
My memory can retain!
3 [My dear Almighty, and my God,
How Utile art thou known
By all the judgments of thy rod,
And blessings of thy throne.]
4 [How cold and feeble is my love !
How negligent my fear 1
How low ntj hope of joys above !
How few affections there !]
5 Great God, thy sovereign power impayt
To give thy word success;
Write the salvation in my heart,
And make me iearn the grace.
6 [Shew my forgetful feet the way
That leads to joys on high ;
There knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.]
AFTER SERMON.
452« Sydenham 43, Froom 255, Hephzibah 77.
(Psalm 150. ver. 1, 2, 6. C. M.)
A Song of Praise.
1 TN God's own house pronounce his praise,
JL His grace he there reveals:
To heaven \ our joy and wonder raise,
For there bid ^lory dwells.
2 Ltt all your sacre i passions move,
While you rehearse his deeds;
But the great work of saving love
Your highest praise exceeds.
3 All that have morion, life, and breath,
Proclaim your Maker biest;
Yet when my voice expires in death,
My soul stiail praise him best.
453* Jnde's 236, Mark's 65, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 135. B. l.L. M.)
The Love of Christ shed abroad in the Heart.
Eph. iii. !6,&c.
1 f^l OME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
V^ By faith and love in every breast;
'Iheu shall we know, and t;\sce, and feel
The jon s th.it cannot be express'd.
2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength,
M.ike our enl ir°:ed souis possess,
Anil learn the height, and breadth, and
Of thine immeasurable grace. [length
3 Now to the God, whose powers can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know,
Be everlasting honours done
By all the church, thro' Christ his Son.
THE WORLD.
454. Abridge 201, Grove House 143, Sprague
J 66.
(Hymn 101. B. 2. C. M.)
The World's three chief Temptations.
1 WHEN in the light of faith divine
? ▼ We look on things below,
Honour, and gold, and sensual joy,
How vain and dangerous too .'
2 [Honour's a puff of noisy breath;
Yet men expose their "blood,
An I venture-ever. asting death
To gain that airy good.
3 Whilst others starve the nobler mind,
A'jd feed on shining dust,
They rob the serpent of his food
T' indulge a sordid lust.]
E 12
455, 456, 457, 458 THE JEWISH CHURCH.
459
4 The pleasures that allure our sense
Are dangerous snares to souls ;
There's but a drop of flattering sweet,
And dash'd with bitter bowls.
5 God is mine all-suflicient good,
My portion and my choice;
In him my vast desires are fill'd,
And all my powers rejoice.
6 In vain the world accosts my ear,
And tempts my heart anew; '
I cannot buy your bliss so dear,
Nor part with heaven for you.
453* Babylon Streams 23, Lebanon 79.
(H*ymn 146. B. 2. L. M.)
The Vanity of Creatures ; or, no Rest on Earth.
1 TV/TAN has a soul of vast desires,
XYJL He burns within with restless fires,
Tost to and fro, his passions fly
From vanity to vanity.
2 In vain on earth wc hope to find
Some solid good to fill the mind,
We try new pleasures, but we feel
The inward thirst and torment still.
3 So when a raging fever burns,
We shift from side to side by turns,
And 'tis a poor relief we gain
To change the place but keep the pain.
4 Great God, subdue this vicious thirst,
This love to vanity and dust ;
Cure the vile fever of the mind,
And feed our souls with joys refin'd.
456. Wort; sop 31.
(Hymn 56. B. 2. C. M.)
The Misery of being without God in this
World ; or, Vain Prosperity.
I "VTO, I shall envy them no more
JAI Who prow profanely great,
Tho' they increase their golden store,
And rise to wonderous height.
5 They taste of all the joys that grow
Upon this earthly clod,
Well they may search the creature thro',
For they have ne'er a God.
3 Shake off the thoughts of dying too,
And think your lire your own;
But death com<.s hastening on to you
To mow your Glory down.
4 Yes, you must bow your stately head,
Away your Spirit flies,
And no kind angel near your bed
To bear it to the skies.
5 Go now, and boast of all your stores,
And tell how bright you shine;
Your heaps of glittering dust are your's,
And my Redeemer's mine.
457* Wareham 117, Kingsbridge88, Paul's 246.
(Psalm 73. ver. 22, 3, 6, 17—20. L. M.)
The Prosperity of Sinners cursed.
1 T ORD, what a thoughtless wretch was I,
jU To mourn, and murmur and repine
To see the wicked plac'd on high,
In pride and robes of honour shine!
2 But oh their end, their dreadful end!
Thy sanctuary taught me so :
On slippery rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.
3 Now let them boast how tall they rise,
I'll never envy them again;
There they may stand with haughty eyes,
Till they plunge deep in endless pain.
4 Their fancy'd joys, how fast they flee!
Just like a dream when man awakes;
Their songs of softest harmony
Are but a preface to their plagues.
5 Now I esteem their mirth and wine
Too dear to purchase with my blood ;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,
My life, my portion, and my God.
458« Abridge 201, Carolina 13.
(Hymn 164. B. 2. C. M.)
The End of the World.
1 \\7"HY should this earth delight us so?
Tv Why should we fix our eyes
On these low grounds where sorrows grow,
And every pleasure dies?
2 While time his sharpest teeth prepares
Our comforts to devour,
There is a land above the stars,
And joys above his power.
3 Nature shall be dissolv'd and die,
The sun must end his race,
The earth and sea for ever fly
Before my Saviour's face.
4 When will that glorious morning rise ?
When the last trumpet sound,
And ca.ll the nations to the skies,
From underneath the ground I
THE JEWISH CHURCH ;
1SRAEI
459. Cambridge Neiv 7 1, MichaeVsUQ.
(Psalm 105. Abridged. 0. M.)
God's Conduct of Israel, and the Plagues of
Egypt.
1 /"^ IVE thanks to God, invoke his name,
VT And tell the world his grace;
Sound thro' the earth his deeds of fame,
That all may seek his face.
2 His covenant, which he kept in mind
For numerous ages past,
To numerous ages yet behind
In equal force shall hist.
or, HISTORY OF THE
ITES.
3 He sware to Abr'am and his seed,
And made the blessing sure:
Gentiles the ancient promise read,
And find his truth endure.
4 * Thy seed shall make all nations blest,'
(fcaid the Almighty voice)
* And Canaan's land shall be their rest,
' The type of heavenly joy.*
5 [Hew large the grant! how rich the grace !
To give them Canaan's land,
When they were strangers in the place,
A little feeble band J
400
HISTORY OF THE ISRAELITES. 461, 462
G Like pilgrims thro' the countries round
Securely they remov'd ;
And haughty kings that on them frown'd,
Severely hereprov'd.
7 * Touch mine anointed, and my arm
* Shall soon revenge the wronsr :
1 The man that does my prophets harm,
■ Shall know their God is strong.'
8 Then let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear :
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be th1 Almighty's care.]
PAUSE I.
9 When Pharaoh dar'd to vex the saints,
And thus provok'd their God,
Moses was sent at their complaints,
Arm'd with his dreadful rod.
10 He cali'd for darkness ; darkness came
Like an o'erwhelming flood;
He turn'd each lake and every stream
To lakes and streams of blood.
11 He gave the sign, and noisome flies
Thro' the whole country spread ;
And frogs, in croaking armies, rise
About the monarch's bed.
12 Thro' fields, and towns, and palaces,
The ten-fold vengeance flew ;
Locusts in swarms devour'd their trees,
And hail their cattle slew.
13 Then bv an angel's midnisrht stroke,
The flower of Eeypt dy'd ;
The strength of every house was broke,
Their glory and their pride.
14 Now let the world forbear its rage,
Nor put the church in fear ;
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be th' Almighty's care.
PAUSE ir.
15 Thus were the tribes from bondage brought,
And left the hated ground :
Each some Egyptian spoils had got,
And not one feeble found-
16 The Lord himself chose out their way,
And mark'd their journies right,
Gave them a leading cloud by day,
A riery guide by night.
17 They thirst ; and waters from the rock
In" rich abundance flow,
And following still the course they took,
Ran all the desert thro'.
18 O wonderous stream ! O blessed type
Of ever- flowing grace!
So Christ our rock maintains our life
Thro' all this wilderness.
19 Thus guarded by th' Almighty hand
The chosen tribes possest
Canaan the rich, the promis'd land,
And there enjoy'd their rest.
20 Then let the world forbear its rage,
The church renounce her fear ;
Israel must live thro' every age,
And be th' Almighty's care.
460» Simons's 250, Aynhoe 108, Ryland 48.
(Psalm 61. 1,G— 16. S. M.)
The Warnings of God to his People; or, spi-
ritual Blessings and Puyiishments.
1 ^« ING to the Lord aloud,
k5 And make a joyful noise;
God is our strength, bur Saviour-God,
Let Israel hear his voice.
2 ' From vile idolatry
' Preserve mv worship clean ;
« I am the Lord who set thee free
* From slavery and sin.
3 • Stretch thv desires abroad,
« And I'll supply them well;
' But if ve will refuse your God,
' If Israel will rebel,
4 * I'll leave them,' saith the Lord,
« To their own lusts a prey,
* And let them run the dangerous road ;
' Tis their own chosen way.
.5 * Yet O ! that all my saints
■ Would hearken to my voice !
' Soon I would ease their »ore complaints,
1 And bid their hearts rejoice.
6 ' While I destroy their foes,
' I'd richly feed my flock,
* And they should tast. the stream that flows
1 From their eternal rock.'
461- Worksop 31, Charm out h 28.
(Psalm 76. 2d Part. C. If.)
Israel's Rebellion and Punishment ; or, the Sins
and Chastisements of God's People.
1 r\ WHAT a stiff rebellious house
\J Was Jacob's ancient race !
False to their own most solemn vows,
And to their Maker's grace.
2 They broke the co\enantof his love,
And did his laws despise,
Forgot the works he wrought to prove
His power before their eyes.
3 They saw the plagues on Egypt light,
From his revenging hand : "
What dreadful tokens of his might
Spread o'er the stubborn landl
4 They saw him cleave the mighty sea,
A iid march'd in safety through,
With watery walls to guard their way,
Till they had 'scap'd the foe.
.5 A wonderous pillar mark'd the road,
Compos'd of shade and light;
By day it prov'd a sheltering cloud,
A leading fire by night.
6 He from the rock their thirst supply'd;
The gushing waters fell,
And ran in rivers by their side,
A constant miracle.
1 Can he with bread our host supply
* Amidst this desert land V
8 The Lord with indignation heard,
And caus'd his wrath to flame;
His terrors ever stand prepar'd
To vindicate hi* name.
4(3^. Abridge 201, Brighthelmstone 208.
(Psalm 78. 3d Part. C. M.J
The Punishment of Luxury and Intemperance ;
or, Chastisement and Salvation.
1 VITHEN Israel sins, the Lord reproves,
▼ t And fills their hearts with dread j
Yet he forgives the men he loves,
And send* them heav'nly bread.
2 He fed them with a liberal hand,
And made his treasures known ;
He gave the midnight clouds command
To pour provision down.
3 The manna, like a morning shower,
Lay thick around their feet ;
The corn of heaven, so light, so purei
As tho' 'twere angels meat.
463, 464
THE JEWISH CHURCH.
465, 466
4 But they in murmuring language said,
' Manna is all our feast ;
5 * Ye shall have flesh to please your lust;'
The Lord in wrath reply'd,
And sent them quails like sand or dust,
Heap'd up from side to side.
6 He gave them all their own desire ;
And greedy as they fed,
His vengeance burnt with secret fire,
And smote the rebels dead.
t When some were slain, the rest return'd,
And sought the Lord with tears;
Under the rod they fear'd and mourn'd
But soon forgot their fears.
« Oft he chastis'd and still forgave,
Till by his gracious hand
The nation he resolv'd to save,
Possess'd the promis'd land.
46 ""■'• Hot ham 224, Kingsbridge 88.
(Psnim 107. 3d Part. L. M.)
Intemperance punished and pardoned; or,
Psalm fur the Glutton and the Drunkard.
1 T7AIN man, on foolish pleasures bent,
▼ Prepares for his own punishment ;
What pains, what loathsome maladies
From luxury and lust arise !
2 The drunkard feels his vitals waste,
Yet drowns his health to please his taste;
Till all his active powers are lost,
And fainting life draws near the dust.
Nature, with heavy loads opprest,
Would yield to death to be releas'd.
4 Then how the frighted sinners fly
To God for help with earnest cry !
He hears their groans, prolongs their breath,
And saves them from approaching death.
5 No medicines could effect the cure
So quick, so easy, or so sine :
The deadly >entence God repeals,
He sends his sovereign word, and heals.
6 O may the sons of men record
The wonderous goodness of the Lord !
And let their thankful offerings prove
How they adore their Maker's love.
464« Wareham 117, Green's Hundred 59.
(Psalm 78. ver. 32, &c. 4th Part. L. M.)
Backsliding and Forgiveness ; or, Sin punished
and Saints saved.
1 fi REAT God, how oft did Israel prove
VT By turns thine anger aid thy love!
There in a glass our hearts may see
How fickle and how false they be.
2 How soon the faithless Jews forgot
The dreadful wonders God had wrought!
Then they provoke him to his face,
Nor fear his power, nor trust his grace.
3 The Lord consum'd their years in pain
And made their travels long and vain;,
A tedious march through unknown ways
Wore out their strength, and spent their days.
4 Oft when they saw their brethren slain.
They mourn'd and sought the Lord again
Call'd him the rock of their abode,
Their high Redeemer and their God.
5 Their prayers and vows before him rise,
As flattering words or solemn lies.
While their rebellious tempers prove
False to his covenant and his love.
6 Yet did his sovereign grace forgive
The men who not deserv'd to live ;
His anger oft away he turn'd,
Or else with gentle flame it burn'd.
7 He saw their flesh was weak and frail,
He saw temptations still prevail ;
The God of Abraham lov'd them still,
And led them to his holv hill.
465* Worksworth 158, Harbro* 142.
(Ps. 106. v. 7, 8, 12—14, 43—48. 2d Part. S. M.)
Israel punished and pardoned; or, God's un-
changeable Love.
1 (~V OD of eternal love,
VJ How fickle are our ways!
And yet how oft did Israel prove
Thy constancy of grace!
2 They saw thy wonders wrought,
And then thy prait,e they sung ;
But soon thy works of power forgot,
And murmur'd with their tongue.
3 Now they believe his word,
While rocks with rivers flow;
Now with their lusts provoke the Lord,
And he redue'd them low.
4 Yet when they mourn'd their faults,
He hearken'd to their groans,
Brought his own covenant to his thoughts,
And call'd them still his sons.
5 Their names were in his book,
He sav'd them from their foes ;
Oft he chastis'd, but ne'er forsook
The people that he chose.
6 Let Israel bless the Lord,
Who lov'd their ancient race ;
And Christians join the solemn word
Amen, to ail the praise.
4(56. Bangor 231, Worksop 31, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 129. C. M.)
Persecutors punished.
1 TTP from my youth, may Israel say,
KJ Have I been nurs'd in tears ;
My griefs were constant as the day,
And tedious as the years.
2 Up from my youth I bore the rage
Of all the sons of strife ;
Oft they assail my riper aere,
But not destroyed my life.
3 Their cruel plough had torn my flesh
With furrows long and deep,
Hourly they vex'd my wounds afresh,
Nor let my sorrows* sleep.
4 The Lord grew angry on his throne,
And with impartial* eye
Measur'd the mischiefs they had done,
Then let his arrows fly.
6 How was their insolence surpris'd
To hear his thunders roll !
And all the foe& of Zion seiz'd
With horror to the soul.
6 Thus shall the men that hate the saints
Be blasted from the sky ;
Their glory fades, their courage faints,
And all their projects die.
7 [What tho' they flourish tall and fair,
They have no root beneath ;
Their growth shall perish in despair,
And lie despis'd in death.]
8 [So corn that on the house-top stands
No hope of harvest gi\es;
The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands,
Nor binder fold the sheaves.
467, 468 HISTORY OF THE ISRAELITES.
469
9 [t springs and witness on the place ;
No traveller bestows
A word of blessing on the grass,
Nor minds it as be goes.]
467. Wells 102, Horsley 205, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 135. ver. 5—12. 2d Part. L. M.)
The Works of Creation, Providence, Redemp-
tion of Israel, and Destruction of Enemies.
1 f°1 REAT is the Lord, exalted high
vT Above all powers and every throne ;
Whate'er he please in earth or sea,
Or heaven or hell, his hand hath done.
2 At his command the vapours rise,
The lightnings flash, the thunders roar:
He pours the rain, he brings the wind,
And tempest from his airy store..
3 Twas he those dreadful tokens sent,
O Egypt, thro' thy stubborn land ;
When all thy first-born, beasts and men,
Fell dead by his avenging hand.
4 What mighty nations, mighty kings,
He slew, and their whole country gave
To Israel, whom his hand redeem'd,
No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave !
5 His power the same, the sime his grace,
That saves us from the hosts of hell ;
And heaven he gives us to possess,
Whence those apostate angels fell.
468- Liverpool 83, Milbourn Port 163.
(Psalm 136. C. M.)
God's Wonders of Creation,Providence, Redemp-
tion of Israel, and Salvation of his People.
1 JH1 IVE thanks to God the sovereign Lord;
\J His mercies still endure !
And be the King of kings ador'd ;
His truth is ever sure.
2 What wonders hath his wisdom done!
How mighty is his hand .'
Heaven, earth, and sea, he fram'd alone :
How wide is his command!
3 The sun supplies the day with light ;
How bright his counsels sh>ne !
The moon and stars adorn the night ;
His works are all divine !
4 [He struck the sons of Egypt dead ;
Row dreadful is his rod !
And thence with joy his people led :
How gracious is our God !
5 He cleft the swelling sea in two ;
His arm is great in might,
And gave the tribes a passage thro' ;
His power and grace unite.
6 But Pharaoh's army there hedrown'd;
How glorious are his ways .'
And brought his saints thro' desert ground:
Eternal be his praise.
7 Great monarchs fell beneath his hand,
Victorious is his sword;
While Israel took the promis'd land,
And faithful is his word.}
8 He saw the nations dead in sin ;
He felt his pity move:
How sad the state the world was in!
How boundless was his love/
9 He sent to save us from our woe ;
His goodness never fails;
From death, and hell, and every foe;
And still his grace prevails.
10 Give thanks to God the heavenly King;
His mercies still endure:
Let the whole earth his praises sing ;
His truth is ever sure.
469- Harwell's 82, Resurrection 7?.
(Psalm 136. As the 148th Psalm.)
The same.
[ fl IVE thanks to Gtfd most high,
VJT The universal Lord ;
The sovereign King of kings ;
And be his grace ador'd.
His power and grace
Are still the tame ;
And let his name
Have endless praise.
He form'd the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
3 His wisdom fram'd the sun
To crown the day with light;
The moon and twinkling stars
To cheer the darksome night.
His power and grace
Are still the same ;
And let his name
Have endless praise.
4 [He smote the first-born sons,
The flower of Egvpt, dead :
And thence his chosen tribes
With joy and glory led.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure ;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
5 His power and lifted rod
Cleft the Red Sea in two,
And for Ms people made
A wonderous passage thro'.
His pouer and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.
6 But cruel Pharaoh there
With all his host he drown'd ;
And brought his Israel safe
Thro' a long desert ground.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
PAUSE.
7 The kings of Canaan fell
Beneath his dreadful hand:
While his owu servants took
Possession of their land.
His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.]
8 He saw the nations lie
All perishing: in sin,
And pity'd the sad state
The ruin'd world was in.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure;
And ever sure
Abides thy word.
9 He sent his only Son
To save us from our woe,
From Satan, sin, and death,
And every hurtful foe.
His power and grace
Are still the same;
And let his name
Have endless praise.
Fa
470, 471
THE JEWISH CHURCH.
472, 473
10 Give thanks aloud to God,
To God the heavenly King;
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing.
Thy mercy, Lord,
Shall still endure ;
And ever sure
Abides thy word,
470. Abiidge 201, Bedford 91, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 77. 2d Part. C. M.)
Comfort derived from ancient Providences; or,
Israel delivered from Egypt, and brought to
Canaan,
1 i TTOW awful is thy chastening rod?'
JLjL (May thine own children say)
« The great, the wise, the dreadful God !
• How holy is his way!'
2 I'll meditate his works of old;
The King that reigns ahove ;
I'll hear his ancient wonders told,
And learn to trust his love.
3 Long did the house of Joseph lie
With Egypt's yoke opprest:
Long he delay'd to hear their cry,
Nor gave his people rest.
4 The sons of good old Jacob seem'd
Abandon'd to their foes ;
But his almighty arm redeem'd
The nation that he chose.
5 Israel, his people, and his sheep,
Must follow where he calls;
He bid them venture thro' the deep,
And made the waves their walls.
6 The waters saw thee, mighty God !
The waters saw thee come;
Backward thev fled, and frighted stood,
To make thine armies room.
7 Strange was thy journey through the sea,
Thy footsteps", Lord, unknown :
Terrors attend the wonderous way
That brings thy mercies down.
8 [Thy voice with terror in the sound
Thro' clouds and darkness broke ;
All heaven in lightning shone around,
And earth with thunder shook.
9 Thine arrows thro' the skies were hurl'd;
How glorious is the Lord .'
Surprise and trembling seiz'd the world,
And his own saints ador'd.
10 He gave them water from the rock;
And safe by Moses' hand
Thro' a dry desert led his flock
Home to"the promis'd land.]
471. Wi7ichester 137, Wells 102.
(Psalm 114. L. M.)
Miracles attending Israel's Journey.
1 "\TI7HEN Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand,
V T Left the proud tyrant and his land,
The tribes with cheerful homage own
Their King, and Judah was his throne.
2 Across the deep their journey lay;
The deep divides to make them way :
Jordan beheld their march, and fled
With backward current to his head.
3 The mountains shook like frighted sheep,
Like lambs the little hillocks leap ;
Not Sinai on her base could stand,
Conscious of sovereign power at hand.
4 What power could make the deep divide !
Make Jordan backward roll his tide?
Why did ye leap, ye little hills?
And whence the fright that Sinai feels?
5 Let every mountain, every flood,
Retire, and know th' approaching God,
The King of Israel : see him here ;
Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear.
6 He thunders, and all nature mourns,
The rock to standing pools he turns;
Flints spring with fountains at his word,
And fires and seas confess the Lord.
472- Irish 171, Gainsborough 29.
(Hymn 124. B. 2. C. M.)
Moses, Aaron, mnd Joshua.
1 J fTWS not the law of ten commands
A On holy Sinai given.
Or sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heaven.
2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest smell,
Can buy a pardon for our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.
3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath
At God's immediate will ;
And in the desert yields to death
Upon th' appointed hill.
4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side
The tribes of Israel stand,
While Moses bow'd his head and dy'd
Short of the promis'd land.
5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua * leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest;
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The Ruler and the Priest.
473. Chard 173, Mark's 65, Bramcoate 8.
(Psalm 107. 1st Part. L. M.)
Israel led to Canaan, and Christians to Heaven.
IVE thanks to God; he reigns above,
Kind are his thoughts, his name is love;
His mercy ages past have known,
And ages long to come shall own.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord
The wonders of his grace record ;
Israel, the nation whom he chose,
And rescu'd from their mighty foes.
3 [When God's almighty arm had broke
Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke,
They trae'd the desert wandering round,
A wild and solitary ground.
4 There they could find no leading road,
Nor city for a fix'd abode ;
Nor foo'd, nor fountain to assuage
Their burning thirst, or hunger's rage.]
5 In their distress to God they cry'd,
God was their Saviour and their guide;
He led their march far wandering round,
'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground.
6 Thus when our first release we gain
From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain,
We have this desert world to pass,
A dangerous and a tiresome place.
7 He feeds and clothes us all the way,
He guides our footsteps lest we stray,
He guards us with a powerful hand,
And brings us to the heavenly land.
8 O let the saints with joy record
The truth and goodness of the Lord!
How great his works! how kind his ways!
Let every tongue pronounce his praise.
* Joshua, the same with Je*us, and signifies
a Saviour,
G
474, 475, 476, 477, 478
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
THE SETTLEMENT AND BEAUTY OF
A CHURCH.
474- Oxford 177, Hammond 226.
("P>alni 15. C. M.)
Characters of a Saint ; or, a Citizen of Zion;
or, the Qualifications of a Christian.
1 VI/HO shall inhabit in thv hill,
▼ TO God of holiness?
Whom will the Lord admit to dwell
So near his throne of grace!
I The man that walks in pious ways,
And works with righteous hands :
3 He speaks the meanin? of his heart,
Nor slanders with his tong-ue ;
Will scarce beliew an ill report,
Nor do his neighbour wrong.
4 The wealthy sinner he contemns,
Loves all that fear the Lord;
And tho' to his own hurt he swears,
Still he performs his word.
6 His hands disdain a golden bribe,
And never gripe the poor;
This man shall dwell with God on earth,
And find his heaven secure.
475- Portugal 97, BramcoaU 8.
(Psalm 15. L. MO
Religion and Justice, Goodness and Tmth ;
or, Dutits to God and Man ; or, the Qua-
lifications of a Christian.
1 \M7~HO siiall a>cend thy heavenly place,
▼ ▼ Great God, and dwell before thy
The man that minds religion now, [face ?
And humbly walks with God below :
2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean,
Whose lips still speak the thing they mean:
No slanders dwell upon his tongue ;
He hates to do his neighbour wrong.
3 [Scarce will he trust an ill report,
Nor veuts it to his neighbour's hurt:
Sinners of state he can despise,
But saints are honour'd in bis eyes.]
4 [Firm to his word he ever stood,
And always makes his promise good ;
Nor dares' to change the thin? he swears,
Whatever pain or loss he bears.]
5 [He never deals in bribing gold,
And mourns that justice snould be sold :
While others gripe and grind the poor,
Sweet Charity attends his door.]
C He loves his enemies, and prays
For those that curse him to his' face;
And doth to all men still the same
That he would hope or wish from them.
7 Yet when his holiest works are done,
His soul depends on grace alone;
This is the man thy face shall see,
And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee.
476' Liverpool 83, Oxford 177. Evans's 190.
(Psalm 24. C. M.)
Dicelling with God.
1 fin HE earth for ever is the Lord's,
A With Adam's numerous race;
He rais'd its arches o'er the floods,
And built it on Hie seas.
2 But who among the sons of men
May visit thine abode ?
He that has hands from mischief clean,
Whose heart is right with God.
3 This is the man may rise and take
The blessings of his grace ;
This is the lot of those that seek
The God of Jacob's face.
4 Now let our soul's immortal powers
To meet the Lord prepare,
Lift up their everlasting doors,
The king of glory's near.
5 The king of glory ! Who can tell
The wonders of his might ?
He rules the nations ; but to dwell
With saints is his delight.
477* Salem 139, Foster 96.
(Psalm 132. ver. 4, .5, 7, 8, 15—17. C. M.)
A Church established.
1 r~\TO sleep nor slumber to his eyes
L-LX Good David would afford,
Till he had found below the skies
A dwelling for the Lord.
2 The Lord in Zion plac'd his name,
His ark was settled there;
To Zion the whole nation came
To worship thrice a year.
3 But we have no such lengths to go,
Nor wander far abroad;
Where'er thy saints assemble now,
There is a'house for God.]
Salem 139. PAUSE. Bedford 91, Ann's 5f,
4 Arise, O King of grace, arise,
And enter to thy rest!
Lo! thy church w:aits with longing eyes,
Thus to be own'd and blest.
5 Enter with all thy glorious train,
Thy Spirit and thy word ;
All that the ark did once contain
Could no such grace afford.
G Here, mighty God, accept our vows,'
Here let thy praise be spread ;
Bless the provisions of thv house,
And fill thy poor with bread.
7 Here let the Son of David reign,
Let God's Anointed shine;
Justice and truth his court maintain,
With love and power divine.
8 Here let him hold a lasting throne;
And as his kingdom grows,
Fresh honours shall adorn his crown,
And shame confound his foes.
478. Derby 169, Chard 175, Bramcoate 8.
(Psalm 132, ver. 5, 13—18. L. M.)
At the Settlement of a Church ; or, the Ordina-
tion of a Minister.
1 T'17HERE shall we go to seek and find
\ ▼ An habitation for our God,
A dwelling for th' Eternal Mind
Amongst the sons of flesh and blood]
2 The God of Jacob chose the hill
Of Zion for his ancient rest;
And Zion is his dwelling still,
His church is with his presence blest,
F 3
479,480 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 481,482,483
3 Here -will I fix my gracious throne,
And reign for ever, saith the Lord ;
Here shall my power and love be known,
And blessings shall attend my word.
1 Here will I meet the hungry poor,
And fill their souls with living bread;
Sinners that wait before my door,
With sweet provisions shall be fed.
» Girded with truth and cloth'd with grace,
My priests, my ministers shall shine :
Not Aaron, in his costly dress,
Made an appearance so divine.
6 The saints, unable to contain
Their inward joys, shall shout and sing;
The Son of David here shall reign,
And Zion triumph in her King.
7 [Jesus shall sec a numerous seed
Bora here, t'uphold his glorious name ;
His crown shall flourish on his head,
While all his foes are cloth'd with shame !]
479. Gainsbro1 29, Great Milton 212.
(Psalm 118. ver. 22, 23. 3d Part. C. M.)
Christ the Foundation of his Church.
J TJEHOLD the sure foundation stone
JD Which God in Zion lays
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.
9 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name,
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.
3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain ;
Yet on this rock, the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.
A What tho' the gates of hell withstood,
Yet must this building rise;
' Tis thy own work, almighty God,
And wonderous in our eyes.
48Q. Martinis Lane 67, Rowles 73.
(Psalm 45. 2d Part. L. ML)
Christ and his Church; or, the mystical Mar-
riage.
1 npHE King of saints, how fair his face,
X Adorn'd with majesty and grace !
He conies with blessings from ahove,
And wins the nations to his love.
2 At his right hand our eyes behold
The queen array'd in purest gold ;
The world admires her heavenly dress,
Her robe of joy and righteousness.
3 He forms her beauties like his own ;
He calls and seats her near his throne :
Fair stranger, let thine heart forget
The idols of thy native state.
4 So shall the King the more rejoice
In thee, the favourite of his choice;
Let him be lov'd and yet ador'd,
For lie's thy Maker and thy Lord.
6 O happv hour, when thou shalt rise
To his fair palace in the skies,
And all thy sons (a numerous train)
Each like a prince in glory reign!
6 Let endless honours crown his head ;
Let every age his praises spread;
While we with cheerful songs approve
The condescensions of his love.
481. Ephraim 185, Henley 38, Sutton 149.
(Psalm 45. S. M.)
The Glory of Christ ; the Success of the
Gospel; and the Gentile Church.
1 TVTY Saviour and my King,
ItJL Thy beauties are divine ;
Thy lips with blessings overflow,
And every grace is thine.
2 Now make thv glory known,
Gird on thy dreadful sword,
And ride in majesty to spread
The conquests ot thy word.
3 Strike thro' thy stubborn foes,
Or melt their hearts t'obey,
While justice, meekness, grace and truth,
Attend thy glorious way.
4 Thy laws, O God, are right ;
Thy throne shall ever stand ;
And thy victorious gospel proves
A sceptre in thy hand.
5 [Thy Father and thy God
Hath without measure shed
His Spirit like a joyful oil,
T'anoint thy sacred head.}
6 [Behold, at thy right hand
The Gentde church is seen,
Like a fair bride in rich attire,
And princes guard the queen.]
7 Fair bride, receive his love,
Foruet thy Father's house ;
Forsake thy gods, thy idol-gods,
And pay thy Lord thy vows.
8 O let thy God and King
Thy sweetest thoughts employ;
Thy children shall his honours sing
In palaces of joy.
482* Bramcoate 3. Newcourt 173,
Horsley 205.
(Psalm 87. L. M.)
The Church the Birth-place of the Saints; or,
Jews and Gentiles united in the Christian
Church .
1 /~1 OD in his earthly temple lays
\J Foundations for his heavenly praise :
He likes the tents of Jacob well,
But still in Zion loves to dwell.
2 His mercv visits every house
That pay "their night mid morning vows ;
But makes a more delightful stay
Where churches meet to praise and pray.
3 What glories were describ'd of old!
What wonders are of Zion told !
Thou citv of our God below,
Tk-y fame shall Tyre and Egypt know.
4 Egvpt and Tyre, and Greek and Jew,
Shall there begin their lives anew:
Angels and men shall join to sing
The hill where living waters spring.
5 When God makes up his last account
Of natives in his holy mount,
'Twill be an honour to appear
As one new-bom or nourished there!
483- Derby 169, Rothwell 174, Portugal
New 263.
(Psalm 02, ver. 12, &c. 2d Part. L. M.)
The Church is the Garden of God\
1 T ORD, 'tis a pleasant thing to stand
JU In gardens planted by thine hand;
Let me within thy courts be seen
Like a young cedar fresh and green.
484,485 CHURCH'S AFFLICTIONS, &c. 486,487
2 There grow thy saints in faith and love,
Blest with thine influence from above ;
Not Lebanon with all its trees
Yields such a comely sight as these.
3 The plants of grace shall ever live ;
(Nature decays, but urace must thrive)
Time, that doth all things eise impair,
Still makes them flourish strong and fair.
4 Laden with fruits of age, they shew
The Lord is holy, just, and true;
None that attend his gates shall find
A God unfaithful or unkind.
484, Aynhoe 108, Sutton 149, Price's 167.
(Psalm 48. ver. 1—8. First Part. S. M.)
The Church is the Honour and Safety of a
Nation.
i rf~1 REAT is the Lord our God,
L V3T And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.
2 These temples of his grace,
Ho w beautiful they stand !
The honours of our n <tive place,
And bulwarks of our land.]
5 In Sion God is known
A refuge in distress;
How bright has his salvation shone
Through all her palaces !
4 When king* against her join'd,
And saw the Lord was there,
In wild confusion of the mind
They fled with hasty fear.
5 When navies tall and proud
Attempt to spoil our peace,
He sends his tempests roaring loud,
And sinks them iu the seas,
g Oft have our fathers told,
Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where his own sheep have been.
7 In every new distress
We'll to' his house repair,
We'll think upon his wonderous grace,
And seek deliverance there.
485- F^con Street 209, Finsbury 155,
Mansfield 154.
(Psalm 48. ver. 10—14. id Part. S. M.)
The Beauty of the Church ; or, Gospel Wor-
ship and Order.
1 Xi^AR as thy name is known
J? The world declares thy praise ;
Thv saints, O Lord, befort thy throne
Their songs of honour raise.
2 With joy let J udah stand
On Sion's chosen hill,
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy w ill.
3 Let strangers walk around
The city where we dwell,
Compass and view thine holy ground,
And mark the building we'll ;
4 The orders of thy house,
The worship of thy court,
The cheerful songs, the solemn vows;
And make a fair report.
5 How decent and how wise !
How glorious to behold !
Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorn'd with gold.
6 The God we worship now
Will guide us till we die,
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.
486- Oainsbro' 29, Hephzibah 77.
(Hymn 152. B. 2. C. M.)
Sinai and Sion, Heb. xii. 18, &c.
1 "VTOT to the terrors of the Lord,
1\ The tempest, fire, and smoke,
Not to the thunder of that word
Which God on Sinai spoke ;
2 But we are come to Sion's hill,
The city of our God,
Where milder words declare his will,
And spread his lo\e abroad.
3 Behold th' innumerable host
Of angels eloth'd in light!
Behold the spirits of the just,
Whose faith is turn'd to sight!
4 Behold the bless'd as-ernbly there,
Whose names are writ in heaven ;
And God the judge of all declares
Their vile6t sins forgiv'n.
5 The saints on earth and all the dead
But one communion make ;
All join in Christ their living head,
And of his grace partake.
6 In such society as this
My weary soul would rest ;
The man that dwells where Jesus is
Must be for ever blest.
THE CHURCH'S AFFLICTIONS, PERSECU-
TIONS AND COMPLAINTS.
487» Ulverston 179, Rippon's 188, Babylon
Streams 23.
(Psalm 80. L. M.)
The Church's Prayer under Affliction; or,
the Vineyard of God wasted.
1 ri RE\T shepherd of thine Israel,
VX VI ho didst between the cherubs dwell,
And lead the tribes thy chosen sheep,
Safe through the desert and the deep:
2 Thy church is in the desert now,
Shine from on high and guide us thro' ;
Turn us to thee, thy love restore,
We shall be sav'd,"and sigh no more.
3 Great God, whom heavenly hosts obey,
How long shall we lament" and pray,
And wait in vain thy kind return ?
How long shall thy fierce anger burn?
4 Instead of wine and cheerful bread,
Thy saints with their own tears are fed ;
Turn as to thee, thy love restore,
We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more.
PAUSE I.
5 Ha>t thou not planted with thy hands
A lovely vine in heathen lands }
Did not thy power defend it round,
And heavenly dews enrich the. ground !
6 How did the spreading branches shoot.
And bless the nations vrith the fruit !
But now, dear Lord, look down and see
Thy mourning vine, that lovely tree.
7 W h> is its heauty thus defac'd?
W hy hast thou laid her fences waste?
Stra'nger* and foes against her join,
And every beast devours the vine.
8 Return, almighty God, return,
Nor let thy bleeding vineyard mourn;
Turn us to thee, thy love "restore,
We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more.
F 4
488, 489
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
490
PAUSE II.
9 Lord, when this vine in Canaan grew
Thou wast its strength and glory too ;
Attack'd in vain by all its foes,
Till the fair branch of promise rose ;
10 Fair branch, ordain'd of old to shoot
From David's stock, from Jacob's root;
Himself a noble vine, and we
The lesser branches of the tree.
11 'Tis thy own Son, and he shall stand
Girt with thy strength at thy right hand ;
Thy first-born Son, adorn'd and blest
With power and grace above the rest.
12 O ! for his sake attend our cry,
Shine on thy churches lest they die ;
Turn us to thee, thy love re>tore,
We shall be sav'd, and sigh no more.
488- Worksop 31, Bangor 231.
(Psalm 44. ver. 1, 2, 3, 8, IT)— 26. C. M.)
The Church's Complaint in Persecution.
1 T OHD, we have heard thy works of old,
X-A Thy works of power and grace,
When to our ears our fathers told
The wonders of their days:
2 How thou didst build thy churches here,
And make thy gospel known ;
Amongst them did thine arm appear,
Thy light and glory shone.
3 In God they boasted all the day,
And in a cheerful throng
Did thousands meet to praise and pray,
And grace was all their song.
4 But now our souls are seiz'd with shame,
Confusion fills our face,
To hear the enemy blaspheme,
And fools reproach thy grace.
5 Yet have we not forgot our God,
Nor falsely dealt with heaven,
Nor have our steps declin'd the road
Of duty thou hast given ;
6 Tho' dragons all around us roar
With their destructive breath,
And thine own hand has bruis'd us sore
Hard by the gates of death.
PAUSE.
7 We are "expos'd all day to die ,
As martyrs for thy cause,
As sheep for slaughter bound we tic
By sharp and bloody laws.
3 Awake, arise, almighty Lord,
Why sleeps thy wonted grace ?
Why should we look like men abhorr'd,
Or banish'd from thy face?
9 Wilt thou for ever cast us off,
And still neglect our cries ?
For ever hide thine heavenly love,
From our afflicted eyes?
10 Down to the dust our soul in bow'd,
And dies npon the ground;
Rise for our help, rebuke the proud,
And all their powers confouud.
11 Redeem us from perpetual shame,
Our Saviour and our God?
We plead the honours of thy name,
The merits of thy blood.
489. Walsal2W, Bangor 231.
(Psalm 74. C. M.)
The Church pleading zvith God under sore
Persecution.
I "VI7ILL God for ever cast us off!
▼ ▼ His wrath for ever smoke
Against the people of his love,
His little chosen flock ?
2 Think of the tribes so dearly bought
With their Redeemer's blood;
Nor let thy Sion be forgot,
Where once thy glory stood.
3 Lift up thy feet and march in haste,
Aloud our ruin calls ;
See what a wide and fearful waste
Is made within thy walls.
4 Where once thy churches pray'd and sang
Thy foes prophanely roar:
Over thy gates their e"nsigns hang,
Sad tokens of their power.
5 How are the seats of worship broke !
They tear the buildings down ;
And he that deals the heaviest stroke
Procures the chief renown.
6 With flames they threaten to destroy
Thy children in their nest ;
' Come, let us burn at once,' they cry,
' The temple and the priest.'
7 And still to heighten our distress,
Thy presence^ is withdrawn ;
Thy wonted signs of power and grace,
Thy power and grace are gone.
8 No prophet speaks to calm our woes,
But all the seers mourn ;
There's not a soul amongst us knows
The time of thy return.
Worksop 31. PAUSE.
9 How long, eternal God, how long,
Shall men of pride blaspheme.'
Shall saints be made their endless song,
And bear immortal shame!
10 Canst thou for ever sit and hear
Thine holy name prophan'd !
And still thy jealousy forbear,
And still withhold thine hano.*?
11 What strange deliverance hast thou shown
In ages long before!
And now no other God we own,
No other God adore.
12 Thou didst divide the raging sea,
By thy resistless might,
To make thy tribes a wonderous way,
And then secure their flight.
13 Is not the world of nature thine,
The darkness and the day?
Did thou not bid the morning shine,
And mark the sun his way ?
14 Hath not thy power form'd every coast
And set the earth its bounds,
With summer's heat and winter's frost,
In their perpetual rounds?
15 And shall the son* of earth and dust
That sacred power blaspheme?
Will not thy hand that form'd them first,
Avenge thine injur'd name?
16 Think on the covenant thou hast made,
And all thy words of love;
Nor let the birds of prey invade
And vex thy mourning dove.
17 Our foes would triumph in our blood,
And make our hope their je6t;
Plead thine own cause, almighty God!
And give thy children rest.
490. Aynhoe 108, Broderip's 252, Pechham 7.
(Psalm 83. S. M.)
A Complaint against Persecutors.
1 A ND will the God of grace
J\ Perpetual silence keep?
The God of justice hold his peace,
And let his vengeance sleep?
491, 492 SAFETY OF THE CHURCH. 493, 494, 495
2 Behold what cursed snares
The men of mischief spread ;
The men that hate thy saints and thee
Lift up their threatening head.
3 Against thy hidden ones
Their counsels they employ,
And malice, with her watchful eye,
Pursues them to destroy.
4 The noble and the base
Into thy pastures leap ;
The lion and the stupid ass
Conspire to vex thy sheep.
5 ' Come, let us join,' they cry,
* To root them from the ground,
* Till not the name of saints remain,
* Nor memory shall be found.'
0 Awake, almighty God,
And call thy wrath to mind ;
Give them like forests to the fire,
Or stubbie to the wind.
7 Convince their madness, Lord,
And make them seek thy name ;
Or else their stubborn rage confound,
That they may die in shame.
8 Then shall the nations know
That glorious dreadful word,
Jehovah is thy name alone,
And thou the sovereign Lord.
491. Bangor 831, Ludloio 84, Wantage 204.
* (Psalm 35. ver. 1—9. 1st Part. C. M.)
Prayer and Faith of persecuted Saints ; or,
Imprecations mixed with Charity.
1 "VT^VV plead my cause, almighty God,
±!\ With all the sons of strife;
And fight against the men of blood,
Who fight against my life.
2 Draw out thy 6pear and stop their way,
Lift thine avenging rod ;
But to my soul in mercy say,
* I am thy Saviour God.'
3 They plant their snares to catch my feet,
And nets of mischief spread ;
Plunge the destroyers in the pit
That their own hands have made.
4 Let fogs and darkness hide tl eir way,
And slippery be their ground ;
Thy wrath shall make their lives a prey,
And all their rage confound.
5 They fly like chaff before the wind,
Before thine angry breath ;
The angel of the Lord behiud
Pursues them down to death.
6 They love the read that leads to hell ;
Then let the rebels die,
Whose malice is implacable
Against the Lord on high.
7 But if thou hast a chosen few
Amongst that impious race,
Divide them from the bloody crew
By thy surprising grace.
8 Then will I raise my tuneful voice
To Make thy wonders known;
In their salvation 1*11 rejoice,
And bless thee for my own.
492- Ami's 53, James's 163.
(Psalm 14. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Folly of Persecutors.
1 A RE sinners now so senseless grown
J\. That they the saints devour >
And never worship at thy throne,
Vjr fear thine awful power !
2 Great God, appear to their surprise,
Reveal thy dreadful name ;
Let them no more thy wrath despise,
Nor turn our hope to shame.
3 Dost thou not dwell among the just ?
And yet our foes deride,
That we sho .1 1 make thy name our trust;
Great God, confound their pride.
4 O that the joyful day were come
To finish our distress !
When God shall bring his children home,
Our songs shall never cease.
493* Grove House 143, Bright helm stone 208,
Ann's 58.
(Psalm 53. ver. 4—6. C. M.)
Victory and Deliverance from Persecution*
1 A RE all the foes of Sion fools,
J\. Who thus devour her saints?
Do they not know her Saviour rules,
And pities her complaints ?
2 They shall be seiz'd with sad surprise;
For God's revenging arm
Scatters the bones of'them that rise
To do bis children harm.
3 In vain the sons of Satan boast
Of armies in array ;
When God has first despis'd their host,
They fall an easy prey.
4 O for a word from Sion's King
Her captives to restore !
Jacob with all his tribes shall sing,
And Juduh weep uo more.
THE SAFETY, DELIVERANCE, AND
TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH.
494- Bramcoate 8, Chard 175, Mark's 65.
(Psal. 135. v. 1—4, 14, 19-21. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Church is God's House and Care.
1 T>RAISE ye the Lord, exalt his name,
JT While in his holy courts ye wait,
Ye saints, that to his house belong,
Or stand attending at his gate.
2 Praise ye the Lord ; the Lord is good ;
To praise his name is sweet employ ;
Israel he chose, of old, and still
His church is his peculiar joy.
3 The Lord himself will judge his saints;
He treats his servants as his friends;
And when he hears their sore complaints,
Repents the sorrows that he sends.
4 Thro' every age the Lord declares
His name, and breaks th' oppressor's rod;
He gives his suffering servants rest,
And will be known, Th' almighty God.
5 B^s ye the Lord, who taste his love,
People and priests exalt his name :
Amongst Ilia saints he ever dwells;
His church is his Jerusalem.
49j. Michael's. ^9, Gainshro1 29.
(Hymn 39. T*-.'l. C. M.)
God's tender Care of his Church,
Isaiah xlix. 13, &c.
1 "IV^OW7 shall my inward joys arise
±.\ And burst into a song,
Almighty love inspires my heart,
And pleasure tunes my tongue.
2 God on his thirsty Sion-hill
Some mercy-drops has thrown,
And solemn oaths have bound his love
To shower salvation down.
F 5
496,497 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 498,499,500
3 Why do we then indulge our fears,
Suspicions and complaints?
Is he a God, and shall his grace
Grow weary of his saints?
4 Can a kind woman e'er forget
The infant of her womb,
And 'rnongst a thousand tender thoughts
Her suckling hare no room?
5 ' Yet,' saith the Lord, ,* should nature change,
' And mothers monsters prove,
' Sioh still dwells upon the heart
' Of everlasting Love.
6 ' Deep on the palms of both my hands
' I have engrav'd her name,
' My hands shall raise her ruin'd walls,
' And build her broken frame.'
4C6* Newbury 132, Spragtie 165.
(Hymn 8. B. 1. C. M.)
The Safety and Protection of the Church,
Isaiah xxvi. 1—6.
1 TTOW honourable is the place
XX vy here we adoring stand,
Zion the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land !
2 Bulwarks of mighty grace defend
The city where we dwell,
The walls, of strong salvation made,
Defy th* assaults of hell.
3 Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling,
Enter, ye nations, that obey
The statutes of our king.
4 Here shall you taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace,
You that have known Jehovah's name,
And ventur'd on his grace ;
5 Trust in the Lord, for ever trust,
And banish all your fears;
Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.
C [What tho' the rebels dwell on high,
His arm shall bring them low,
Low as the caverns of the grave
Their lofty heads shall bow.]
7 [On Babylon our feet shall tread
In that rejoicing hour,
The ruins of her walls shall spread
A pavement for the poor.]
497. Chard 175, Derby 169, Wells 102.
(Hymn 64. B. 2. L. M.)
God the Glory and Defence of Sion.
1 TTAPPY the church, thou sacred place,
XX The seat of thy Creator's grace ;
Thine holy courts are his abode,
Thou earthly palace of our God.
2 Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates
A guard of heavenly warriors waits;
Nor shall thy deep foundations move,
Fix'd on his counsels and his love.
3 Thy foes in vain »JL-;gns engage,
Against his throne in vain they rage,
Like rising waves, with angry roar,
That dash and die upon the shore.
4 Then let our souls in Zion dwell,
Nor fear the wrath of Rome and hell:
His arms embrace this happy ground,
Like brazen bulwarks built around.
9 God is our shield, and God our sun ;
Swift as the fleeting moments run,
On us he sheds new beams of grace,
Aud we reflect his brightest praise.
498- Chard 175, Ailie Street 241.
(Hymn 18. B. 2. L. M.)
The Ministry of Angels.
1 TTIGH on a hill of dazzling light
XX The King of glory spreads his seat,
And troops of angels stretch'd for flight
Stand waiting round his awful feet.
2 ' Go,' saith the Lord, ' my Gabriel, go,
1 Salute the virgin's fruitful womb* ;
' Make haste, ye cherubs, down below,
' Sing and proclaim the Saviour comet.'
3 Here a bright squadron leaves the skies,
And thick around Elisha stands +t;
Anon a heavenly soldierflies,
And breaks the chains from Peter's hands fit.
4 Thy winged troops, O God of hosts,
Wait on thy wandering church below,
Here we are sailing to thy coasts,
Let angels be our convoy too.
5 Arc they not all thy servants**, Lord?
At thy command they go and come,
With cheerful haste obey thy word,
And guard thy children "to their home.
499. Chard 175, Weils 102, Winchester 137.
(Psalm 4<S. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Church's Safety and Triumph among na-
tional Desolations.
le refuge of his sain
torms of sharp distress invade ;
Ere we can offer our complaints
Behold him present with his aid.
2 Let mountains from their seats be hurl'd
Down to the deep, and buried there ;
Convulsions shake the solid world,
Our faith shall never yield to fear.
3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar,
In sacred peace our souls abide,
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide.
4 There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God ;
Life, love and joy, still gliding thro',
And watering our divine abode.
5 That sacred stream, thine holy word,
That all our raging fear controuls :
Sweet peace thy promises afford,
And give new strength to fainting souls.
6 Sion enjoys her monarch's love,
Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundations move,
Built on his truth, and arm'd with power.
500* Bromley 104, Coombs'* AS, Chard 175.
(Psalm 46. 2d Part. L. M.)
God fights for his Church.
1 T ET Sion in her king rejoice,
Xj Tho' tyrants rage and kingdoms rise;
He utters his almighty voice,
The nations melt, the tumult dies.
2 The Lord of old for Jacob fought,
And Jacob's God is still our aid ;
Behold the works his hand has wrought,
What desolations he has made!
3 From sea to sea, thro' all the shores,
He makes the ncise of battle cease;
When from on high his thunder roars,
He awes the trembling world to peace.
* Luke i. 26. t ii. 13. it 2 Kings vi. 17c
t4t Acts xii. 7. ** Heb. i. 14.
501,502 CHURCH MEETINGS. 503,504,505,506
50 S« London 1 Q0,Tnnbridge lC'j,Cantcrbury 199.
" (Hymn .-.6. B. l. C. M.)
4 He breaks the bow, he cuts the spear,
Chariots he burns with heavenly flame;
Keep silence all the earth and hear
The sound and glory of his name.
5 ' Be still, and learn that I am God,
' I'll be exalted o'er the lands,
' I will be known and fear'd abroad,
' But still my throne in Sion stands.'
6 O Lord of hosts, almighty king,
"While we so near thy presence dwell,
Our faith shall sit secure, and sing
Defiance to the gates of hell.
501- Cambridge New 74, Tunbridge 103.
(Hymn 28. B. 1. C. M.)
The Triumph of Christ over the Enemies of
his Church, lad. lxiii. 1 — 3, dec.
1 "VXTHAT mighty man, or mighty God,
▼ T Comes travelling in state,
Along the Idumean road
Away from Bozrah's gate ?
2 The glory of his robes proclaim
'Tis some victorious king:
■ 'Tis I, the Just, th' Almighty One,
4 That your salvation bring.'
3 ' Why, mighty Lord,' thy saints inquire,
* Why thine apparel red ?
' And all thy vesture stain'd like those
' Who in the wine-press tread V
4 ' I by myself have trod the press,
* And "crush'd my foes alone,
* My wrath has struck the rebels dead,
1 My fury stamp'd them down.
5 ' 'Tis Edem's blood that dyes my robes
' With joyfui scarlet stains,
* The triumph that my raiment wears
' Sprung from their' bleeding veins.
6 ' Thus shall the nations be destroy'd
1 That dare insult my saints,
* I have an arm t' avenge their wrongs,
* An ear for their complaints.'
50% Tunbridge 103, Follett 181, Ol ford 106.
(Hymn 29. B. 1. C. M.)
The Ruin of Antichrist, Isa. lxiii. 4 — 7.
1 C x LIFT my banners,' saith the Lord,
i * Where Antichrist has stood,
* The citv of mv gospel-foes
* Shalfbe a field of blood.
2 ' My heart has study'd just revenge,
* And now the day appears,
' The day of my redeem'd is come
* To wipe away their tears.
3 ' Quite weary is my patience grown,
' And bids my fury go;
* Swift as the ifght'ning it shall move,
* And be as fatal too.
4 ' I call for helpers, but in vain ;
* Then has my gospel none 1
* Well, mine own arm has might enough
* To crush my foes alone.
5 ' Slaughter and my devouring sword
' Shall walk the streets around,
'Babel shall reel beneath my stroke,
' And stagger to the ground.'
* Thy honours, O victorious King '.
Thine own right hand shall raise,
While we thy awful vengeance sing,
And our Deliverer praise.
The Song cf Mos'S and the Lamb ; or, Babylon
falling, Rev. xv. 3. xvi. 19. xvii.6.
1 WTE^ing the clones of thy love,
Vt We soun 1 thy dreadful name ;
The Christian church mutes the songs
Of Moses ami the Lmib.
2 Great God, how woi.derous are thy works
Of vengeance and of grace!
Thou King of saints, Uinighiy Lord,
How just and true thy ways !
3 Who dares refuse to fear thy name,
Or worship at thy throne.'
Thy judgments speak thine holiness
Thro' all the nations known.
4 Great Babylon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the marts rs' blood,
Her crimes shall speedily awake
The fury of our God.
5 The cup of wrath is ready mix'd,
And she must drink the diegs ;
Strong is the Lord her sovereign judge,
And shall fulfil tiie plagues.
504- Chard 175, Redemption 243, Wells 102.
(Hymn 53. B. I. L. M.J
The Devil vanquished ; or, Michael's War with
the Dragon, Rev. xii. 7.
1 T ET mortal tongue? attempt to sinar
J-J The wars of heaven, when Michael stood
Chief general of the Eternal King,
And fought the batilts of our God.
2 Against the dragon and his host
The armies of the Lord prevail :
In vain they rage, in vain they boast,
Their courage sinks, their weapons fail.
3 Down to the earth was Satan thrown,
Down to the earth his legions fell;
Then uas the trump of triumph blown,
And shook the dreadful deeps of hell.
4 Now is the hour of darkness past,
Christ hath assum'd his reigning power;
Behold the sreat accuser cast
Down fromlhe skies, to rise no more.
H 'Twas by thy blood, immortal Lamb,
Thine armies trod the tempter down;
'Twas by thy word and powerful name,
They ga'in'd'the battle and renown.
6 Rejoice, ye heavens; let every star
Shine with new glories round the sky;
Saints, while ye sing the heavenly war,
Raise your Deliverer's name on high.
505- WelVs 102, Old Hundred 100, Islington 40.
(Hymn 59. B. 2. L. M.)
Babylon fallen, Rev. xviii. 20, 21.
1 TN Gabriel's hand a mighty stone
J. Lies, a fair type of Babylon;
' Prophets, rejoice, and, all ye saints,
1 God shall avenge yoor long complaint?.'
2 He said, and dreadful as he stood,
He sunk the millstone in the flood :
4 Thus terribly shall Babel fall :
* Thus, and no more, be found at all.'
CHURCH MEETINGS.
5%. Follett 181, Otford 106, Irish 171.
(Psalm 136. C. M.)
The Joy of a remarkable Conversion; or, Me-
lancholy removed.
1 "VI7'HEN God reveal'd his gracious name,
▼ T And chaiis'd mv mournful state,
My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream,
The grace appear'd so great,
F 6
507,508 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 509,510,511
2 The world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess ;
My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung1 surprising grace :
S ' Great is the work,' my neighbours cry'd,
And own'd the power divine;
1 Great is the work,' ray heart reply'd,
' And be the glory thine.'
4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies,
Can give us day for night,
Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.
5 Let those that sow in sadness wait
Till the fair harvest come,
They shall confess their sheaves are great,
And shout the blessings home.
6 Tho' seed lie bury'd long in dust,
It sha'n't deceive their hope ;
The precious grain can ne'er be lost,
For grace injures the crop.
597* Lebanon 79, Lewton 30, Islington 40.
(Psalm 126. L. M.)
Surprising Deliverance.
1 \T[7HEN God restor'd our captive state,
▼ T Joy was our sons-, and grace our theme;
The a race beyond our hopes so great,
That joy appear'd a painted dream.
2 The scoffer owns thy hand, and pays
Unwilling honours to thy name ;
While we witk pleasure "shout thv praise,
With cheerful notes thy love proclaim.
3 When we review our dismal fears,
'Twas hard to think they'd vanish so;
With God we left our flowing tears,
He makes our joys like rivers flow.
4 The man thar. in his furrow'd field
His scatter'd seed with sadness leaves,
Will shout to see the harvest yield
A welcome load of joyful sheaves.
508* Brameoate 6, Lewton 80, Mark's 65.
(Psalm 34. 1st Part. L. M.)
God's Care of the Saints; or, Deliverance by
Prayer.
1 T ORD, I will bless thee all my days,
.Li Thy praise shall dwell upon my tongue;
My soul shall glory in thy grace,
While saints rejoice to hear the song.
2 Come, magnify the Lord with me.
Come, let us all exalt his name;
I sought th' eternal God, and he
Has not expos'd my hope to shame.
3 I told him all my secret erief,
My secret groaning reach'd his ears;
He gave my inward pains relief,
And calra'd the tumult of my fears.
4 To him the poor lift up their eves,
Their faces feel the heavenly shine ;
A beam of mercy from the skies
Fills them with light and joy divine.
5 His holy angels pitch their tents
Around the men that serve the Lord;
O fear and love him, all his saints,
Taste of his grace and trust his word.
6 The wild young lions, pinch'd with pain
And hunger, roar thro' all the wood;
But none shall seek the Lord in vain,
Nor want supplies of real good,
509- Exeter 4, New York 33, Salem 139.
(Psalm 31. ver. 1— io. 1st Part. C. M.)
Prayer and Praise for eminent Deliverance.
1 T'LL bless the Lord from day to day ;
X How good are all his ways !
Ye humble souls that use to pray,
Come, help my lips to praise I
2 Sing to the honour of his name,
How a poor sufferer cry'd,
Nor was his hope expos'd to shame,
Nor was his suit deny'd.
3 When threatening sorrows round me stood,
And endless fears arose,
Like the loud billows of a flood,
Redoubling all my woes;
4 I told the Lord my sore distress
With heavy groans and tears,
He gave my sharpest torments ease,
And silene'd all my fears.
PAUSE.
5 [O sinners, come and taste his love,
Come, learn his pleasant ways,
And let your own experience prove
The sweetness of his grace.
6 He bids his angels pitch their tents
Round where'his children dwell ;
What ills their hea\cnly care prevents
No earthiy tongue can tell.]
7 [O love the Lord, ye saints of his;
His eye regards "the just;
How richly bies^'d their portion is-
Who make the Lord their trust!
si Young lions pinch'd with hunger roar,
And famish in the wood;
But God supplies his holy poor
With every needful good.]
510. Worksop 31, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 66. -ver. 13—20. 2d Part. C. M.)
Praise to God for hearing Prayer.
OW shall my solemn vows
To that almighty power,
That heard the long requests I made
In my distressful hour.
2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare
To make his mercies known ;
Come, ye that fear my God, and hear
The wonders he has done.
3 When on my head huac sorrows fell,
I sought his heavenly aid ;
He savrd my sinking soul from hell
And death's eternal shade.
4 If sin lay cover'd in my heart,
While prayer em ploy M my tongue,
The Lord had shewn me no regard,
Nor I his praises sung.
5 But God, (his in me be ever blest)
Hath set my spirit free,
Nor turn'd from him my poor request,
Nor turn'd his heart from me.
511- Rotvles 73, Neiccovrt 173, Brameoate S.
(Psalm 106. ver. 1—5. 1st Part. L. M.)
Praise to God; or, Coinmunion rvith Saints.
1 rr\0 God, the great, the ever-blest,
A Let songs of honour be addrest :
His mercv firm for ever stands ;
Give him"the thanks hi* love demands.
2 Who knows the wonders of thv ways ?
Who shall fulfil thy boundless praise?
Blest are the souls that fear thee still,
And pay their duty to thy will.
512, 513 MISSIONARY MEETINGS. 514, 515, 516
3 Remember what thy mercy did
For Jacob's race, thy chosen seed ;
And with the same salvation bless
The meanest suppliant of thy grace.
4 O mav 1 see thy tribes rejoice,
And a"id their triumphs with my voice!
This is my alory, Lord, to be
Join'd to thy saints, and near to thee.
519. Newbury 132, Salem 139, Wiltshire 110.
(Psalm 102. ver. 13—21. 2d Part. C. M.)
Prayer heard, and Zion restored.
1 T E T Zion and her sons rejoice,
J_i Behold the promis'd hour;
Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And conies t' exait his power.
2 Her dust and ruins that remain
Are precious in our eyes ;
Those ruins shall be built again,
And all that diut shall rise.
3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
And stand in glory there ;
Nations shall bow before his name,
And kings attend with fear.
4 He sits a sovereigu on his throne,
With pitv in his eyes ;
He hears the dying prisoners groan,
And sees their sighs arise.
5 He frees the souls rondemn'd to death,
And when his saints complain,
It sha'n't be said, ' That praying breath
' Was ever spent in vain.'
6 This shall be known when we are dead,
And left on long record,
That ages vet unborn may read,
And trust, and praise the Lord.
PRAYER AND PRAISE FOR THE
ENLARGEMENT OF THE CHURCH.
OR,
MISSIONARY MEETINGS.
513- Chard 175, Derby 169, Bromley 104.
(Psalm 72. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Kingdom of Christ.
1 (~> REAT God, whose universal sway
vX The known ard unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to thy Son,
Extend his power, exalt his throne.
2 Thy sceptre well becomes his hands,
All" heaven submits to his commands ;
His justice shall avenge the poor,
And pride and rage prevail no more.
3 With power he vindic ates the just,
And treads the oppressor in the dust;
His worship and his fear shall last
Till hours and years and time be past.
4 As rain on meadows newly mown
So shall he «end his influence down;
His grace on fainting souls distils
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.
5 The heathen lands that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light,
And deserts blossom at the sight.
6 The saints shall flourish in his days,
Drest in the robes of joy and praise ;
Peace like a river from his throne
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.
514. Coombs's 45, Gloucester 12, Antigua 1 29
(Psalm 72. 2d Part. L. If.)
Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.
1 TESUS shall reign where'er the sun
el Does his successive journies run ;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
2 [Behold the islands with their kings,
And Europe her best tribute brings;
From north to south the princes meet
To pay their homage at his feet.
3 There Persia glorious to behold,
There India shines in eastern g dd ;
And barbarous nations at his word
Submit and bow and own their Lord.]
4 For him shall endless prayer be made,
And praises throng to crown his head;
His name like sweet perfume shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.
5 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song;
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.
C Ble-sings abound where'er he reigus,
The prfsoner leaps to lose his chains,
The weary find eternal rest,
Aud all the sons of want are blest.
7 [Where he displays his healing power,
Death and the curse are known no more;
In him the tribes of Adam boast
More blessings than their father lost.
8 Let every creature rise, and bring
Peculiarhonours to our king ;
Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen.
515- Jersey 15, Tunbridge 103, Cambridge
Neiu 74.
(Psalm 45. C. M.)
The personal Glories and Government of Christ.
1 T'LL speak the honours of my king,
J. His form divinely fair;
None of the sons of mortal race
May with the Lord compare.
2 Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly grace
Upon thy" lips is shed;
Thy God, with blessings infinite,
Hath crown'd thy sacred head.
0 Gird on thy sword, victorious Priuce,
Ride with majestic sway;
Thy terrors shall strike thro' thy foes,
And make the world obey.
1 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands;
Thy word of grace shall prove
A peaceful sceptre in thy hands,
To rule the saints by love.
5 Justice and truth attend thee still,
But mercy is thv choice ;
And God, thy God, thy soul shall fill
With most peculiar joys.
516- Chard 175, Coombs's 45, Gloucester 12.
(Psalm 15. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Glory of Christ, and Power of his Gospel.
i "\[OW be my heart inspir'd to sing
l\ The glories of my Saviour-king,
Jesus the Lord; how heavenly fair
His form! how bright his beauties are!
2 O'er all the sons of human race
He shines with a superior grace,
Love from his lips divinely flows,
Aud blessings all his state' compose.
517,518,519 THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 520,521
0 Dress thee in arms, most mighty Lord,
Gird on the terror of thy sword,
In majesty and glory ride
With truth and meekness at thy side.
4 Thine anger, like a pointed dart,
Shall pierce the foes of stubborn heart;
Or words of mercy, kind and sweet,
Shall melt the rebels at thy feet.
5 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands,
Grace is the sceptre in thy hands;
Thy laws and works are just and right,
Justice and grace are thy delight.
6 God, thine own God, has richly shed
His oil of gladness on tliy head,
And with his sacred Spirit blest
His first-born Son above the rest.
517- Hotham 224, Portugal 97.
(Psalm no. 1st Part. L. M.)
Christ exalted, and Multitudes converted; or,
the Success of the Gospel.
1 npHUS the eternal Father spake
X To Christ the Son, * Ascend and sit
' At my right hand, till I shall make
' Thy foes submissive at thy feet.
2 • From Zion shall thy word proceed,
'• Thy word, the sceptre in thy hand,
' Shall rnake. the hearts of rebels bleed,
' And bow their wills to thy command.
3 • That day shall shew thy power is great,
' When saints shall flock with willing minds,
* And sinners crowd thy temple-gate,
' Where holiness in beauty shines.'
4 O blessed power! O glorious day!
What a large victory shall ensue !
And converts, who thy grace obey,
Exceed the drops of morning-dew.
518- Bramcoate 8, Mark's 65.
(Psalm 110. 2d Part. L. M.)
The Kingdom and Priesthood of Christ.
J FTIHUS the great Lord of earth and sea
A Spake to his Son, and thus he swore;
1 Eternal shall thy priesthood be,
* And change from hand to hand no more.
2 * Aaron and all his sons must die;
' Hut everlasting life is thine,
' To save for ever those that fly
' For refuge from the wrath divine.
3 ' By me Melehisedek was made
* On earth a king and priest at once;
' And thou, my heavenly priest, shall plead,
■ And thou, my King, shalt rule my sons.'
4 Jesus the priest ascends his throne,
While counsels of eternal peace,
Between the Father and the Son,
Proceed with honour and success.
5 Thro' the whole earth his reign shall spread,
And crush the powers that dare rebel;
Then shall he judge the rising dead,
And send the guilty world to hell.
ft Tho' while he treads his glorious way,
He drink the cup of tears and blood,"
The sufferings of that dreadful day
Shall but advance him near to God.
519- Ot/ord 106, Follett 181, Providence
College 10.
(Psalm HO. C. M.)
Christ's Kingdom and Priesthood.
1 TESUS, our Lord, ascend thy throne,
*l And near the Father sit ;
In Zion shall thy power be known,
And make thy foes submit.
2 Wrhat wonders shall thy gospel do!
Thy converts shall surpass
The numerous drops of morning dew,
And own thy sovereign grace.
3 God hath pronoune'd a firm decree,
Nor changes what he swore ;
* Eternal shall thy priesthood be,
* When Aaron is no more.
4 ' Melehisedek, that wonderous priest,
' That king of high degree,
' That holy man who Abr'am blest,
' Was but a type of thee.'
5 Jesus our priest for ever lives
To plead for us above ;
Jesus our King for ever gives
The blessings of his love.
6 God shall exalt his glorious head,
And his high throne maintain,
Shall strike the powers and princes dead
Who dare oppose his reign.
520. Irish 171, Liverpool 33, Stamford 9.
(Hymn b0. B. 1. C. M.)
The Song of Zacharias, and the Message of John
the Baptist; or, Light and Salvation by Jesus
Christ, Luke i. 68, &c John i. 29, 32.
1 "VTOW be the God of Israel bless'd,
-L^l Who makes his truth appear,
His mighty hand fulfils his word,
And all the oaths he sware.
2 Now he bedews old David's root
WTith blessings from the skies ;
He makes the branch of promise grow,
The promis'd Horn arise.
3 [John was the prophet of the Lord
To go before his face,
The herald which our Saviour-God
Sent to prepare his ways.
4 He makes the great salvation known,
He speaks of pardon'd sins ;
Wliile grace divine and heavenly love
In its own glory shines.
5 ' Behold the Lamb of God, (he cries)
' That takes our guilt away :
* 1 saw the spirit o'er his head
' On his baptizing day.]
6 ' Be ev'ry vale exalted high,
' Sink everv mountain low,
* The proud must stoop, and humble souls
' Shall hie salvation know.
7 ' The heathen realms with Israel's land
• Shali join in sweet accord;
' And all that's born of man shall see
• The glory of the Lord.
d * Behold the raorning-star arise,
' Ye that in darkness sit;
1 He marks the path that leads to peace,
• And guides our doubtful feet/
521- James's 163, Hephzibah 77.
(Hymn 21. B. 1. C. M.)
A Vision of the Kingdom of Christ among Men,
Rev. xxi. 1—4.
1 T O, what a glorious sight appears
AJ To our believing eyes !
The earth and sea are pass'd away,
And tbe old rolling skies.
522, 523, 524
BAPTISM. 525, 526, 527, 52S
2 From the third heaven where God resides,
That holy happy place,
The New Jerusalem comes down
Adorn'd with shining grace.
3 Attending angels shout for joy,
And the bright armies sing,
Mortals, behold the sacred seat
Of your descending Jting,
4 The God of glory down to men
Removes his blessed abode,
Men the dear objects of his grace,
And he the loving God.
5 His oicn soft hand shall wipe the tears
From every weeping eye,
And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,
And death itself shall die.
( How long, dear Saviour, O how long,
Shall this bright hour delay !
Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.
522* Newington 61, Miall 210, Boston 159.
(Psalm 117. C. M.)
Praise to God front all Nations.
1 f\ ALL ye nations, praise the Lord,
U Each with a different tongue;
In every lansruasre learn his word,
And let hhfname be sung.
2 His mercy reigns thro' every land;
Proclaim his grace abroad ;
For ever firm his truth shall stand,
Praise ye the faithful God.
523- Denbigh 54, Rowles 73, Islington 4#.
(Psalm 117. L. M.)
The same.
1 Tj^ROIVI all that dwell below the skies,
.F Let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung
Thro' every land, by every tongue.
2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ;
Eternal truth attends thy word:
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,
Till suns shall rise and set no more.
524» Vermont 134, Falcon 209, Mansfield 15i.
(Psalm 117. S. M.)
The same.
1 rpHY name, almighty Lord,
X Shall sound thro' distant lands ;
Great is thy grace, and sure thy word,
Thy truth for ever stands.
2 Far be thine honour spread,
And long thy praise endure,
Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchang'd no more.
CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM*.
525« Portugal 97, Green's Hundred R9.
(Hvmn.52. B. 1. L. M.)
Baptism, Matt, xxviii. 19. Acts ii. 38.
1 * FT1WAS the commission of our Lord,
X Go teach the nations, and baptize;
The nations have receiv'd the word
Since he ascended to the skies.
2 He sits upon th' eternal hills,
With grace and pardon in his hands,
And sends his covenant, with the seals,
To bless the distant British lands.
3 Repent, and be baptized, (he saith)
For the remission of your sins ;
And thus our sen&e assists our faith,
And shews us what his gospel means.
4 Our souls he washes in his blood,
As water makes the body clean ;
And the good Spirit from our God
Descends like purifying rain.
5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee,
And seal our covenant with the Lord :
O may the great Eternal Three
In heaven our solemn vows record !
^9Q. Portugal 97, IVareham 117.
~ (Hymn 122. B. 1. L. M.)
Believers buried with Christ in Baptism,
Rom. vi. 3, &c.
1 Y\0 we not know that solemn word,
AJ That we are buried with the Lord,
Baptiz'd into his death, and then
Put off the body of our sin ?
* For the arrangement of the Hymns in this
Chapter, on Circumcision and Baptism, / am
gratefully indebted to one of my very respect-
able Brethren of the Congregational denomi-
nation.
2 Our souls receive diviner breath,
Rais'd from corruption, guilt and death ;
So from the grave did Christ arise,
And lives to^God above the. skies.
3 No more let sin or Satan reign
Over our mortal flesh again;
The various lusts we serv'd before
Shall have dominion now no more.
527* Wl« York 33, Hammond 226, Irish 171.
(Hymn 113. B. 1. C. M.)
Abraham's Blessing on the GentiUs, Gen. xvii.
7. Rom. xv. 8. Mark x. 14.
1 TTOW large the promise! how divine
XX To Abra'm and his seed !
I'll be a God to thee and thine,
Supplying all their need,
2 The words of his extensive love
From age to age endure ;
The angel of the covenaut proves,
And seals the blessing sure.
3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms
To our great fathers given;
He takes young children to his arms,
And calls them heirs of heaven.
4 Our God, how faithful are his ways!
His love endures the same ;
Nor from the promise of his grace
Blots out the children's name.
528- Gainsbro' 29, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 114. B. 1. C. M.)
The same, Rom. xi. 16, 17.
1 £^i ENTILES by nature we belong
VI" To the wild olive-wood ;
Grace took us from the barren tree,
And grafts us in the good.
529, 530, 531, 532 LORD'S SUPPER.
533
2 With the same blessings grace endows
The Gentile and the Jew;
If pure and holy be the root,
Such are the branches too.
3 Then let the children of the saints
Be dedicate to God ;
Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord,
And wash them in thy biood.
4 Thus to the parents and their seed
Shall thy salvation come,
And numerous households meet at last
In one eternal home.
KgC). George's 2, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 121. B. I. C. M.)
Children devoted to God, Gen. xvii. 7, 10.
Acts xvi. n, 15, 33.
(For those who practise Infant Baptism.')
1 rpHUS saith the mercy of the Lord,
X * I'll be a Go.; to thee ;
« I'll bless thy numerous race, and they
* Shall be a seed for me.'
2 Abra'm believ'd the promis'd grace
And gave his sons to God ;
But water seals the blessing now,
That once was seal'u with blood.
3 Thus Lydia sanctify M her house
Whe. she receiv'd the word;
Thus the believing jailor gave
His household to the Lord.
4 Thus later saints, eternal king,
Thine ancient truth embrace ;
To thee their infant-offspring bring,
And humbly claim the grace.
530* Froome 255, James's 163.
(Hymn 134. B. 2. C. M.)
Circumcision abolished.
1 FTHHE promise was divinely free,
X Extensive was the grace;
/ u'ill the God of Abraham be,
And of his numerous race.
2 He said ; and with a bloody seal
Confirmed the words he spoke;
Long did the sons of Abrah'm feel
The sharp and painful yoke.
3 Till God's own Son, descending low,
Gave his own flesh to bleed ;
And Gentiles taste the blessing now,
From the hard bondage freed.
4 The^ God of Abrah'm claims our praise,
His promises endure,
And Christ the Lord in gentler ways
Makes the salvation sure.
531. Ailie Street 241, Islington 40.
(Hymn 127. B. 2. L. M.)
Circumcision and Baptism.
(Written only for those who practise the Bap-
tism of Infants.)
1 JT1HUS did the sons of Abrah'm pass
X Under the bloody seal of grace ;
The young disciples bore the yoke,
Till Christ the painful bondage broke.
2 By m.lder ways doth Jesus prove
His father's covenant, and his love;
He seals to saints his glorious grace,
And not forbids their infant-race.
3 Their seed is sprinkled with his blood,
1 heir children set apart for God,
His Spirit on their offspring shed,
Like water pour-'d upon the head.
4 Let every saint with cheerful voice
In this large covenant rejoice ;
Young children in their e.'.riy days
Shall give the God of Abrah'm praise.
532. Bedford 91, Irish 171, Braintree 25.
(Hymn 141. B. 2. C. M.)
Faith assisted by Sense; or, Preaching, Bap*
tism. and the Lord's Supper.
1 "IVTY Saviour God, my Sovereign Prince
llX Reigns far above the skies;
But brings his graces down to sense,
And helps ray faith to rise.
2 My eyes ajid ears shall biess his name,
They read and hear his word;
My touch and taste shall do the same
When they receive the Lord.
3 Baptismal water is design'd
He gives his saints a place.
4 But not the waters of a flood
Can make my flesh so clean,
As by his Spirit and his blood
He'll wash my soul from sin.
5 Nor choicest meats, or nobler wines
So much my heart refresh,
As when my faith goes through the signs,
And feeds upon his flesh.
6 I love the Lord that stoops so low
To give his word a seal ;
But the rich grace his hands bestow
Exceeds the figures still.
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
533. Old Hundred 100, Green's Hundred 89.
(Hymn 1. B. 3. L. M.1
The Lord's Supper instituted, 1 Cor. xi. 23, &c.
1 * rTUVAS on that dark, that doleful night
X When powers of earth and hell arose
Against the Son of God's delight,
And friends bttray'd him to his tots:
2 Before the mournful scene began
He took the bread, and blest, and brake :
What love thro' all his actions ran!
What wonderous words of grace he spake !
3 ' This is my body broke for sin,
4 Receive a'nd eat the living food:'
Then took the cup, and blest the wine;
• Tie the new cov'nant in my blood.'
4 |Tor us his flesh with nails was torn,
He bore the scourge, he felt the thorn;
Andjustice pour'd upon his head
Its heavy vengeance in our stead.
5 For us his vital blood was spilt,
To buy the pardon of our guilt,
When for black crimes of biggest size-
He gave his soul a sacrifice.]
534, 535, 536 LORD'S SUPPER.
537, 538
0 ' Do this (he cry'd) till time shall end,
' In memory of your dying friend:
' Meet at my table, and record
1 The love or your departed Lord.'
7 [Jesus, thy feast we celebrate,
We show thy death, we sing thy name,
Till thou return, and we shall eat
The marriage-supper of the Lamb.].
534- Worksivorlh 158, Harbor ovgh 142.
(Hymn 2. B. 3. S. I\J.)
Communion with Christ, and ivith Saints,
1 Cor. x. 16, 17.
1 f TESUS invites his saints
Lcf To meet around his board; .
Here pardon'd rebels sit, and hold
Communion with their Lord.
2 For food he gives his flesh,
He bids us drink his blood;
Amazing- favour! matchless grace
Of our descending God!]
3 This holy bread and wine
Maintains our fainting breath,
By union with our living Lord,
And interest in his death.
4 Our heavenly Father calls
Christ and his members one;
We the young children of his love,
And he the first-born Son.
5 We are but several parts
Of the same broken bread ;
One body hath iis several limbs,
But Je=us is the head.
6 Let all our powers be join'd
His glorious name to raise;
Pleasure and love fill every mind,
And every voice be praise.
535- Irish 171, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 3. B. 3. C. M.)
The New Testament in the Blood of Christ; or,
the Neiv Covenant sealed.
1 < rpHE promise of my Father's love
X * Shall stand for ever good ;'
He said; and gave his soul to death,
And seal'd the grace with blood.
2 To this dear covenant of thy word
I set my worthless name;
I seal th' "engagement to my Lord,
And make my humble claim.
3 Thy light and strength, and pardoning grace,
And glory shall be mine;
My life and soul, my heart and flesh,
And all my powers are thine.
4 I call that legacy my own
Which Jesus did bequeath;
'Twas purchas'd with a dying groan,
And ratify'd in death.
5 Sweet is the memory of his name,
Who bless'd us in his will,
And to his testament of love
Made his own life the seal.
536- Condescension 116, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 4. B. 3. C. M.)
Christ's dying Love; or, our Pardon bought
at a dear Price.
1 TTOW condescending and how kind
XX Was God's eternal Son !
Our misery reach'd his heavenly mind,
And pity brought him down.
2 [When justice, by our sins provok'd,
Drew forth its dreadful sword,
He gave his soul up to the stroke
Without a murmuring word.]
3 [He sunk beneath our heavy woes
To raise us to his throne ;
There's ne'er a gift his hand bestows
But cost his heart a groan.]
4 This was compassion like a God,
That when the Saviour knew
The price of pardon was his blood,
His pity ne'er withdrt w,
5 Now, tho' he reigns exalted high,
His love is stilf as great :
Well he lemember.-. Calvary,
Nor lets his saints forget.
6 [Here we behold his bowels roll
As kind as when he dy'd ;
And see the sorrows of his soul
Bleed thro' his wounded side.]
7 [Here we receive repeated seals
Of Jesu's djing love :
Hard is the wretch that never feels
One soft affection move.]
8 Here let our hearts begin to melt,
While we his death record,
And with our joy for pardon'd guilt
Mourn that we piere'd the Lord.
537. Bath Chapel 26, Michael's 119.
(Hymn 5. B. 3. C. M.)
Christ the Bread of Life, John vi. 31, 35, 39.
1 T ET us adore th' eternal word,
Xi 'Tis he our souls hath fed;
Tnou art our living stream, O Lord,
..nd thou th' immortal bread.
2 [The manna came from lower skies,
But Jesus from above,
Where the fresh springs of pleasure rise,
And rivers flow with love.
3 The Jews the fathers dy'd at last
Who eat that heavenly bread;
But these provisions which we taste
Can raise us from the dead.]
4 Blest be the Lord that gives his flesh
To nourish dying men;
And often spreads his table fresh
Lest we should faint again.
5 Our souls shall draw their heavenly breath
While Jesus finds supplies:
Nor shall our graces sink to death,
For Jesus never dies.
6 [Daily our mortal flesh decays,
But Christ our life shall come:
His unresisted power shall raise
Our bodies from the tomb.]
538* Ailie Street 241, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 6. B. 3. L. M.)
The Memorial of our absent Lord,
John xvi. 16. Luke xxii. 19. John xiv. 3.
1 TESUS is gone abov< the skies,
O Where our weak senses reach him not;
And carnal objects court our eyes
To thrust our Saviour from our thought.
2 He knows what wandering hearts we have
Apt to forget his lovely face;
And to refresh our minds he gave
These kind memorials of his grace.
3 The Lord of life this table spread
With his own flesh and dying blood;
We on the rich provision feed,
And taste the wine, and bless the God,
4 Let sinful sweets be all forgot,
And earth grow less in our esteem ;
Christ and his love fill e\ery thought,
And faith and hope be fix'd on him*
F9
539, 540
LORD'S SUPPER.
541, 542
5 While he is absent from our sight
'Tis to prepare our souls a place,
That we may dwell in heavenly light,
And live for ever near his face.
6 [Our eyes look upwards to the hills
Whence our returning Lord shell come ;
We wait thy chariot's awful \ heels,
To fetch our longing spirits home.]
539- Manning 24-5, Lebanon 79.
(Hymn 7. 13 3. L. M.)
On which the prince of glory dy'd,
My richest gain I count but loss.
And pour coutcmpt on all my pride.
2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God ;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet!
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 [His dying crimson like a robe
Spreads o'er his body like a tree,
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.]
5 Were the whole realm of nature mine
That were a present far too small j
Love so amazing, so divine
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
510- Elim 151, Hephzibahn.
(Hymn 8. B. 3. C. M.)
The Tree of Life.
1 |^OMElet us join a joyful tune
\-/ To our exalted Lord,
Ye saints on hi^h around his throne,
And we around his board.
2 While once upon this lower ground
Weary and faint ye stood,
What dear refreshments here ye found
From this immortal food :
3 The tree of life that near the throne
In heaven's high garden grows,
Laden with grace bends gently down
Its ever-smiling boughs.
4 [Hovering amongst the leaves there stands
The sweet Celestial Dove;
And Jesus on the branches hangs
The banner of his love.]
5 ['Tis a young heaven of strange delight
While in his shade we sit;
His fruit is pleasing to the sight,
And to the taste as sweet.
6 New life it spreads thro' dying hearts,
And cheers the drooping mind ;
Vigour and joy the juice imparts
Without a sting behind ]
7 Now let the flaming weapons stand,
And guard all Eden's trees ;
There's ne'er a plant in all that land
That bears such fruits as these.
8 Infinite grace our souls adore,
Whose" wonderous hand has made
This living branch of sovereign power
To raise and heal the dead.
5ll« Eagle Street New 55, Harborough 142.
(Hymn 9. B. 3. S. M.)
1 rT ET all our tongues be one
L J-^ To praise our God on high,
Who from his bosom sent his Son
To fetch us stranger? nigh.
2 Nor let our voices cease
To sing the Saviour's name ;
Jesus th' embassa or of peace
How cheerfully he came!
3 It cost him cries and tears
To bring us near to God ;
Great was our debt, and he appears
To make the payment good.]
4 [My Saviour's pierced side
Pour'd out a double flood ;
By water we are purify d,
And pardon'd by the blood.
5 Infinite was our guilt,
But he our priest atones;
On the cod ground his life was spiR,
And offer'd with his groans.]
6 Look up my soul to him
Whose death was thy desert,
And humbly view the living stream
Flow from his breaking heart.
7 There on the cursed tree
In dying pangs he lies,
Fulfils his Father's great decree,
And all our wants supplies.
8 Thus the Redeemer came • '
By water and by blood ;
And when the Spirit speaks the 6ame,
We feel his witness good.
9 While the Eternal Three
Bear their record above,
Here I believe he dy'd for me,
And seal my Saviour's love.
10 [Lord, cleanse my soul from sin,
Nor let thy grace depart ;
Great Comforter, abide within,
And witness to my heart.]
542. Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Hymn 10. B. 3. L. M.)
Christ crucified; the Wisdom and Power of
God.
1 "VTATURE with open volume stands
-L^l To spread her Maker's praise abroad ;
And every labour of his hands
Shews something worthy of a God.
2 But in the g<ace that rescu'd man
His brightest form of glory shines;
Here on the cross 'tis fairest drawn
In precious blood and crimson lines.
3 [Here his whole name appears complete;
Nor wit can guess, nor reason prove
Which of tiie letters best is writ,
The power, the wisdom, or the love.]
4 Here I behold his inmost heart
Where grace and vengeance strangely join
Pierchisf his Son with sharpest smart
To make the purchas'd pleasures mine.
5 O the sweet wonders of that cross
Where God the Saviour lov'd and dy'd !
Her noblest life my spirit draws
From his dear wounds and bleeding tide.
543, 544
LORD'S SUPPER.
545, 546, 547
6 I would for ever speak his name
In sounds to mortal ears unknown,
With angels join to praise the Lamb,
And worship at his Father's throne.
543. Bedford 91, Sprague 166.
(Hymn 11. B. 3. C. M.)
Pardon brought to our Senses.
1 T ORD, how divine thy comforts are !
J-J How heavenly is the place
Where Jesus spreads the sacred feast
Of his redeeming grace !
2 There the rich bounties of our God
And sweetest glories shine,
There Jesus says, that ■ I am his,
' And my beloved's mine.'
3 ' Here/ (says the kind redeeming Lord,
And shows his wounded side)
• See here the spring of all your joys,
* That open'd when I dy'd.'
4 [He smiles and cheers my mournful heart
And tells of all his pain,
■ All this,' says he, ' I bore for thee,
' And then he smiles again.']
5 What shall we pay our heavenly King
For grace so vast as this ?
He brings our pardon to our eyes,
And seals it with a kiss.
6 [Let such amazing loves as these
Be sounded all abroad,
Such favours are beyond degrees,
And worthy of a God.]
7 [To him that wash'd us in his blood
Be everlasting praise,
Salvation, honour, glory, power,
Eternal as his days.]
544. Wareham 117, Ailie Street 241.
(Hymn 12. B. 3. L. M.)
The Gospel Feast, Luke xiv. 16, &c.
1 fXXOW rich are thy provisions, Lord!
L-jLJ- Thy table furnish d from above,
The fruits of life o'erspread the board,
The cup o'erflows with heavenly love.
2 Thine ancient family the Jews
Were first invited to the feast,
We humbly take what they refuse,
And Gentiles thy salvation taste.
3 We are the poor, the blind, the lame,
And help was far, and death was nigh,
But at the gospel call we came,
And every want receiv'd supply.
4 From the high-way that leads to hell,
From paths of darkness and despair,
Lord, we are come with thee to dwell,
Glad to enjoy thy presence here.]
rnal Son
abode,
And to this wretched earth came dowa
To bring us wanderers back to God.
6 It cost him death to save our lives,
To buy our souls it cost his own ;
And ail the unknown joys he gives
Were bought with agonies unknown.
7 Our everlasting love is due
To him that ransom'd sinners lost ;
And pity'd rebels when he knew
The vast expence his love would cost.]
545. Sprague 166, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 13. B. 3. C. M.)
Divine Love making a Feast, and calling in
the Guests, Luke xiv. 17, 22, 23.
1 TTOW sweet and awful is the place
JJL With Christ within the doors,
\Miile everlasting love displays
The ciioicest of her stores !
2 Here every bowel of our God
With soft compassion rolls,
Here peace and pardon bought with blood
Is food for dying souls.
3 [While all our hearts and all our songs
Join to admire the feast,
Each of us cry with thankful tongues,
* Lord, why was I a guest ?
4 ' Why was I made to hear thy voice,
' And enter while there's room I
1 When thousands make a wretched choice
' And rather starve than come.']
5 'Twas the same love that spread the feast,
That sweetly forced us in,
Else we had still refus'd to taste,
And perish'd in our sin.
6 [Pity the nations, O our God,
Constrain the earth to come ;
Send thy victorious word abroad,
And bring the strangers home.
7 We long to ste thy churches full,
That all the chosen race
May with one voice and heart and soul
Sing thy redeeming grace.]
546. Green's Hundred 89, Rochford 22.
(Hymn 14. B. 3. L. M.)
The Song of Simeon, Luke ii. 2ft. or, a Sight of
Christ makes Death easy.
1 "VTOW have our hearts embrac'd our God,
±\ We would forget all earthly charms,
And wish to die as Simeon would
With his young Saviour in his arms.
2 Our lips should learn that joyful song,
Were but our hearts prepar'd like his,
Our souls still willing to be gone,
And at thy word depart iu peace.
3 Here we have seen thy face, O Lord,
And view'd salvation with our eyes,
Tasted and felt the living word,
The bread descending from the skies.
4 Thou hast prepar'd this dying Lamb,
Hast set his blood before our face,
To teach the terrors of thy name,
And show the wonders of thy grace.
5 He is our light ; our morning star
Shall shine on nations yet unknown:
The glory of thine Israel here,
And joy "of spirits near the throne.
547» James's 1^3, Gainsborough 29.
(Hyni:» 15. B.3. C. M.)
Our Lord Jesus at his own Table >
1 rnpHE memory of our dying Lord
L X Awakes a "thankful tongue:
How rich he spread his royal board,
And biest the food, and sung.
2 Happy the men that eat this bread,
But'double-Mest was he
That gently bow'd his loving head,
And lean'd it, Lord, on thee.
3 By faith the same delights we taste
As that great favourite did,
And sit and lean on Jesus' breast.
And take the heavenly bread.]
F 10
548, 549
LORD'S SUPPER.
550,551,552
4 Down from the palace of the skies
Hither the King descends,
* Come, my beloved, eat, (he cries)
' And drink salvation, friends.
9 [' My flesh is food and physic too,
1 ■ bairn for all your pains:
* And the reri streams of pardon flow
'From these my pierced veins.']
6 Hosanna to his bounteous love
For such a taste below
And yet he feeds hi? saints above
With nobier bl ssings too.
7 [Come the dear day, the glorious hour,
That brums our souls to rest!
Then we shall need these types no more,
But dwell at th' heavenly feasl.]
548. Abridge 201. Bedford 91.
(Hymn 16. B. 3. C. M.)
The Agonies of Christ.
1 "VfOW let our pains be all forgot,
J-M Our hearts no more repine,
Our sufferings are not vvcth a thought,
When, Lord, compar'd with thine.
2 In lively figures here we see
Tne bleeding Prince of love; '
Each of us hope, he dy d for me,
And then our griefs remove.
3 [Our humble faith here takes her rise
While sitting round his board;
And b.tck to Calvary she flit s
To view her groaning Lord.
4 His soul what agonies it felt
When his own Cod withdrew !
And the large load of all our guilt
Lay heavy on'hiiu too.
5 But the divinity within
Supported him to bear :
Dying he conquer'd hell and sin,
And made his triumph there.]
6 Grace, wisdom, justice, join'd and wrought
The wonders of that day :
No mortal tongue, nor mortal thought
Can equal thanks repay.
7 Our hymns should sound like those above
Coufd we our voices raise ;
Yer, Lord, our hearts shall all be love,
And all our lives be praise.
549. Falcon 209, Eagle Street New 55.
(Hymn 17. B. 3. S. M.)
Incomparable Food ; or, the Flesh and Blood
of Christ.
1 r\T|7"E sing th' amazing deeds
L TT That grace divine performs;
Th' eternal Cod comes down and bleeds
To nourish dying worms.
2 This soul-reviving wine,
Dear Saviour, 'tis thy blood ;
WTe thank that sacred flesh of thine
For this immortal food.]
3 The banquet that we eat
Is made of heavenly things,
Earth hath no dainties half so sweet
As our Redeemer brings.
4 In vain had Adam sought
And search'd h;s garden round,.
For there was no such blessed fruit
In all the happy ground.
5 Th' angelic host above
Can never taste this food,
They feast upon their Maker's love,
But not a Saviour's blood.
6 On us th' almighty Lord
bestows this matchless grace,
And meets us with some cheering word,
W ith pleasure in his face.
7 Come all ye drooping saints,
And banquet with the King,
This wine will drown your sad complaints,
And tune your voice to sing.
S Salvation to the name
Of our adored Christ:
Thro' the wide earth his grace proclaim,
His glory in the high'st.
550« Portugal 97, Ulverston 179.
(Hymn 18. B. 3. L. M.)
The same.
1 T ESUS, we bow before thy feet,
cl Thy table is divineiy stor'd :
• hy sacred de?:h our souls have eat,
'lis living bread ; we thank thee, Lord !
2 \nd here we drink our Saviour's blood,
We thank thee, Lord, 'tis generous wine;
Mingled with love the fountain flow'd
From that dear bleeding heart of thine.
3 On earth is no such sweetness found,
For the Lamb's flesh is heavenly food;
In vain we seaich the globe around
For bread so fine, or « ine so good.
4 Carnal provisions can at best
But cheer the heart or warm the headj
But the rich cordial that we taste
Gives life eternal to the dead.
5 Jov to the Master of the feast,
Hi's name our souls for ever bless:
To God the King and God ihe priest
A loud Hosanua tound the place.
*>')1. Wareham 117, Green's Hundred 89.
(Hymn 19. B. 3. L. M.)
Glory in the Cross ; or, not ashamed of Christ
crucify'd.
1 A T thy command, our dearest Lord,
J\. Here we attend thy dying feast;
1 h\ blood like wine adorns thy board,
And thine own flesh feeds every guest.
2 Our faith adores thy bleeding love,
And trusts for life in one that dy'd;
W e hope for heavenly crowns above
From a Redeemer crucify'd.
3 Let the vain world pronounce it shame,
And fling their scandals on thy cause;
We come to boast our Saviour's name,
And make our triumphs in his cross.
4 With joy we tell the scoffing age
He that was dead has left his tomb,
He li\es above their utmost rage,
And we are waiting till he come.
fS'i9. Bath Chapel 2C, Bedford 91.
(Hvmn 20. B. 3. C. M.)
The Provisions for the Table of our Lord ; or,
the Tree of Life, and River of Love.
1 T ORD, we adore thy bounteous hand,
J.J And sing the solemn feast
Where tweet celestial dainties stand
For every willing guest.
2 [The tree of life adorns the board
With rich immortal fruit,
And ne'er an angry flaming sword
To guard the passage to't,
553
LORD'S SUPPER. 554, 555, 556
3 The cup stands crown'd with living juice;-
The fountain flows above,
And runs down streaming for our use
In rivulets of love.]
4 The food's prepar'd by heavenly art,
The pleasures well refin'd,
They spread new life thro' every heart,
And cheer the drooping mind.
5 Shout and proclaim the Saviour's love,
Ye saints that taste his wine,
Join with vour kindred saints above,
In loud Hosannas join.
6 A thousand glories to the God
That gives such joy as this,
Hosanna ! let it sound abroad,
And reach where Jesus is.
553- James's 163, Worksop 31.
(Hymn 21. B. 3. C. M.)
The Triumphal Feast for Christ's Victory over
Sin, and Death, and Hell.
1 r f~10ME let us lift our voices high,
\_y~s High as our joys arise,
And join the songs above the sky,
'Where pleasure never dies.
2 Jesus, the God that fought and bled,
And conquer'd whea lie fell,
That rose, and at his chariot wheels
Dragg'd all the powers of hell.]
3 [Jesus the God invites us here
To his triumphal feast,
And brings immortal blessings down
For each redeemed guest.]
4 The Lord ! how glorious is his face !
How kind his smiles appear!
And O what melting words he says
To every humble ear !
5 ' For you, the children of my love,
1 It was for you I dy'd,
' Behold my hands, behold my feet,
' And look into my side.
6 ' These are the wounds for you I bore,
1 The tokens of my pains,
' When I came down to free your souls
' From misery and chains.
7 [' Justice unsheath'd its fiery sword,
* And plung'd it in my heart:
1 Infinite pangs for you I bore,
1 And most tormenting smart.
8 ' When hell and all its spiteful powers
' Stood dreadful in my way.
1 To rescue those dear lives of yours
' I gave my own away.
9 • But while I bled and groan'd and dy'd
1 I ruin'd Satan's throne,
« High on my cross I hung, and spy'd
' The monster tumbling down.
10 'Now you must triumph at my feast,
* And taste my flesh, my blood ;
'And live eternal ages blest,
* For 'tis immortal food.'
11 Victorious God ! what can we pay
For favours so divine 1
We would devote our hearts away
To be for ever thine.]
*2 We give thee, Lord, our highest praise,
The tribute of our tongues ;
But themes so infinite as these
Exceed our noblest songs.
554* Ulverston 179, Ware ham 117.
(Hymn 22. B. 3. L. M.)
The Compassion of a dying Christ.
1 f"\UR spirits join t' adore the Lamb;
VJ O that our feeble lips could move
In strains immortal as his name,
And melting as his dying love.
2 Was ever equal pity found ?
The prince of heaven resigns his breath,
And pours his life out on the ground
To ransom guilty worms from death.
3 [Rebels, we broke our Maker's laws;
He from the threatening set us free,
Bore the full vengeance on his cross,
And nail'd the curses to the tree.]
4 The law proclaims no terror now,
And Sinai's thunder roars no more;
From all his wounds new blessings flow,
A sea of joy without a shore.
5 Here we have wash'd our deepest stains'
Andheal'd our wounds with heavenly blood
Blest fountain! springing from the veins
Of Jesus our incarnate God.]
6 In vain our mortal voices strive
To speak compassion so divine ;
Had we a thousand lives to give,
A thousand lives should all be thine.
555- W** 171, Lndloiu 84.
(Hymn 23. B. 3. C. MJ
Grace and Glory by the Death of Christ.
1 f O ITTING around our father's board
I lO We raise our tuneful breath;
Our faith beholds her dying Lord,
And dooms our sius to death.]
2 We see the blood of Jesus shed,
Whence all our pardons rise;
The sinner views th' atonement made,
And loves the sacrifice.
3 Thy cruel thorns, thy shameful cross
Procure us heavenly crowns;
Our highest gain springs from thy loss,
Our healing from thy" weunds.
4 O' tis impossible that we
Who dwell in feeble clay,
Should equal sufferings bear for thee,
Or equal thanks repay.
556' Worhsop 31, Foster 96.
(,Hymn 24. B. 3. C. M.)
Pardon and Strength from Christ*
1 T7UTHER, we wait to feel thy grace,
JO To see thy glories shine;
2 We touch, we taste the heavenly bread,
We drink the sacred cup :
With outward forms our sense is fed,
Our souls rejoice in hope.
3 We shall appear before the throne
Of our forgiving God,
Drest in thegarments of his Son,
And sprinkled with his blood.
4 We shall be strong to run the race,
And climb the upper sky;
Christ will provide oursou'ls with grace,
He bought a large supply.
5 [Let us indulge a cheerful frame
For joy becomes a feast ;
We love" the memory of his name
More than the wirie we taste.]
F 11
557
SOLOMON'S SONG. 558, 559, 560, 561
55?. Bedford 91, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 23. B. 3. C. M.)
Divine Glories and our Graces.
1 TTOW are thy glories here display'd,
XX Great God, how bright they shine,
While at thy word we break the bread,
And pour the flowing wine I
2 Here thy revenging justice stands
And pleads its dreadful cause:
Here saving mercy spreads her hands
Like Jesus on the cross.
3 Thy saints attend with every grace
On this great sacrifice ;
And love appears with cheerful face,
And faith with fixed eyes.
4 Our hope in waiting posture sits,
To heaven directs her sight ;
Here every warmer passion meets,
And warmer powers unite.
5 Zeal and revenge perform their part,
And rising sin destroy ;
Repentance comes with aching heart,
Yet not forbids the joy.
6 Dear Saviour, change our faith to sight,
Let sin for ever die :
Then shall our souls he all delight,
And every tear be dry.
SOLOMON'S SONG.
5^8- Mark's 65, Leeds 19.
(Hymu 66. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ the King at his Table, Sol. Song
i. 2—5, 12, 13, 17.
J T ET him embrace my soul, and prove
Xi Mine interest in his heavenly love:
The voice that tells me, Thou art mine,
Exceeds the blessings of the vine.
2 On thee th' anointing Spirit came,
And spreads the savour of thy name;
That oil of gladness and of grace
Draws virgin-souls to meet thy face.
5 Jesus, allure me hy thy charms,
My soul shall fly into thine arms:
Our wandering t'tet thy favours bring
To the fair chambers of the king.
4 [Wonder and pleasure tunes our voice
To speak thy praise?, and ourjoys:
Our memory keeps this love of thine
Be3'ond the "taste of richest wine.]
■> Tho' in ourselves deform'd we are,
And black as Kedar-tents appear,
Yet when we put thy beauties on,
Fair as the courts of Solomon.
6 [While at his table sits the King,
He loves to see us smile and sing ;
Our srraces are our best perfume,
And breathe like spikenard round the room.]
7 As myrrh new bleeding from the tree,
Such is a dying Hirist to me :
And while he makes my soul his guest,
My bosom, Lord, shall be thy rest.
8 [No beams of cedar or of fir
Can with thy courts on earth compare ;
And here we wait until thy love
Raise us to nobler seats above.]
559- Newcourt \lZ,Bredhy 165.
(Hymn 67. B. 1. L. M.)
Seeking the Pastures of Christ the Shepherd,
Sol. Song, i. 7.
1 rilHOU whom my soiii admires above
X All earthly joy, and earthly love,
Tell me, dear Shepherd, let me know,
Where doth thy sweetest pasture grow?
2 Where is the shadow of that rock,
That from the sun defends thy flock?
Fain would I feed among thy sheep,
Among them rest, among them sleep.
3 Why should thy bride appear like one
That turns aside to paths unknown ?
4 [The footsteps of thy flock I see ;
Thv sweetest pastures here they be;
A wonderous feast thy love prepares, [tears.
Bought with thy wounds, and groans, and
5 His dearest flesh he makes my food,
And bids me drink his richest blood ;
Here to these hilis my soul will come,
Till my beloved lead ine home.]
560- Martin's Lane 67, Newcourt 173*
(Hymn 68. B. 1. L. M.)
The Banquet of Love, Sol. Song ii. 1 — 4, 6, 7.
1 TDEHOLb the Rose of Sharon here,
X3 The Lily which the valliesbear;
Behold the Tree cf Life, that gives
Refreshing fruit and healing leaves.
2 Amongst ihe thorns so lilies shine;
Amongst wild gourds the noble vine ;
3 Beneath his cooling shade I sat
To shield me from the burning heat;
Of heavenly fruit he spreads a feast
To feed my eyes and please my taste.
4 [Kindly he brought me to the place
Where stands the banquet of his grace,
He saw me faint, and o'er my head
The banner of his love he spread.
5 With living bread and generous wine
He cheers "this sinking heart of mine ;
And opening his own heart to me.
He shews his thoughts, how kind they be.]
6 O never let my Lord depart,
Lie down and rest upon ray heart;
I charge my sins not once to move,
Nor stir, nor wake, nor grieve my love.
561- Kimbolton 251, Bromley 104.
(Hymn 60. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ appearing to his Church, and seeking
her Company, Sol. Song, ii. 8 — 13*
1 rr.HF, voice of my beloved sounds
X Over the rocks and rising grounds,
O'er hills of guilt and seas of grief
He leaps, he flies to my relief.
562, 563
SOLOMON'S SONG.
564, 565
2 Now thro' the veil of flesh I see
With eyes of love he looks at me ;
Now in the gospel's clearest glass
He shews the beauties of his face.
3 Gently he draws my heart along
Both with his beauties and nis tongue:
1 Rise, (saith my Lord) make haste away,
* No mortal joys are worth thy stay.
4 ' The Jewish wint'ry state is gone,
* The mist* are fled", the spring comes on,
* The sacred turtle-dove v\e hear
* Proclaim the new, the joyful year.
5 'Th' immortal vine of heavenly root'
1 Blossoms and buds, and gives her fruit ;»
Lo, we are come to taste the trine ;
Our souls rejoice and bless the vine.
I And when we hear our Jesus say,
' Rise up my love, make haste away !'
Our hearts would fain out-fly the wind,
And leave alt earthly loves behind.
562- Newcourt 173, Lang don 217.
(Hymn 70. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ inviting, and the Church, answering
the Invitation, Sol. Song ii. 14, 16, 17.
1 rTTARK, the Redeemer from on high
L-Ll Sweetly invites his favourites nigh;
From caves of darkness and of doubt,
He gently speaks, and calls us out:
2 * My dove, who hidest in the rock,
' Tliine heart almost with sorrow broke,
' Lift up thy face, forget thy fear,
* And let thy voice delight mine ear :
3 ' Thy voice to me sounds ever sweet ;
* My graces in thy countenance meet;
' Tho' the vain world thy face despise,
« 'Tis bright and comely* in mine eyes.'
4 Dear Lord, our thankful heart receives
The hope thine invitation gives:
To thee our joyful lips shall raise
The voice of prayer, and of pr-tise.]
5 [I am my love's, and he is mine ;
Our hearts, our hopes, our passions join :
Nor let a motion, nor a word,
Nor thought arise to grieve my Lord.
6 My soul to pastures fair he leads,
Amongst the lilies where he feeds ;
Amongst the saints (whose robes are white
Wash'd in his blood) is his delight.
7 Till the day break, and shadows flee,
Till the sweet dawning light I see,
Thine eyes to me-ward often turn,
Nor let my soul in darkness mourn.
6 Be like a hart on mountains green,
Leap o'er the hills of fear and sin ;
Nor guilt, nor unbelief divide
My love, my Saviour from my side.]
563. Bredby 1G5, New Sabbath 122.
(Hymn 71. B. I. L. M.)
Christ found in the Street, and brought to the
Church, Sol. Song iii. 1 — 5.
1 i~\FTEN I seek my Lord by night,
V7 Jesus, my low", my soul's delight;
With warm desire and restless thought
I setk him oft, but find him not.
2 Then I arise and search the street,
Till I my Lord, mv Saviour meet;
I ask the watchmen of the night,
' Where did you see my soul's delight V
3 Sometimes I find him in my way,
Directed by a heaveaily ray;
I leap for joy to see nis face,
And hold him fast in mine embrace.
4 [I bring him to my mother's home,
Nor does my Lord refuse to come,
To Sion's sacred chambers, where
My soul first drew the vital air.
5 He gives me there his bleeding heart,
Pieuc'd for my sake with deadly smart ;
I give my soul to him, and there
Our loves their mutual tokens share.]
6 I charge you all, ye earthly toys,
Approach" not to disturb my joys;
Nor sin, nor hell come near my heart,
Nor cause my Saviour to depart.
564. Derby 169, Redemption 243.
(Hymn 72. B. 1. L. M.)
The Coronation of Christ, and Espousals of the
Church, Scl. Song iii. 2.
1 XyXUGHTERS of Sion, come, behold
JLf The crown of honour and of gold,
Which the glad church with joys unknown
Plac'd ou the head of Solomon."
2 Jesus, thou everlasting King,
Accept the tribute which we bring,
Accept the well-desf rv'd renown,
And wear our praises as thy crown.
3 Let every act of worship be
Like our espousals, Lord, to thee;
Like the dear hour when from above
We first receiv'd thy pledge of love.
4 The gladness of that happy dav,
Our hearts vould wish it long to stay,
Nor let our faith forsake its hold,
Nor comfort sink, nor iove grow cold.
5 Each following minute as it flies,
Increase thy praise, improve our joys,
Till we are rais'd to sin? thy name *
At the great supper of the lamb.
6 O that the months would roll away,
And bring that coronation-day I
The king of grace shall fill the throne
With all his Father's glories on.
565* Bredby 165, Horsley 205.
(Hymn 73. H. I. L. M.)
The Church's Beauty in the Eyes of Christ,
Sol. Song iv. i, 10, 11, 7, 9, 8.
1 TZ IND is the speech of Christ our Lord,
XV Affection sounds in every word,
' Lo, thou art fair, my live,' he cries,
■ Not the young doves have sweeter eyes.
2 [' Sweet are thy lips, thy pleasing voice
■ Salutes mine ear with'secret joys,
' No spice so much delights the smell,
1 Nor milk nor honey taste so well.]
3 ' Thou art all fair, my bride, to me,
' I will behold no spot in thee.'
What iiiighty wonders love performs,
And purs a comeliness on worms!
4 Defil'd and loathsome as we are,
He makes us white, and calls us fair;
Adorns us with thai h-avenly dress,
His graces, and his righteousness.
5 ' My sister and my spouse.' he cries,
' Bo"uud to my hear! by various ties,
' Thy powerful love my heart detains
1 In strong delight and pleasing chains.'
F 12
566, 567
SOLOMON'S SONG.
568, 569
6 He calls me from the leopard's den,
From this wild world of beasts and men,
7 Nor dens of prey, nor flowery plains,
Nor earthly joys, nor earthly pains
Shall hold my feet, or force my stay,
When Christ invites my soul away.
566' Kimbolton 251, Martin's Lane 67.
(Hymn 74. B. 1. L. M.)
The Church the Garden of Christ, Sol. Song
iv. 12, 14, 15. andv. I.
1 \\7"E are a garden wall'd around,
Tt Chosen and made peculiar ground;
2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand
Planted by God the Father's hand;
And all his springs in Sion flow
To make the young plantation grow.
3 Awake, O heavenly wind, and come,
Blow on this garden of perfume ;
Spirit divine, descend and breathe
A gracious gale on plants beneath.
4 Make our best spices flow abroad
To entertain our Saviour-God :
And faith, and love, and joy appear,
And every grace be active here.
5 [Let my beloved come, and taste
His ple'asant fruits at his own feast:
' I come, my spouse, I come/ he cries,
With love and pleasure in his eyes.
6 Our Lord into bis garden comes,
Well pleas'd to smell our poor perfumes,
And calls us to a feast divine,
Sweeter than honey, milk, or wine.
7 * Eat of the tree of life, my friends,
1 The blessings that my Father sends;
' Your taste shall all my dainties prove,
* And drink abundance of my love.'
8 Jesus, we will frequent thy board,
And sing the bounties of our Lord :
But the rich food on which we live
Demands more praise than tongues can give.]
567* Newcourt 173, Mark's 65.
(Hymn 75. B. 1. L. M.)
The Description of Christ the Belovedf
Sol. Song v. 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16.
1 ri^HE wondering world enquires to know
A Why I should love my Jesus so :
* What a're his charms,' say they, ' above
* The objects of a mortal love?'*
2 Yes, my beloved? to my sight,
Shews a sweet mixture, red and white :
All human beauties, all divine
In my beloved meet and shine.
3 White is his soul, from blemish free;
Red with the blood he shed for me;
The fairest of ten thousand fairs :
A 6im amongst ten thousand stars.
4 [His head the finest gold excels,
There wisdom in perfection dwells;
And glory like a crown adorns
Those temples once beset with thorns.
5 Compassions in his heart are found,
Hard by the signals of his wound ;
His sacred side no more shall bear
The cruel scourge, the piercing spear.]
6 [His hands are fairer to behold
Than diamonds set in rings of gold ;
Those heavenly hands that on the tree
Were nail'd, and torn, and bled for me.
7 Tho' once he bow'd his feeble knees,
Loaded with sins and agonies,
Now on the throne of his command
His legs like marble pillars stand.]
8 [His eyes are majesty and love,
The eagle temper'd with the dove :
No more shall trickling sorrows roll
Thro' those dear windows of his soul.
9 His mouth that pour'd out long complaints,
Now smiles, and cheers hjs fainting saints:
His countenance more graceful is
Than Lebanon with all its trees.]
10 All over glorious is my Lord,
Must be belov'd, and yet ador'd :
His worth if all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love him too.]
568* Martin's Lane 07, Bredby 165.
(Hymn 76. B. 1. L. M.)
Christ dwells in Heaven, but visits on Earth,
Sol. Song vi. i, 2, 3, 12.
1 "IXTHEN strangers stand and hear me tell
▼ T What beauties in my Saviour dwell;
Where be is gone, they fain would know,
That they may seek and love him too.
2 My best-beloved keeps his throne
On hills of lighi, in worlds unknown;
But he descends, and shews his face
In the young gardens of his grace.
3 [In vineyards planted by his hand,
W'here fruitful trees in order stand;
He feeds among the spicy beds,
Where lilies show their spotless heads.
4 He has engross'd my warmest love,
No earthly charms my soul can move:
I have a mansion in his heart,
Nor death nor hell shall make us part.]
5 [He takes my soul ere I'm aware,
And shows me where his glories are ;
No chariot of Amminadib
The heavenly rapture can describe.
6 O may my spirit daily rise
On wings of faith above the skies,
Till death shall make my last remove
To dwell for ever with my love.]
569- Leeds 19, Truro 105.
(Hymn 77. B. 1. L. M.)
The Love of Christ to the Church, in his Lan-
guage to her, and Provisions for her, Sol.
Song vii. 5, 6, 9, 12, 11.
1 1VTOW in the galleries of his grace
-L» Appears the king, and thus he says,
' How fair my saints are in my sight !
' My love how pleasant for delight !'
2 Kind is thy language, Sovereign Lord,
There's heavenly grace in every word :
From that dear mouth a stream divine
Flows sweeter than the choicest wine.
3 Such wonderous love awakes the lip
Of saints that were almost asleep,
To speak the praises of thy name,
And makes our cold affections flame.
4 These are the joys he lets us know
In fields and villages below,
Gives us a relish of his love,
But keeps his noblest feast above.
570
TIMES AND SEASONS. 571, 572, 573, 574
5 In paradise within the gates
An higher entertainment waits;
Fruits~new and old laid up in store,
Where we shall feed, but thirst no more.
570. Ulverston 179. Magdalene 214.
(Hymn 78. B. I. L. M.)
The Strength of Christ's Love, and the Soid'i
Jealousy of her own, Sol. Song viii. 5, 6, 7.
13, 14.
1 fVl/'HO is this fair one in distress,
L It That travels from the wilderness?
And press'd with sorrows and with sins,
On her beloved Lord she leans.
2 This is the spouse of Christ our God,
Bought with the treasure of his blood :
And~her request and her complaint
Is but the voice of every saint.]
3 ' O let my name engraven stand,
• Both on thy heart and on thy hand :
1 Seal me upon thine arm ; and wear
1 That pledge of love for ever there.
4 ' Stronger than death thy love is known,
1 \Uiicn floods of wrath could never drown;
' And hell and earth in vain combine
' To quench a fire so much divine.
5 * But I am jealous of my heart,
' Lest it should once from thee depart ;
' Then let thy name be well imprest
• As a fair signet on my brtast.
6 ' Till thou hast brought me to thy home,
• Where fears and doubts can never come,
• Thy countenance let me often see,
1 And often thou shalt hear from me.
7 ' Come, my beloved, has e away,
• Cut short" the hours of thy delay,
• F;v like a youthful hart or roe
• Over the hills where spices grow.'
TIMES AND SEASONS.
MORNING AND EVENING.
571. Ailie Street 241, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 79-B.l. L. M.)
A Morning Hymn.
Psalm xix. r>, 8. and lxxiii. 24. 25.
1 /~1 OD of the morning, at whose voice
VT The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And like a giant doth rejoice
To run his journey thro' the skies;
2 From the fair chambers of the east
The circuit of his race begin5;,
And without weariness or rest,
Round the whole earth he flies and shines :
3 O like the sun may I fulfil
Th' appointed duties of the day,
With ready mind and active will
March on and keep ray heavenly way.
4 [But I shall rove and lose the race,
If God my sun should disappear,
And leave me in this world's wild maze
To follow every wandering star.
5 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,
Enlightening our beclouded eyes,
Thy threatening* just, thy promise sure,
Thy gospel ruakts the simple wise.]
6 Give me thy counsel* for my °;uide,
And then receive me to thy bliss ;
All my desires and hopes beside
Are faint and cold compar'd with this.
572- Bedford 91, Hammond 220, Neic York 53.
(Hymn 6. B. 2. C. M.)
A Morning Song.
1 /"YNCE more, my soul, the rising day
VJ Salutes thy waking eyes,
Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay
To him that rules the skies.
2 Nisht unto night his name repeats,
The day renews the sound,
Wide as the heaven on which he sits
To turn the seasons round.
3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame,
My tongue shall speak his praise ;
My sins would rouse his wr ah to flame,
And yet his wrath delays.
4 [On a poor worm thy power might tread.
And I could ne'er' withstand;
Thy justice niuht have crush'd me dead.
But mercy held thine hand.
5 A thousand wretched souls are fled
Since the last netting sun,
And yet thou length'nest out my thread,
And yet my moments run.]
6 Dear God, let all my hours be thine
Vvhilst 1 enjoy the light,
Then shall m\ sun in smilts decline,
And bring a pleasing night.
573> Portugal 97, Pappon's 188, Magdalene 2l4»
(Psalm 3. 1—5, 8. L. M.)
A Morning Psalm.
1 f\ LORD, how many are my foes,
VJ In this weak state of flesh and blood !
My peace they daily discompose,
But my defence and hope is God.
2 Tir'd with the burdens of the day,
To thee I rais'd an evening cry;
Thou heard'st when I began to pray.
And thine Almighty help was nigh.
3 Supported by thine heavenly aid,
I laid me down, and slept secure;
Not death should make my heart afraid,
Tho' I should wake and rise no more.
4 But God sustain'd me all the night;
Salvation doth to God belong ;
He rais'd my head to see the li-rht,
And make his praise my morning song.
574* Kimbolion 251, Newcoart 173, New Sab-
bath 122.
(Hymn 81. B. i. L. MO
A Song for Morning or Evening ,
Lam. iii. 23. Isa. xlv.7.
1 1VT Y God, how endless is thy love !
JjJL Thy gifts are every evening new,
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew,
G
575, 576, 577 TIMES AND SEASONS. 578, 579, 580
2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night,
Great guardian of my sleeping hours;
Thy sov'reign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
3 I yield my powers to thy command,
To thee I consecrate my days ;
Perpetual blessings from thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
575. Magdalene 214, Hotham 224, Portugal 97.
(Psalm 141. ver. 2—5. L. M.)
Watchfulness and brotherly Reproof.
A Morning or Evening Psalm.
1 TVTY God, accept my early vows,
JLtA Like morning-incense in thine house,
And let my nightly worship rise
Sweet as the evening sacrifice.
2 Watch o'er my lips, and guard them, Lord,
From every rash and heedless word ;
Nor let my feet incline to tread
The- guilty path where sinners lead.
3 O may the righteous, when I stray,
Smite, and reprove my wandering way!
Their gentle words, like ointment shed,
Shall never bruise, but cheer my head.
4 When I behold them prest with grief,
I'll cry to heaven for their relief;
And by my warm petitions prove
How much I prize their faithful love.
576' James's 1G3, Sprague 166, Bedfordn.
(Hymn 8. B. 2. C. M.)
An Hymn for Morning or Evening,
1 TTOSANNA, with a cheerful sound,
JlX To God's upholding hand,
Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And yet secure we stand.
2 That was a most amazing power
That rais'd us with a word,
And every day and every heur
We lean upon the Lord.
3 The evening rests our weary head,
And angels guard the room ;
We wake and we admire the bed
That was not made our tomb.
4 The rising morning can't assure
That we shall end the day,
For death stands ready at the door
To seize our lives away.
5 Our breath is forfeited by sin
To God's revenging law ;
We own thy grace, Immortal King,
In every gasp we draw.
6 God is our sun, whose daily light
Our joy and safety brings:
Our feeble flesh lies safe at night
Beneath his shady wings.
^77. Magdalene 214, Kothwell 174, Mark's 65.
(Hymn «0. B. I, L. M.)
An Evening Hymn.
Psalm iv. 8. and iii. 5, 6. and cxliii. 8.
1 mHUS far the Lord has led me on,
X T us far his power prolongs my days ;
And every evening- sha'l make known
Some fresh memorial of his grace.
2 Much of my time has run to waste,
And I perhaps am near my home;
But he forgives my follies past,
He gives me strength for days to come.
3 I lay my body down to sleep,
Peace is the pillow for my head,
While well-appointedangels keep
Their watchful stations round my bed.
4 In vain the sons of earth or hell
Tell me a thousand frightful things,
My God in safety makes me dwell
Beneath the shadow of his wings.
5 [Faith in his name forbids my fear:
O may thy presence ne'er depart !
And in the morning make me hear
The love and kindness of thy heart.
6 Thus when the night of death shall come,
My flesh shall rest beneath the ground,
And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb,
With sweet salvation in the sound.]
578* Abridge 201, Maidstone 196, Ann's Si.
(Hymn 7. B. 2. C. M.)
An Evening Song.
1 r T\READ Sov'reign, let my evening song
L-"-/ Like holy incense rise!
Assist the offerings of my tongue
To reach the lofty skies.
2 Thro' all the dangers of the day,
Thy hand was still my guard,
And still to drive my wants away
Thy mercy stood prepar'd.
3 Perpetual blessings from above
Encompass me around,
But Oh how few returns of love
Hath my Creator found !
4 What have I done for him that dy'd
To save my wretched soul !
How are my "follies multiply 'd,
Fast as my minutes roll!
5 Lord, with this guilty heart of mine
To thy dear cross I flee,
And to thy grace my soul resign
To be renew'd by thee.
6 Sprinkled afresh with pardoning blood
I lay me down to rest,
As in th' embraces of my God,
Or on my Saviour's breast.
579* Bath Chapel 26, Condescension 1 16,
(Psalm 4. 3, 4, 5, 8. C. M.)
An Evening Psalm.
1 T ORD, thou wilt hear me when I pray;
-Li I am for ever thine;
I fear before thee all the day,
Nor would I dare to sin.
2 And while I rest my weary head
From cares and bus'nessfree,
'Tis sweet conversing on my bod
With my own heart and thee.
3 I pay this evening sacrifice ;
And when my work is done,
Great God, my faith and hope relies
Upon thy grace alone.
4 Thus with my thoughts compos'd to peace,
I'll give mine eyes to s:eep;
Thy hand in safety keeps my davs,
And will my slumbers keep.
580- Irish 171, Sprague 166, Brain tree 25.
(Psalm 139. ver. 14, 17, 18. 3d Part. C. M.)
The Mercies of God innumerable.
An Evening Psalm.
1 T ORD, when I count thy mercies o'er,
JU They strike me with surprise;
Not allrhe sands that spread the shore
To equal numbers rise.
2 My flegta with fear and wonder stands,
The product of thy skill,
And hourly blessings from thy hands
Ihy thoughts of love reveal.
581, 582, 5S3 SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
584, 585
3 These on my heart hy night I keep;
How kind, how dear to rue !
0 mav the hour that ends ray sleep
Still find ray thoughts with' thee.
531. Wantage 20\, Bangor 231, Newbury 132.
(Psalm 63, ver. 6—10. 2d Part. C M.)
Midnight Thoughts recollected.
1 >mWAS in the watches of the night
JL I thought upon thy power,
1 kept thy lovely face in sight
Amidst the darkest hour.
2 Iff flesh lay resting on my bed,
Rfj soul arose on high;"
1 My God, my life, my hope,' I said,
* Bring thy'salvation nigh.'
3 My spirit labours up thine hill,
And climbs the heavenly road ;
But thy right hand upholds me still,
While I pursue my God.
4 Thy mercy stretches o'er my head
The shadow of thy wings;
My heart rejoices in thine aid,
My tongue awakes and sings.
5 But the destroyers of my peace
Shall fret and rage in'vain;
The tempter shall for ever cease,
And all my sins be slain.
C Thy sword shall give my foes to death,
And send thenfdown to dwell
In the dark caverns of the earth,
Or to the deeps of hell.
THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
582« MilbournPort 183, Stamford 9, Elim 151.
(Psalm 65. 3d Part. C. M.)
The Blessings of the Spring; or, God gives
Rain.
A Psalm for the Husbandman.
1 #~1 OOD is the Lord, the heavenly Kin?,
VT Who makes the earth his care,
Visits the pastures every spring,
And bids the grass appear.
2 The clouds, like rivers rais'don high,
Pour out, at thy command,
Their watery blessings from ths sky,
To cheer the thirsty land.
3 The soften'd ridges of the field
Permit the corn to spring;
The rallies rich provision yield,
And the poor labourers sing.
4 The little hills on every side
Rejoice at falling showers;
The meadows, drest in all their pride,
Perfume the air with flowers.
5 The barren clods, refresh'd with rain,
Promise a joyful crop;
The parching grounds look green again,
And raise the reaper's hope.
6 The various months thy goodness crowns;
How bounteous are thy wavs !
The bleating flocks spread o'er the downs,
And shepherds shout thy praise.
583* MilesJs Lane 32, Foster 96.
(Psalm 65. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Providence of God in Air, Earth, and
Sea ; or, the Blessnig of Rain.
1 "T11^ by thy strength the mountains stand,
-■. God of eternal power ;
The sea grows calm at thy command,
And tempests cease to coar,
2 Thv morning light and evening shade
Successive" comforts bring;
Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad,
Thy flowers adorn the spring.
3 Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
Heaven, earth, and air arc thine;
When clouds distil in fruitful showers,
The author is divine.
4 Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
Borne hy the winds around,
Witt watery treasures well supply
The furrows of the ground.
5 The thirsty ridges driuk their fill,
And ranks of corn appear;
Thy ways abound with blessings still,
Thy goodness crowns the year.
584* Mark's 65, Gloucester 12, Wills 102.
(Psalm H7. 2d Part. L. M.)
Summer and Winter.
A Song for Great Britain.
1 f\ BRITAIN, praise thy nighty God,
\J And make his honours known abroad;
He bid the ocean round thee flow;
Not bars of brass could guard thee so.
2 Thy children are secure and blest;
Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest;
He'feeds thy sons with finest wheat,
And adds his blessing to their meat.
3 Thy changing seasons he ordains,
Thine early and thy later rains :
His flakes of snow" like wool he sends,
And thus the springing corn defends.
4 With hoary frost he strews the ground;
His hail de'scends with clattering sound :
Where is the man so vainlv bold
That dares defy his dreadful cold ?
5 He bids the southern breezes blow,
The ice dissolves, the waters flow ;
But he hath nobler works and ways
To call the Britons to his praise.
G To all the Isle his laws are shown,
His gospel thro' the nation known;
He hath not thus reveal'd his word
To every land : Praise ye the Lord.
585» Staughton 264, Milbourn Port 183, Great
Milton 212.
(Psalm 147, 7—9, 13—18. C. M.)
The Seasons of the Year.
1 \\/rITH songs and honours sounding loud
▼ ▼ Address the Lord on high:
Over the heavens he spreads his cloud,
And waters veil the sky.
2 He sends his showers of blessing down
To cheer the plains below ;
He makes the grass the mountains crows,
And corn in vallies grow.
3 He gives the grazing ox his meat,
He hears the ravens crv ;
But man, who tastes his finest wheat.
Should raise his honours high.
4 His steady counsels change the face
Of the declining year;"
He bids the sun cut short his race,
And wintery days appear.
5 His hoary frost, his fleecy snow
Descend and clothe the eround ;
The liquid streams forbear to flow,
Io icy fetters bound.
G 2
586, 587
TIMES AND SEASONS. 588, 589, 590
6 When from his dreadful stores on high
He pours the rattling hail,
The wretch that dares this God defy
Shall find his courage fail.
7 He sends his word and melts the snow,
The fields no longer mourn ;
He calls the warmer gales to blow,
And bids the spring return.
8 The changing wind, the flying cloud,
Obey his mighty word :
With songs and honours sounding loud,
Praise ye the sovereign Lord.
586* Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117, Wells 102.
(Psalm 29. L. M.)
Storm and Thunder.
1 /~1 IVE to the Lord, ye sons of fame,
vT Give to the Lord renown and power,
Ascribe due honours to his name,
And his eternal might adore.
2 The Lord proclaims his power aloud
Over the ocean and the land;
His voice divides the watery cloud,
And" lightnings blaze at his command.
3 He speaks, and tempest, hail, and wind,
Lay the wide forest bare around ;
The fearful hart, and frighted hind,
Leap at the terror of the sound.
4 To Lebanon he turns his voice,
And lo, the stately cedars break ;
The mountains tremble at the noise,
The vallies roar, the deserts quake.
5 The Lord sits sovereign on the flood,
The Thunderer reigns for ever king' ;
But makes his church his blest abode,
Where we his awful glories sing.
C In gentler language there the Lord
The counsels of his grace imparts;
Amidst the raging storm his word
Speaks peace and courage to our hearts.
587* Canterbury 199, London ISO.
(Hymn 62. B. 2. C. M.)
God the Thunderer ; or, the last Judgment,
and Hell.
(Made in a great sudden Storm of Thunder,
Aug. 20th, 16970
1 ^ING to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts,
^ And thou, O earth, adore,
Let death and hell thro' all their coasts
Stand trembling at his power.
2 His sounding chariot shakes the sky,
He makes the clouds his throne,
There all his stores of lightning lie,
Till vengeance dart them down.
3 His nostrils breathe out fiery streams,
And from his awful tongue
A sovereign voice divides the flames,
And thunder roars along.
4 Think, O my soul, the dreadful day
When this incensed God
Shall rend the sky, and burn the sea,
And fling his wrath abroad.
5 What shall the wretch the sinner do?
He once defy'd the Lord ;
But he shall dread the Thunderer now,
And sink beneath his word.
G'Tempests of angry fire shall roll
To blast the rebel-worm,
And beat upon his naked soul
In one eternal storm.
YOUTH AND OLD AGE.
588* Old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Ps. 8. v. l, 2. Paraphrased. 1st Part. L. M.)
The Hosanna of the Children ; or, Infants
praising God.
1 A LMIGHTY Ruler of the skies,
-£A-Thro'the wide earth thy name is spread,
And thine eternal glories rise,
O'er all the heavens thy hands have made.
2 To thee the voices of the young
A monument of honour raise;
And babes, with uninstructed tongue,
Declare the wonders of thy praise.
3 Thy power assists their te.nder age
To bring proud rebels to the ground,
To still the bold-blasphemer's rage,
And all their policies confound.
4 Children amidst thy temple throng
To see their great Redeemer's face;
The Son of David is their song,
And young hosannas fill the place.
5 The frowning scribes and angry priests
In vain their impious cavils bring;
Revenge sits silent in their breasts,
While Jewish babes proclaim their king.
.589' Green's Hundred 89, PauVs 246, Ulver-
ston 179.
(Psalm 34. ver. 11—22. 2d Part. L. M.)
Religious Education; or, Instructions of Piety.
1 /CHILDREN in years and know ledge young,
\j Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,
Attend the counsels of my tongue,
Let pious thoughts your minds employ.
2 If you desire a length of days,
And peace to crown your mortal state,
Restrain your feet from impious ways,
Your lips from slander and deceit.
S The eyes of God regard his saints,
His ears are open to their cries;
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.
4 To humble souls and broken hearts
God with his grace is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts
When men in deep contrition lie.
5 He tells their tears, he counts their groans,
His Son redeems their souls from death j
His Spirit heals their broken bones,
They in his praise employ their breath.
590- Worksop 31, Bath Chapel 26, James's 163.
(Psalm 34. ver. 11—22. 2d Part. C. M.)
Exhortations to Peace and Holiness.
1 |^1 OME, children, learn to fear the Lord;
KJ And that your days be long,
Let not a false or spiteful word
Be found upon your tongue.
2 Depart from mischief, practise love,
Pursue the works of peace ;
So shall the Lord your ways approve,
And set your souls at ease.
3 His eves awake to guard the just,
His'ears attend their cry;
When broken spirits dwell in dust,
The God of grace is nigh.
4 What tho' the sorrows here they taste
Are sharp and tedious too,
The Lord, who saves them all at last,
Is their supporter now.
591, 592, 593 YOUTH AND OLD AGE. 594, 595, 596
5 Evil shall smite the wicked dead;
But God secures his own,
Prevents the mischief when they slide,
Or heals the broken bone.
6 When desolation like a flood
O'er the proud sinner rolls,
Saints find a refuge in their God,
For he redeemed their souls.
591* Chard 175, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 23. B. 1. 2d Part. L. M.)
A hopeful Youth falling short of Heaven,
Mark x. 21.
1 TV/fUST all the charms of nature then
ilX So hopeless to salvation prove ?
Can hell demand, can heaven condemn
The man whom Jesus deigns to love? —
2 The man who sought the ways of truth,
Paid friends and neighboufs'all their due,
(A modest, sober, lovely youth)
And thought he wanted nothing now.
3 But mark the change ! thus spake the Lord,
' Come part with earth for heaven to-day ;'
The youth, astonish'd at the word,
In silent sadness went his way.
4 Poor virtues that he boasted so,
This te?t unable to endure ;
Let Christ, 'and grace, and glory go
To make his land and money stire!
5 Ah foolish choice of treasures here!
Ah fatal love of tempting gold!
Must this base world be bought so dear?
Are life and heaven so cheaply sold ?
6 In vain the charms of nature shine,
If this vile passion govern me :
Transform my soul, O love divine.
And make me part with all for thee.
59^- Angels Hymn 60, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 91. B. I. L. MJ
Advice to Youth; or, old Age and Death in an
unconverted State, Ecc). xii. 1, 7. isa. lxv. 20.
1 TVTOVV in the heat of youthful blood
JAi Remember your Creator God,
Behold, the months come hastening on
When you sh til say, My joys are gone.
2 Behold, the aged sinner goes
Laden with guilt and heavy woes
Down to the regions of the dead,
With endless curses on his head.
3 The dust returns to dust again,
The soul in agonies of pain
Ascends to God, not there to dwell,
But hears her doom, and sinks to hell.
4 Eternal King, I fear thy name,
Teach me to know how frail I am ;
And when my soul must hence remove,
Give me a mansion in thy love.
59.3. PauVs 246, Hotham 221.
(Hymn 89. B. 1. L. ML)
Youth and Judgment, Eccl. xi. 9.
1 "VT'E sons of Adam, vain and yottng,
X Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue,
Taste the delights your souis desire,
And give a loose to all your fire:
2 Pursue the pleasures you design,
And r heer your hearts with songs and wine,
Enjoy the aay of mirth ; but know
There is a day of judgment too.
3 God from on high beholds vour thoughts,
His book records your secret faults;
The works of darkness you have done
Must all appear before the sun.
4 The vengeance to your follies due
Should strike your hearts with terror thro';
How will ye stand before his face,
Or answer for his injur'd grace ?
5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes
From these alluring vanities ;
And let the thunder of thy word
Awake their souls to fear" the Lord.
594. Abridge 201, Charmouih 28, Brighthelm*
stone 208.'
(Hymn 90. B. 1. C. M.)
The same.
„ tribes of A
nd thro' all nature rove,
Fulfil the Irishes of their eyes,
And taste the joys they love.
2 They give a loose to wild desires,
But let the sinners know
The strict account that God requires
Of all the works they do.
3 The Judge prepares his throne on high,
The frighted earth and seas
Avoid the fury of his eye,
And flee before his face.
4 How shall I bear that dreadful day,
And stand the fierj test?
I gi\e all mortal joys away
To be for ever blest.
595- Waisal 257, Ludlow 84.
(Psalm 90. \er. 8, 11, 9, 10, 12. 2d Part. C. M.)
Infirmities and Mortality the Effect of Sin; or,
Life, Old Age, and Preparation for Death.
1 T ORD, if thine eyes survey our faults,
J-J And justice grow severe,
Thy dreadful wrath exceeds our thoughts,
And burns beyond our fear.
2 Thine anger turns our frame to dust;
By out offence to thee
Adam with all his sons have lost
Their immortality.
3 Life like a vain amusement flies,
A fable or a song ;
By swift degrees our nature dies,
Nor can our joys be long.
4 'Tis but a few whose days amount
To threescore years and ten ;
And all beyond that short account
Is sorrow, toil, and pain.
5 [Our vitals with laborious strife
Bear up the crazy load,
And drag those poor remains of life
Along the tiresome road.]
(1 Almighty God, reveal thy love,
And not thy wrath alone;
O let our sweet experience prove
The mercies of thy throne !
7 Our souls would learn the heavenly art
T' improve the hours we have,
That we may act the wiser part,
And live beyond the grave.
596' Bangor 331, Brighthelmstone 508.
(Psalm 71. ver. 5—9. 1st Part. C. M.)
The aged SainVs Reflection and Hope.
1 "]\ FY God, my everlasting hope,
1»X I live upo'n thy truth;
Thine hands have held my childhood up,
And strengthen'd all my youth.
2 My flesh was fashion'd by thy power,
With all these limbs of mine;
And from my mother's painful hour
I've been entirely thine.
G 3
597, 598
TIMES AND SEASONS.
599, 600
3 Still has my life new wonders seen
Repeated every year ;
Behold my days that yet remain,
I trust them to thy care.
4 Cast me not off when strength declines,
When hoary hair* arise;
And round me let thy glory shine
Whem 'er thy servant dies.
.5 Then in the history of my age,
When men revie'w my days,
They'll read thy love in every page,
In every line thy praise.
597* Bangor 231, Crowle 3.
(Psalm 71. ver. 17—21. 3d Part. C. M.)
The aged Christian's Prayer and Song ; or, old
Age, Death, and the Resurrection.
1 /~i OD of my childhood and my youth,
IJ The guide of all my days,
J have declar'd thy heavenly truth,
And told thy wonderous ways.
2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs,
And leave my fainting heart?
Who shall sustain my sinking years
If God my strength depart?
3 Let me thy power and truth proclaim
To the surviving asre,
And leave a savour of thy name
When I shall quit the stage.
4 The land of silence and of death
Attends my next remove ;
O may these poor remains of breath
Teach the wide world thy love!
Froome 255. PAUSE. Salem 139.
i, Thy righteousness is deep and high,
Unsearchable thy deeds;
Thy glory spreads beyond the sky,
And ail my praise exceeds.
6 Oft have I heard thy threatenings roar,
And oft endur'd the grief;
But when thy hand has prest me sore,
Thy grace was my relief.
7 By long experience have I known
Thy sovereign power to save;
At thy command 1 venture down
Securely to the grave.
8 When I lie buried deep in dust,
My flesh shall be thy care;
These withering limbs with thee I trust
To raise them strong and fair.
FAST AND THANKSGIVING DAYS, &c.
598- Walsal 237, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 10. C. M.)
Prayer heard, and Saints saved; or, Pride,
Atheism, and Oppression punished.
For a Humiliation Dav.
1 V17HY doth the Lord stand o"ff so far,
▼ Y And why conceal his face,
When great calamities appear,
And times of deep distress!
2 Lord, shall the wicked still deride
Thy justice and thy power?
Shall they advance their heads in pride,
And still thy saints devour?
3 They put thy judgments from their sight,
And then insult the poor;
They boast in their exalted height
That they shall fall no more.
4 Arise, O God, lift up thine hand,
Attend our humble cry;
No enemy shall dare to stand
When God ascend6 on high.
Sprague 166. PAUSE. Worksop 31.
5 Why do the men of malice rage,
And say with foolish pride,
' The God of heaven will ne'er engage
* To fight on Zioirs side r
6 But thou for ever art our Lord;
And powerful is thine hand,
As when the heathens felt thy sword,
And perish'd from thy land.
7 Thou wilt prepare our hearts to pray,
And cause thine ear to hear;
He hearken? what his children say,
And puts the world in fear.
8 Proud tyrants shall no more oppress;
No more despise the just;
And mighty sinners shall confess
They are but earth and dust.
599* Worksop 31, James's 163.
(Psalm 12. C. M.)
Complaint of a general Corruption of Manners ;
or, the Promise and Signs of Christ's coming
to Judgment,
1 XTELP, Lord, for men of virtue fail,
XJL Religion loses ground ;
The sons of violence prevail,
And treacheries abound.
2 Their oaths and promises they break,
Yet act the flatterer's part;
With fair deceitful lips they speak,
And with a double heart.
3 If we reprove some hateful lie,
How is their fury stirr'd?
* Are not our lips our own,' they cry,
* And who shall be our Lord V
4 Scoffers appear on every side,
W here a vile race of men
Is rais'd to seats of power and pride,
And bears the sword in vain.
PAUSE. James's 163,
5 Lord, when iniquities abound,
And blasphemy grows bold,
When faith is hardly to be found,
And love is waxing cold,
6 Is not thy chariot hastening on ?
Hast thou not given this sign?
May we not trust and live upon
A promise so divine?
7 ' Yes,' saith the Lord, ' now will I rise,
' And make oppressors flee;
* I shall appear to their surprise,
* And set my servants free.'
8 Thy word, like silver seven times try'd,
Thro' ages shall endure;
The men that in thy truth confide
Shall find the promise sure.
600» Kwgsbridge 88, Ulverston 179.
(Psalm 12. L. M.)
The Saint's Safety and Hope in Evil Times ; or,
Sins of the Tongue complained of; viz. Mas-
phemy, Falsehood, &c.
1 T ORD, if thou dost not soon appear,
XJ Virtue and truth will fly away;
A faithful man, amongst us here,
Will scarce be found, if thou delay.
2 The whole discourse, when neighbours meet,
Is fill'd with trifles loose and vain;
Their lips are flattery and deceit,
And their proud language is profane.
3 But lips, that with deceit abound,
Shall not maintain their triumph long;
The God of vengeance will confound
The flattering and blaspheming tongue.
601, 602
THANKSGIVING DAYS.
603, 604
4 « Yet shall our woivls be free,' they cry ;
« Our tongues shall be controul'd by none;
• Where is the Lord will ask us why]
' Or say, our lips are not our own P
5 The Lord who sees the poor opprest,
And hears th' oppressor's haughty strain,
"Will rise to ?ive his children rest,
Nor shall they trust his word in vain.
6 Thy word, O Lord, tbo' often try'd,
Void of deceit shall still appear;
Not silver, seven times purified
From dross and mixture, shines so clear.
7 Thy grace shall in the darkest hour
Defend the holy soul from harm ;
Tho' when the vilest men have power
On every side will sinners swarm.
601- Walsal 237, Bangor 231.
(Psalm 60. ver. 1—5, 10—12. C. M.)
On a Day of Humiliation for Disappointments
in War.
1 T ORD, hast thou cast the nation off?
JlJ Must we for ever mourn?
Wilt thou indulge immortal wrath ?
Shall mercy ne'er return ?
2 The terror of one frown of thine
Melts all our strength away ;
Like men that totter drunk with wine,
We tremble in dismay.
3 Great Britain shakes beneath thy stroke,
And dreads thy threatening hand;
O heal the island thou hast broke,
Confirm the wavering land.
i Lift up a banner in the field,
For those that fear thy name ;
Save thy beloved with thy shield,
And put our foes to shame.
5 Go with our armies to the fight,
Like a confederate God ;
In vain confederate powers unite
Against thy lifted rod.
6 Our troops shall gain a wide renown
By thine assisting hand ;
'Tis'God that treads the mighty down,
And makes the feeble stand.
602- Wareham 117, Winchester 137.
(Psalm 20. L. M.)
Prayer and Hope of Victory.
For a Day of Prayer in Time of War.
1 "VfOW may the God of power and grace
iAI Attend his people's humble cry !
Jehovah hears, when Israel prays,"
And brings deliverance from on high.
2 The name of Jacob's God defends
Better than shields or brazen walls ;
He from his sanctuary sends
Succour and strength, when Zion calls.
3 Well he remembers all our si?hs,
His love exceeds our best deserts;
His love accepts the sacrifice
Of humble groans and broken hearts.
4 In his salvation is our hope,
And, in the name of Israel's God,
Our troops shall lift their banners up,
Our navies spread their flags abroad.
5 Some trust in horses train'd for war,
And some of chariots make their boasts;
Our surest expectations are
From thee, the Lord of heavenly hosts.
6 [O ! may the memory of thy name
Inspire our armies for the right !
Our foes shall fall and die with shame,
Or quit the field with shameful flight.]
7 Now save us, Lord, from slavish fear;
Now let our hopes be firm and strong,
Till the salvation shall appear,
And joy and triumph raise the song.
603. Portugal 97, Green's Hundred 89.
(Hymn SO. B. 1. L. M.)
Prayer for Deliverance answered,
Isa. xxv i. 6—12, 20, 21.
ITN thine own ways, O God of love,
JL We wait the visits of thy grace,
Our soul's desire is to thy name,
And the remembrauce of thy face.
2 Mv thoughts are searching, Lord, for thee,
'Mongst the black shades of lonesome night;
My earnest cries salute the skies
Before the dawn restore the light.
3 Look, how rebellious men deride
The tender patience of my God;
But they shall see thy lifted hand,
And feel the scourges of thy rod.
4 Hark, the Eternal rends the sky,
A mighty voice before him goes,
A voice of music to his friends,
But threatening thunder to his foes.
5 Come, children, to your father's arm?,
Hide in the chambers of my grace,
Till the fierce storms be overblown,
And my revenging fury cease.
6 My sword shall boast its thousands slain,
And drink the blood of haughty kings,
While heavenly peace around my flock
Stretches its soft and shady wings.
604« Wells 102, Derby 169, Coombs's 45.
(Hymn 1. B. 2. L. M.)
A Song of Praise to God from Great Britain*
1 "VJATURE with all her powers shall sing
i-\ God the Creator and the King;
Nor air, nor earth, nor skies, nor seas
Deny the tribute of their praise.
2 [Begin to make his glories known,
Ye seraphs that sit near his throne ;
Tune your harps high, and spread the sound
To the creation's utmost bound.
3 All mortal things of meaner frame,
Extrt your force and own his name;
Whilst with our souls and with our voice
We sing his honours and our joys.]
4 [To him be sacred all we have
From the young cradle to the grave :
Our lips shall his loud wonders tell,
And every word a miracle.]
5 [This northern isle, our native land,
Lies safe in God th' Almighty's hand:
Our foes of victory dream in vain,
And wear the captivating chain.
6 He builds and guards the British throne,
And makes it gracious like his own,
M ikes our successive princes kind,
And gives our dangers to the wind.}
7 Raise monumental praises high
To him that thunders thro' the sky,
And with an awful nod or frown
Shakes an aspiring tyrant dow n.
8 [Pillars of lasting brass proclaim
The triumphs ofth' eternal name;
Wrhile trembling nations read from far
The honours of the God of War-]
G4
605, 606, 607 TIMES AND SEASONS.
608, 609
9 Thus let our flaming zeal employ
Our loftiest thoughts and loudest songs;
Britain pronounce with warmest joy
Hosanna from ten thousand tongues.
10 Yet, mighty Cod, our feeble frame
Attempts in vain to reach thy name ;
The strongest notes that angels raise
Faint in the worship and the praise.
60$. Rothwell 174, Derby 1G9, Leicton SO.
(Psalm 144. ver. 12—15. 3d Part. L. M.)
Grace above Riches; or, the happy Nation.
1 TTAPPY the city, where their sons
XI Like pillars round a palace set,
And daughters bright as polish'd stones
Give strength and beauty to the state.
2 Happy the country, where the sheep,
Cattle, and corn, have large increase;
Where men securely work or sleep,
Nor sons of plunder break the peace.
3 Happy the nation thus endow'd,
But more divinely blest are those
On whom the all-sufficient God
Himself with all his grace bestows.
606- Cambridge New 74, Missionary 237.
(Psalm 67. C. M.)
The Nation's Prosperity and the Church's
Increase.
1 CJHINE, mighty God, on Britain shine
Jo With beams of heavenly grace;
Reveal thy power through all our coasts,
And shew thy smiling face.
2 [Amidst our isle, exalted high,
Do thou our glory stand,
And like a wall of guardian fire
Surround the favourite land.]
3 When shall thv name, from shore to shore,
Sound all the earth abroad,
And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God ?
4 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
Sing loud with solemn voice;
While British tongues exalt his praise,
Aiid British hearts rejoice.
5 He the great Lord, the sovereign judge,
That sits enthron'd above,
Wisely commands the worlds he made
In justice and in love.
6 Earth shall obey her Maker's will,
And yield a full increase;
Our God will crown his chosen isle
With fruitfulness and peace.
7 God the Redeemer scatters round
His choicest favours here,
While the creation's utmost bound
Shall see, adore, and fear.
6QJ. Wareham 117, Green's Hundred 89.
(Psalm 107. Last Part. L. M.)
Colonies planted ; or, Nations blest and
punished.
A Psalm for New England.
1 TT17HEN God, provok'd with daring crimes,
YV Scourges the madness of the times,
He turns their fields to barren sand,
And dries the rivers from the land.
2 His word can raise the springs again,
And make the wither'd mountains green,
Send showery blessings from the skies,
And harvests in the desert rise.
3 [Where nothing dwelt but beasts of prey,
Or men as fierce and wild as they ;
He bids th' opprest and poor repair,
And builds them towns and cities there.
4 They sow the fields, and trees they plant,
Whose yearly fruit supplies their want :
Their race grows up from fruitful stocks,
Their wealth increases with their flocks.
5 Thus they are blest; but if they sin,
He lets the heathen nations in,
A savage crew invades their lands,
Their princes die by barbarous hands.
6 Their captive sons, expos'd to scorn,
Wander unpity'd and forlorn;
The country lies unfene'd, untill'd,
And desolation spreads the field.
7 Yet if the humbled nation mourns,
Again his dreadful hand he turns;
Again he makes their cities thrive,
And bids the dying churches live.]
8 The righteous, with a joyful sense,
Admire the works of Providence ;
And tongues of Atheists shall no more
Blaspheme the.God that saints adore.
9 How few, with pious care, record
These wonderous dealings of the Lord!
But wise observers still shall find
The Lord is holy, just, and kind.
60S' George's 2, Evans's 190.
(Hymn ill. B. 2. CM.)
Thanksgiving for Victory; or, Gad's Dominion
and our Deliverance.
1 r^ION rejoice, and Judah sing;
Zj The Lord assumes his throne;
Let Britain own the heavenly King,
And make his glories known.
2 The great, the wicked, and the proud,
From their high seats are hurl'd;
Jeho\ah rides upon a cloud,
And thunders' through the world.
3 He reigns upon th* eternal hills,
Distributes mortal crowns,
Empires are fix'd beneath his smiles,
And totter at his frowns.
4 Navies that rule the ocean wide
Are vanquished by his breath;
And legions arm'd with power and pride
Descend to watery death.
5 Let tyrants make no more pretence
To Vex our happy land ;
Jehovah's name is our defence,
Our buckler is his hand.
6 [Long may the King our sovereign live
To rule iis by his* word;
And all the honours he. can give
Be offer'd to the Lord.]
609- Cambridge New 74, Arlington 17.
(Psalm 18. 1st Part. C. M.)
Victory and Triumph over temporal Enemies.
1 \\TE love thee, Lord, and we adore,
y T Now is thine arm reveal'd;
Thou art our strength, our heavenly tower,
Our bulwark andour shield.
2 We fly to our eternal rock,
And find a sure defence;
His holy name our lips invoke,
And draw salvation thence.
* First edition was
" Long mav the QUEEN our Sovereign live
" To rule us by his word" viz. Jehovah's word :
" THE word," perhaps, would be proper now.
610, 611
THANKSGIVING DAYS.
612, 613
3 When God, our leader, shines in arms,
What mortal heart can bear
The thunder of his loud alarms?
The lightning of his spear!
4 He rides upon the winged wind,
And angels in array
In millions wait to know his mind,
And swift as flames obey.
5 He speaks, and at his fierce rebuke
Whole armies are dismay'd;
His voice, his frown, his angry look
Strikes all their courage dead.
6 He forms our generals for the fit Id,
With all their dreadful skill;
Gives them his awful sword to wield,
And makes their hearts of steel.
7 [He arms our captains to the fight,
Tho' there his name's forgot :
He girded Cyrus with his might,
But Cyrus knew him not.
8 Oft has the Lord whole nations blest
For his own church's sake :
The powers that give his people rest
Shall of his care partake.]
610« Liverpool 83, Cambridge New 74,
Evans's 190.
(Psalm 18. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Conqueror's Song.
1 rpO thine almighty arm we owe
A The triumphs or the day ;
Thy terrors, Lord, confound the foe,
And melt their strength away.
2 'Tis by thine aid our troops prevail,
And break united powers,
Or burn their boasted fleets, or scale
The proudest of their towers.
3 How have we chas'd them thro' the field,
And trod them to the ground,
While thy salvation was our shield,
But they no shelter found !
4 In vain to idol-saints they cry,
And perish in their blood;
Where is a rock so great, so high,
So powerful as our God ?
5 The rock of Israel ever lives,
His name be ever blest;
'Tis his own arm the victory gives,
And gives his people rest.
6 On kings that reign as David did,
He pours his blessings down ;
Secures their honours to their seed,
And well supports the crown.
611* Bramcoate 8, Lewton 30, Chard 175.
(Psalm 124. L. M.)
A Song for the Fifth of Noveynber.
1 TTAD not the Lord, may Israel say,
JlX Had not the Lord maintain'd our side,
When men, to make our lives a prey,
Rose like the swelling of the tide ;
2 The swelling tide had stopt our breath,
So fiercely did the waters roll,
We had been swallow'd deep in death;
Proud waters had o'erwhelm'd our soul.
S We leap for joy, we shout and sing,
Who just escap'd the fatal stroke;
So flies the bird with cheerful wing,
When once the fowler's snare is broke.
4 For ever blessed be the Lord,
Who broke the fowler's cursed snare,
Who sav'd us from the murdering sword,
And made our lives and souls his care.
5 Our help is in Jehovah's name,
Who forru'd the earth, and built the skies;
He that upholds that wonderous frame
Guards his own church with watchful eyes.
QX% Cambridge New 74, Tiverton 109,
Michael's 119.
(Hymn 92. B. 2. C. IM.)
The Church saved, and her Enemies
disappointed.
Composed the oth of November, 1694.
1 O HOUT to the Lord, and let our joys
£3 Through the whole nation run;
Ye British skies, resound the noise
Beyond the rising sun.
2 Thee, mighty God, our souls admire,
Thee our glad voices sing,
And join with the celestial choir
To praise th' eternal King.
3 Thy power the whole creation rules,
And on the starry skies
Sits smiling at the weak designs
Thine envious foes devise.
4 Thy scorn derides their feeble rage,
And with an awful frown
Flings vast confusion on their plots,
And shakes their Babel down.
5 [Their secret fires in caverns lay,
And ue the sacrifice:
But uloomy caverns strove in vain
To 'scape ail-searching eyes.
6 Their dark designs were all reveal'd,
Their treasons~all betray'd :
Praise to the God that broke the snare
Their cursed hands had laid.]
7 In vain the busy sons of hell
Still new rebellions try,
Their souls shall pine with envious rage,
And vex away and die.
8 Almighty grace defends our land
From their malicious power,
Let Britain with united songs
Almighty grace adore.
613. New Fiftieth 86, Guestwick 274.
(Psalm 115. 2d Metre.)
As the New Tune of the 50th Psalm.
Popish Idolatry reproved.
A Psalm for the 5th of November.
1 "V^OTto our names, Thou only just and true,
±\ Not to our worthless names is glory due :
Thy power and grace, thy truth and justice
claim
Immortal honours to thy sovereign name :
Shine thro' the earth from heaven, thy blt?t
abode,
Nor let the heathens sav, And where's your
God?
2 Heaven is thine higher court; there stands
thy throne,
And thro' the lower worlds thy will is done:
Our God fram'd all this earth," these heavens
he spread,
But fools adore the gods their hands have
made:
The kneeling crowd, with looks devout,
behold,'
Their silver-saviours, and their saints cf gold*
G 5
614
TIMES AND SEASONS. 615, 616, 617
3 [Vain are those artful shapes of eyes and ears ;
The molten image neither sees nor hears:
Their hands are helpless, nor their feet can
move, [ power, uor love ;
They have no speech, nor thought, nor
Yet sottish mortals make cheirlong complaints
To their deaf idols, and their moveless saints.
4 The rich have statues well adorn'd with gold ;
The poor, content with gods of coarser mould,
With tools of iron carve the senseless stock,
Lopt from a tree, or broken from a rock :
People and priest drive on the solemn trade.
And trust the gods that saws and hammers
made.
5 Be heaven and earth amaz'd ! 'Tis hard to say
Which is more stupid, or their gods or they :
O Israel, trust the Lord ; he hears and sees,
He knows thy sorrows, and restores thy peace:
His worship does a thousand comforts yield,
He is thy help, and he thy heavenly shield.
6 O Britain, trust the Lord : Thy foes in vain
Attempt thy ruin, and oppose his reign;
Had they prevail'd darkness had clos'd our
days,
And death and silence had forbid his praise :
But we are sav'd, and live : let songs arise,
And Britain bless the God that built the skies.
614. James's 163, Providence College 10.
(Psalm 76. C. M.)
Israel saved, and the Assyrians destroyed; or,
God's Vengeance against his Enemies proceeds
from his Church.
1 TN Judah God of old was known;
X His name in Israel great;
In Salem stood his holy throne,
And Sion was his seat.
2 Among the praises of his saints
His dwelling there he chose;
There he receiv'd their just complaints
Against their haughty foes.
3 From Sion went his dreadful word,
And broke the threatening spear;
The bow, the arrows, and the sword,
And cru6h'd th' Assyrian war.
4 What are the earth's wide kingdoms else
But mighty hills of prey?
The hill on which Jehovah dwells
Is glorious more than they.
5 'Twas Sion's king that stopp'd the breath
Of captains and their bands:
The men of might slept fast in death,
And never found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O Jacob's God,
Both horse and chariot fell:
Who knows the terrors of thy rod ?
Thy vengeance who can tell?
7 What power can stand before thy sight
When once thy wrath appears?
When heasen shines round with dreadful
The earth lies still and fears. [light,
$ When God in his own sovereign way
Comes down to save the opprest,
The wrath of man shall work his praise,
And he'll restrain the rest.
9 [Vow to the Lord, and tribute bring,
Ye princes, fear his frown;
His terror shakes the proudest king,
And cuts an army down.
10 The thunder of his sharp rebuke
Our haughty foes shall feel ;
For Jacob's God hath not forsook,
But dwells in Sion still.]
6$
J. Bedford 91, Ann's 58.
(Hymn 149. B. 2. C. M.)
Honotcr to Magistrates ; or, Government from,
God.
1 "INTERNAL Sovereign of the sky,
XL* And Lord of all below,
We mortals to thy majesty
Our first obedience owe.
2 Our souls adore thy throne supreme,
And bless thy providence
For magistrates of meaner name,
Our glory and defence.
3 [The crowns of British princes shine
With rays above the rest,
Where laws and liberties combine
To make the nation bless'd.]
4 Kingdoms on firm foundations stand,
While virtue finds reward;
And sinners perish from the land
By justice and the sword.
5 Let Caesar's due be ever paid
To Casar and his throne,
But consciences and souls were made
To be the Lord's alone.
616- Portugal 97, Magdalene 214.
(Psalm 101. L. M.)
The Magistrate's Psalm.
1 TAXERCY and judgment are my song;
lfj. And since they both to thee belong,
My gracious God, my righteous king,
To thee my songs and vows I bring.
2 ff I am rais'd to bear the sword,
I'll take my counsels from rliy word ;
Thy justice and thy heavenly grace
Shall be the pattern of my ways.
3 Let wisdom all my actions guide,
And let my God with me reside :
No wicked thing shall dwell with me,
Which may provoke thy jealousy.
4 No sons of slander, rage and strife
Shall be companions of my life;
The haughty look, the hea'rt of pride
Within my doors shall ne'er abide.
5 [I'll search the land, and raise the just
To posts of honour, wealth and trust:
The men that work thy holy will
Shall be my friends and favorites still.]
6 In vain shall sinners hope to rise
By flattering or malicious lies;
And while the innocent I guard,
The bold offender shaVt be spar'd.
7 The impious crew (that factious band)
Shall hide their heads, or quit the land;
And all that break the public rest
Where I have power, shall be supprest.
617. Mark's 65, Derby 169, Gloucester 12.
(Psalm 75. L. M.)
Power and Government from God alone.
Applied to the glorious Revolution by King
William, or the happy Accession of King
George to the Throne.
1 npO thee, most holy, and most hi<rh,
JL To thte, we bring our thankful praise;
Thy works declare thy name is nigh,
Thy works of wander and of grace.
2 Britain was doom'd to be a slave,
Her frame dissolved, her fears were great;
When God a new supporter gave
To bear the pillars of the state.
61S, 619 SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. 620, 621
3 He from thy hand receiv'd his crown,
And sware to rule by wholesome laws;
His foot shall tread th' oppressor down,
His arm defend the righteous cause.
4 Let haughty sinners sink their pride,
Nor lift so nigh their scornful head;
But lay their foolish thoughts aside,
And own the king that God haih made.
5 Such honours never come by chance,
Nor do the winds promotion blow ;
'Tis God the judge doth one advance,
'Tis God that lays another low.
6 No vain pretence to royal birth
Shall fix a tyrant on the throne :
God the gre'at sovereign of the earth
Will rise and make his justice known.
7 [His hand holds out the dreadful cup
Of vengeance, mix'd with various plagues,
To make the wicked drink them up,
Wring out and taste the bitter dregs.
e Now shall the Lord exalt the just,
And while he tramples on the proud,
And lavs their glorv in the dust,
My lips shall sing his praise aloud.]
618* Otford 106, Milbourn Port 183,
Evans's 190.
(Psalm 21. C. M.)
Our King is the Care of Heaveiu
1 npHE king, O Lord, with songs of praise,
A Shall in thy strength rejoice,
And, blest with thy salvation, raise
To heaven his cheerful voice.
2 Thy sure defence, thro' nations round,
Has spread his glorious name ;
And his successful actions crown'd
With majesty and fame.
3 Then let the king on God alone
For timely aid rely ;
His merry shall support the throne,
And all" our wants supply.
4 But, righteous Lord, his stubborn foes
Shall feel thy dreadful hand;
Thy vengeful arm shall find out those
That hate his mild command.
5 When thou against them dost engage,
Thy just but dreadful doom
Shall", like a fiery oven's rage,
Their hopes arid them consume.
« Thus, Lord, thy wonderous power declare,
And thus exalt thy fame;
Whilst we glad songs of praise prepare
For thine almighty name.
619* Jennings's 123, Old Hundred and
Thirteenth 215.
(Psalm is. As the 113th Psalm.)
JVarnbig to Magistrates.
1 "JUDGES, who rule the world by laws,
cl Will ye despise the righteous cause,
When th' injur'd poor before yon stands?
Dare ye condemn the righteous" poor,
And let rich sinners 'scape secure,
While gold &c greatness bribe your hands!
2 Have ye forgot, or never knew,
That God will judge the judges too?
High in the heavens his justice reigns;
Yet you invade the rights of God,
And send your bold decrees abroad,
To bind the conscience in your chains,
3 A poison'd arrow is your tongue,
The arrow sharp, the poison strong,
And death attends vvhere'er it wounds;
You hear no counsels, cries or tears;
So the deaf adder stops her ears
Against the power of charming sounds.
4 Break out their teeth, eternal God,
Those teeth of lions dy'd in blood;
And crush the serpents in the dust:
As empty chaff, when whirlwinds rise,
Before the sweeping tempest flies,
So let their hopes and names be lost.
5 Th' Almighty thunders from the sky,
Their grandeur melts, their titles di'e,
As hills of snow dissolve and run,
Or s.iails that perish in their slime,
Or births that come before their time,
Vain births, that never see the sun.
6 Thus shall the vengeance of the Lord
Safety and joy to saints afford ;
And all that hear shall join and say,
* Sure there's a God that rules on high,
' A God that hears his children cry,
1 And will their sufferings well repay.'
620* Islington 40, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 82. L. M.)
God the supreme Governor ; or, Magistrates
named.
1 A MONG th' assemblies of the great,
J\. A greater Ruler takes his seat;
The God of heaven, as Judge, surveys
Those gods on earth and all their ways.
2 Why will ye then frame wicked laws?
Or why support th' unrighteous cause!
When "will ye once defend the poor,
That sinners vex the saints no more?
3 They know not, Lord, nor will they know,
Dark are the ways in which they go;
1 heir name of earthly gods is vain,
For they shall fall and die like men.
t Arise, O Lord, and let thy Son
Possess his universal throne,
And rule the nations with his rod;
He is our judge, and he our God.
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
621* Bangor 231, Ludloio 84, Walsall.
(Psalm 102. ver. J — 13, 20, 21. 1st Part. C. M.)
A Prayer of the Afflicted.
1 TTEAR me, O God, nor hide thy face,
J-X But answer lest I die;
H.tst thou not built a throne of grace
To hear when dinners cry ?
2 My days are wasted like the smoke
Dissolving in the air;
My strensth is dry'd, my heart is broke,
And sinking in despair.
3 My spirits flag like withering grass
Burnt with excessive heat;
In secret groans my minutes pass,
And I forget to eat.
4 As on some lonely building's top
The sparrow tells her moan,
Far from the tents of joy and hope
I sit and grieve alone.
5 My soul is like a wilderness,
Where beasts of midnight howl ;
There the sad raven finds her place?
And there the screaming owl,
G 6
622, 623
TIMES AND SEASONS.
624, 625
6 Dark dismal thoughts and boding fears
Dwell in my troubled breast;
While sharp reproaches wound my ears,
Nor give my spirit rest.
7 My cup is mingled with my woes,
And tears are my repast;
Mv daily bread like ashes grows
Unpleasant to my taste.
8 Sense can afford no real joy
To souls that feel thy frown ;
Lord, 'twas thy hand advanc'd me high,
Thy hand hath cast me down.
9 My looks like wither'd leaves appear,
And life's declining light
Grows faint as evening shadows are
That vanish into night.
10 But thou for ever art the same,
O my eternal God :
Ages to come shall know thy name,
And spread thy works abroad.
11 Thou wilt arise and shew thy face,
Nor will my Lord delay
Beyond th' appointed hour of grace,
That long expected day.
12 He hears his saints, he knows their cry,
And by mysterious ways
Redeems the prisoners doom'd to die,
And fills their tongues with praise.
622- Elenbro' 170, Walsal 237, Ludlow 84.
( Psalm 3J)f ver. 9—13. 3d Part. C. M.)
Sick Bed l)evotion; or, pleading without
repining.
1 f^i OD of my life, look trentfy down,
VT Behold the pains I feel;
But I am dumb before thy; throne,
Nor dare dispute thy will.
2 Diseases are thy servants, Lord,
They come at thy command ;
I'll not attempt a murmuring word
.Against thy chastening hand.
3 Yet I may plead with humble cries,
Remove thy sharp rebukes;
My strength consumes, my spirit dies
Through thy repeated strokes.
4 Crush'd as a moth beneath thy hand,
We moulder to the dust;
Our feeble powers can ne'er withstand,
And all our beauty's lost*
5 [This mortal life decays apace,
How soon the bubble's broke!
Adam and all his numerous race
Are vanity and smoke.
<0 I'm but a sojourner below
As all my fathers were,
May I be well prepar'd to go
When f the summons hear.
7 But if my life be spar'd awhile,
Before" my last remove,
Thv prais-e shall be my business still,
And I'll declare thy love.]
69'}. Lvdlow 84, Wahal 237, Wantage 204.
(Psalm 119. 14th Part. C. M.)
Benefit of Afflictions, and Support under them.
Ver. 153, 81, 82.
CONSIDER all my sorrows, Lord,
And thy deliverance send ;
My soul for thy salvation faints,
When will my troubles end!
Ver. 71.
Yet I have found 'tis good for me
To bear my Father's rod ;
Afflictions make me learn thy law,
And live upon my God.
Ver. 50.
This is the comfort I enjoy
When new distress begins,
I read thy word, I run thy way,
And hate my former sins.
Ver. 92.
Had not thy word been my delight,
When earthly joys were fled,
My soul opprest with sorrow's weight
Had sunk amongst the dead.
Ver. 75.
I know thy judgments, Lord, are right,
Tho' they may seem severe;
The sharpest sufferinss I endure
Flow from thy faithful care.
Ver. 67.
Before I knew thy chastening rod
My feet were apt to stray ;
But now I learn to keep thy word,
Nor wander from thy way.
624- Vlverslon 179, Kingsbridge 88.
(Psalm 119. Last Part. L. M.)
Sanctified Afflictions; or, Delight in the Word
of God.
Ver. 67, 59.
FATHER, I bless thy gentle hand;
How kind was thy chastising rod,
That fore'd my conscience to a stand,
And brought my wandering soul to God!
Foolish and vain I went astray
Ere I had felt thy scourges, Lord,
I left my guide, and lost my way ;
But now 1 love and keep thy word.
Ver. 71.
'Tis good for me to wear the yoke,
For pride is apt to rise and swell ;
'Tis arood to bear my Father's stroke,
That I might learn his statutes well.
Ver. 72.
The law that issues from thy mouth
Shall raise my cheerful pa;-sions more
Than all the treasures of the south,
Or western hills of golden ore.
Ver. 73.
Thy hands have made my mortal frame,
Thy Spirit form'd my soul within;
Teach me to know thy wonderous name,
And guard me safe from death and sin.
Ver. 74.
Then all that love and fear the Lord
At my salvation shall rejoice;
For I'have hoped in thy word,
And made thy grace my only choice.
6C25~ Babylon Streams 23, Ulverston 179,
Green1* Hundred 89.
(Psalm 6. L. M.)
Temptations in Sickness overcome.
1 T ORD, I can suffer thy rebukes,
J-i When thou with kindness dost chastise;
But thy fierce wrath I cannot bear,
O let it not against me rise!
2 Pity my languishing estate,
And ease the sorrows that I feel ;
The wounds thine heavy hand hath made,
O let thy gentler touches heal.
3 See how I pass my weary days
In siuhs and groans; and when 'tis night,
My bed is wa"ter'd with my tears;
My grief consumes and dims mj sight.
4 Look how the powers of nature mourn!
How lone, Almighty God, how long?
When shall thine hour of grace return?
When shall I make thy grace my song!
5 1 feel my flesh so near the grave,
My thoughts are tempted to despair;
But graves can never praise the Lord,
For all is du6t and silence there.
626, 627 SICKNESS AND RECOVERY. 628, 629
6 Depart, ye tempters, from my soul,
And all despairing- thoughts depart;
My Go I, who hears my humble moan,
Will ease my flesh, and cheer my heart.
6 >6' Bangor 231, Ludlow 64, Walsal 237.
(Psalm 6. C. M.)
Complaint in Sickness ; or, Diseases healed.
1 TN an?er, Lord, rebuke me not,
JL Withdraw the dreadful storm ;
Nor let thy fury stow so hot
Against a feeble worm.
2 Mv soul'-; bow'd down with heavy cares,
Nly flesh with pain opprest ;
Mv couch is witness to my tears,
My tears forbid my rest.
3 Sorrow and piin wear out my days;
I w:.ste the night with cries,
Counting the; minutes as they pass,
Till the slow morning rise!
4 Shall I be still tormented more?
Mine eye consum'd with grief?
How long, my God, how long before
Thy hand atfbrd relief!
5 He hears when dust and ashes speak,
He pities all our groans,
He saves us for his mercy's sake
And heals our broken bones.
6 The virtue of his sovereign word
Restores our fainting breath;
For silent sraves praise not the Lord,
Nor is he known in death.
627- Wells 102, Mark's 65, Leeds 19.
(Psalm 'jl, ver. 1—7. 1st Part. L. M.)
Safety in public Diseases and Dangers.
1 TT£ that hath made his refuge God,
XT. Shall find a most secure abode,
Shall walk all day beneath his shade,
And there at night shall rest his head.
2 Then will I say, ' My God, thy power
* Shall be ray "fortress and my* tower;
* I that am form'd of feeble dust
1 Make thine almighty arm my tru-t.'
3 Thrice happy man ! thy Maker's care
Shall keep thee from the fowler's snare,
Satan, the fowler, who betrays
Unguarded souls a thousand ways.
4 Just as a hen protects her brood
From birds of prev that seek their blood
Under her feathers, so the Lord
Makes his own arm his people's guard.
a If burning beams of noon conspire
To dart a pestilential fire,
God is their life; his wings are spread
To shield them with an healthful shade.
6 If vapours with malignant breath
Rise thick, and scatter midnight death,
Israel is safe : the. poison'd air
Grows pure, if Israel's God be there.
PAUSE.
7 What tho' a thousand at thy side,
At thy right hand ten thousand dy'd,
Thy God his chosen people saves"
Amongst the dead, amidst the graves.
8 So when he sent his angel down
To make his wrath in Egypt known,
And slew their sons, his careful eve
Pass'd all the doors of Jacob by.
9 But if the fire, or plague, or sword,
Receive commission from the Lord
To strike his saints among the rest,
Their very pains and deaths are blest.
10 The sword, the pestilence or fire
Shall but fulfil their best desire,
From sins and sorrows set them free,
And bring thy children, Lord, to thee.
6:8- James's 163, Exeter 4.
(Psalm 91. ver. 9—16. 2d Part. C. M.)
Protection from Death, Guard of Angels,
Victory and Deliverance.
1 "V""E sons of men, a feeble race,
X Expos'd to every snare,
Come, make the Lord your dwelling-place.
And try and trust his care.
2 No ill shall enter where you dwell ;
Or if the plague come ntgk,
And swpep the wicked down to hell,
Twill raise his saints on high.
3 He'll give his angels charge to keep
Your feet in all their ways ;
To watch your pillow while you sleep,
And guard your happy days.
4 Their hands shall 'near you, lest you fail
And dash against the'stones:
Are they not servants at his call,
And sent t' attend his sons?
5 Adders and lions ye shall tread ;
The tempter's wiles defeat;
He that hath broke the serpent's head
Puts him beneath your feet.
6 • Because on me they set their love
* I'll save them,' saith the Lord;
• I'll bear their joyful souls above
* Destruction and the sword.
7 ' My grace shall answer when they call;
' In trouble I'll be nigh;
1 My power shall help them when thev fall,
1 And raise them when they die.
S ' Those that on earth my name have known,
' I'll honour them in lien en;
• There my salvation shall be shown,
' And endless life be given.'
629' Kingsbridge 88, Rippm's 168.
(Psalm 30. ver. 6. 2d Part. L. MO
Health, Sickness, and Recovery.
1 T71IRM was ray health, my day was bright,
JT And 1 presiun'd 'twould ne"'er be night;
Fondly I said within ray heart,
Pleasure and peace shall ne'er depart.
2 But I forgot thine arm was strong,
Which made my mountain stand so long;
Soon as thy face began to hide,
My health was gone, my comforts dy'd.
3 I cry'd aloud to thee, my God,
What canst thou profit by my blood?
Deep in the dust can I declare
Thy truth, or sing thy goodness there ?
4 Hear me, 0 God of grace, I said,
And bring me from among the dead:
Thy word rebuk'd the pains I felt,
Thy pardoning love rcmov'd my guilt.
.5 My groans, and tears, and forms of woe,
Are turn'd to joy and praises now ;
I throw my sackcloth on the ground,
And ease and gladness g>rd me round.
u My tongue, the elory of mv frame,
Shall ne'er be silent of thy" name; [heaven,
Thy praise shall sound" thro' earth and
For sickness heal'd, and sins forgiven.
G 7
630, 631, 632 TIMES AND SEASONS. 633, 634, 635
630* Bramcoate 8, Bredby 165, Rippon's 188.
(Psalm 30. 1st Part. L. M.)
Sickness healed, and Sorroio removed.
1 T WILL extol thee, Lord, on high,
JL At thy command disc rises fly;
Who but a God can speak and save
From the dark borders of the grave ?
2 Si»g to the Lord, ye saiuts of his,
And tell how large" his goodness is ;
Let all your powers rejoice and bless,
While you record his holiness.
3 His anger but a moment stays;
His love is life and length of days ;
Though grief and tears the niglit employ,
The morhing-star restores the joy.
631. Bangor 231, Elenborough 170.
(Psalm 31. 5, 13 — 19, 22, 23. 1st Part. C. M.)
Deliverance from Death.
1 TNTO thine hand, O God of truth,
JL My spirit I commit;
Thou hast redeem'd mv soul from death,
And sav'd me from the pit.
2 The passions of my hope and fear
Maintain'd a doubtful strife,
While sorrow, pain, and sin conspir'd
To take away my life.
3 My times are in thine hand, I cry'd,
Though I draw near the dust ;
Thou art the refuge where I hide,
The God in whom I trust.
4 O make thy reconciled face
Upon thy servant shine,
And save me for thy mercy's sake,
For I'm entirelv thine.
Pause.
5 ['Twas in my haste, my spirit said,
J must despair and die,
lam cut off before thine eyes,
But thou hast heard my cry.]
6 Thy goodness how divinely free!
How wonderous is thy grace
To those that fear thy majesty,
And trust thy promises !
7 O love the Lord, all ye his saints,
And sing his praises loud;
He'll bend his ear to your complaints,
And recompense the proud.
632* Grove House 143, Sprague 166, Exeter 4.
(Psalm 116. 1st Part. C. M.)
Recovery from Sickness.
1 T LOVE the Lord; he heard my cries,
JL And pitv'd every groan :
Long as I live, when troubles rise,
I'll hasten to his throue.
2 I love the Lord ; he bow'd his ear,
And chas'd my griefs away ;
O let my heart no more despair,
While" I have breath to pray !
3 My flesh declin'd, my spirits fell,
And I drew near the dead,
While inward pangs, and fears of hell,
Perplex'd my wakeful head.
4 My God, I cry'd, thy servant save,
Thou ever good and just ;
Thy power can fescue from the grave,
thy power is all my trust.
5 The Lord beheld me sore distrest,
He bid my pains remove :
Betnrn, my soul, to God thy rest,
For thou ha6t known his love.
6 My God hath sav'd my soul from death,
- And dry'd my falling tears ;
Now to his praise I'll" spend my breath
And my remaining years.
633* Crowle 3, Grove House 143.
(Hymn 55. B. l. C. M.)
HezekiaWs Song ; or, Sickness and Recovery ,
Isaiah xxxviii. 9, &c.
1 "VT7HEN we are rais'd from deep distress
T ▼ Our God deserves a song;
We take the pattern of our praise
From Hezekiah's tongue.
2 The gates of the devouring grave
Are open'd wide in vain,
If he that holds the keys of death
Commands them fastagain.
3 Pains of the flesh are wont t' abuse
Our minds with slavish fears;
Our days are past, and we shall lose
The remnant of our years.
4 We chatter with a swallow's voice,
Or like a dove we mourn,
With bitterness instead of jovs,
Afflicted and forlorn.
Fevers and plagues ob. y the Lord,
And fly at his commands.
6 If half the strings of life should break,
He can our frame restore:
He casts our sins behind his back,
And they are found no more.
634 • MichaeVs 119, Foster 96, Salem 139.
(Psalm 118. ver. 17—21. 2d Part. C. M.)
Public Praise for Deliverance from Death.
1 T OR.D, thou hast heard thy servant cry,
JlJ And rescu'd from the grave ;
Now shall he live: (and none can die
If God resolve to save.)
2 Thy praise, more constant than before,
Shall fill his daily breath ;
Thy hand, that hath chastisM him sore,
Defends him still from death.
3 Open the gates of Zion now,
For we shall worship [here,
The house where all the righteous go
Thy mercy to declare.
4 Among- th' assemblies of thy saints
Our thankful voice we raise;
There we have told thee our complaints,
And there we speak thy praise.
TIME AND ETERNITY.
fi^fy. AngeVs Hymn 60, Horsley 205.
(Hymn 88. B. I. L. M.)
Life the Day of Grace and Hope,
Eccl. ix. 4, 5, 6, 10.
1 T IFE is the time to serve the Lord,
JU The time t' insure the great reward ;
And while the lamp holds out to burn
The vilest sinner may return.
2 [Life is the hour that God has given
To 'scape from hell, and fly to heaven.
The day of grace, and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.]
3 The living know that (hey must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie,
Their memory and their sense is gone.
Alike unknowing and unknown.
636, 637, 638 TIME AND ETERNITY. 639, 640, 641
4 Their hatred and their love is lost,
Their envy bury'd in the dust;
They have no share in all that's done
Beneath the circuit of the sun.]
5 Then what my thoughts desiern to do,
My hands, with all your might pursue,
Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope beneath the ground.
6 There are no acts of pardon past
Jn the cold grave to which we haste,
But darkness, death, and long despair
Reign in eternal silence there.
fi^fi. Salem 139, Bedford 91.
(Hymn 44. B. I. 2d Part. C. M.)
The true Improvement of Life.
1 A ND is this life prolonged to me?
J\. Are days and seasons given?
O let me then prepare to be
A fitter heir of heaven.
2 In vain these moments shall not pass,
These golden hours be gone :
Lord, I acce.pt thine offer'd grace,
I bow before thy throne.
3 Now cleanse my soul from every sin
By my Redeemer's blood :
Now let my flesh and soul begin
The honours of my God.
4 Let me no more my s ml beguile
With sin's deceitful toys :
Let cheerful hope increasing still
Approach to heavenly joys.
5 My thankful lips shall loud proclaim
The wonders of thy praise,
And spread the savour of thy name
Where'er I spend my days.
6 On earth let my example shine,
And when I leave this state,
May heaven receive this soul of mine
To bliss supremely great.
637> Wells 102, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 46. B. 1. 2d Part. L. M.)
The Privileges of the Living above the Dead,
1 A WAKE, my zeal, awake, my love,
J\. To serve my Saviour here below,
In works which "perfect saints above
And holy angels cannot do.
2 Awake, my charity, to feed
The hungry soul, and clothe the poor:
In heav n are found no sons of need,
There all these duties are no more.
3 Subdue thy passions, O my soul !
Maintain the fight, thy work pursue,
Daily thy rising sins controul,
And be thy victories ever new.
4 The land of triumph lies on high,
There are no foes t' encounter there :
Lord, I would conquer till I die,
And finish all the glorious war.
5 Let every flying hour confess
I gain thy gospel fresh renown ;
And when my life and labour cease,
May I possess the promis'd crown !
638 Walsal 237, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 39. B. 2. C. M.)
The Shortness and Misery of Life.
\ f~\UR days, alas ! our mortal days
\J Are short and wretched too;
« Evil and few*,' the patriarch says,
Aud well the patriarch knew.
* Gen. xlvii. 9.
2 'Tis but at best a narrow bound
That heaven allows to men,
And pains and sins run through the round
Of threescore years and ten.
3 Well, if ye must be sad and few,
Run on, my days, in haste ;
Moments of sin, and months of woe,
Ye cannot fly too fast.
4 Let heavenly love prepare my soul,
And call her to the skies,
Where years of long salvation roll,
And glory never dies.
6o9. Bedford 91, Bath Chapel 26.
(Hymn 58. B. 2. C. M.)
The Shortness of Life, and the Goodness of God*
1 FTMME! what an empty vapour 'tis!
A And days how swift they are !
Swift as an Indian arrow flies,
Or like a shooting star.
2 [The present moments just appear,
Then slide away in haste,
That we can never say, They're here,
But only say, They're past.]
3 [Our life is ever on the wing,
And death is ever nigh;
The moment when ourlives begin
We all begin to die.]
4 Yet, mighty God, our fleeting days
Thy lasting favours share/
Yet with the bounties of thy grace
Thou load'st the rolling year.
5 'Tis sovereign mercy finds us food,
And we are cloth'd with love;
While grace stands pointing out the road*
That^leads our souls above.
6 His goodness runs an endless round ;
All glory to the Lord:
His mercy never knows a bound,
And be his name ador'd !
7 Thus we begin the lasting song,
And when we close our eyes^
Let the next age thy praise" prolong
Till time and nature dies.
640- Ludlow 84, Windsor 247.
(Psalm 144. ver. 3— £. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Vanity of Man, and Condescension of Godo
1 T ORD, what is man, poor feeble man,
AJ Born of the earth at first)
His life a shadow, light and VuiD,
Still hasting to the dust.
2 O what is fe< ble dying man
Or any of his race,
That God should make it his concern
To visit him with grace !
3 That God who darts his lightnings down*
Who shakes the worlds above,
And mountains tremble at his frown.
How wonderous is his love.
611. Carolina 13, Charmouth 28, Windsor 247*
(Psalm 39. ver. 4—7. 2d Part. C. M.)
The Vanity of Man as mortal.
1 rilEACH me the measure of my daye,
A Thou maker *f my frame !
1 would survey life's narrow space,
And learn how frail I am.
2 A span is all that we can boast,
An inch or two of time;
Man is but vanity and dust
In all his flower and prime*
G 8
642, 643
TIME AND ETERNITY. 644, 645, 646
3 See the vain race of mortals move
Like shadows o'er the plain,
They rage and strive, desire and love,
But all the noise is vain.
4 Some walk in honour's gaudy show,
Some dig for golden ore,
Thev toil for heirs, they know not who,
- And straight are seen no more.
5 What should I wish or wait for then
From creatures earth and dust ?
They make our expectations vain
And disappoint our trust.
6 Now I forbid my carnal hope,
My fond desires recall ;
I give my mortal interest up,
And make my God my all.
642- Abridge 201, Char mouth 28, London 18fl.
(Hymn 32. B. 2. C. M.)
Frailty and Folly.
1 TTOW short and hasty is our life !
XjL How vast our souls affairs!
Yet senseless mortals vainly strive
To lavish out their years.
2 Our days run thoughtlessly along,
Without a moment's stay;
Just like a story or a song
We pass our lives away.
3 God from on high invites us home,
But we march heedless on,
And ever hastening to the tomb,
Stoop downwards as we run.
4 How we deserve the deepest hell
That slight the joys above!
What chains of vengeance should we feel
That break such cords of love.
5 Draw us, O God, with sovereign grace,
And lift our thoughts on high,
That we may end this mortal race
And see salvation nigh.
543. Abridge 201, Charmouth 28, Windsor 247.
(Hymn .55. B. 2. C. M.)
Trail Life and succeeding Eternity.
1 nnHEE we adore, Eternal Name,
JL And humbly own to thee,
How feeble is our mortal frame!
What dying worms are we?
2 [Our wasting lives grow shorter still
As months and days increase;
And every beating pulse we tell
Leaves but the number less.
3 The year rolls round, and steals away
The breath that first it gave;
Whate'er we do, where'er we be,
We're travelling to the grave.]
4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground
To push us to the tomb,
And fierce diseases wait around
To hurry mortals home.
5 Good God! on what a slender thread
Hang everlasting things!
Th' eternal srates of all the dead
Upon life's feeble strings.
6 Infinite joy or endless woe
Attends on every breath;
And yet how unconcern'd we go
Upon the brink of death!
7 Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense
To walk this dangerous road ;
And if our souls are hurry'd hence
May they be found with God !
644* Abridge 201, Canterbury 199, Ann's 58.
(Psalm 90. ver. 1—5. 1st Part. C. M.)
Man frail, and God eternal.
1 l^\UR God, our help in ages past,
v/ Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.
2 Under the shadow of thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth receiv'd her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.
4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust,
Return, ye soyis of men;
All nations rose from earth at first,
And turn to earth again.
5 A thousand ages in thy sight
Are like an evening gone ;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
fi [The busy tribes of flesh and blood,
With it 11 their lives and cares,
Are carry'd downwards by thy flood,
And lost in following years.
7 Time like an ever-rolling stream
Bears all its sons away ;
They fly forgotten as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
8 Like flowery fields the nations stand
Pleas'd with the morning light;
The flowers beneath the mower's hand
Lie withering ere 'tis night.]
9 Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
645- Whkefield\m,Ustic?n\, Worksworth 15P.
(Psalm 90. ver. 5, 10, 12. S. M.)
The Frailty and Shortness af Life,
1 T ORD, what a feeble piece
JL-J Is this our mortal frame!
Our life how poor a trifle 'tis
That scarce deserves the name !
2 Alas the brittle clay
That built our body first!
And every month, and every day
'Tis mouldering back to dust.
3 Our moments fly apace,
Nor will our minutes stav ;
Just like a flood our ha^ty days
Are sweeping us away.
4 Wei!, if our days must fly,
We'll keep their end in sight,
We'll speiRl them all in wisdom's way,
And let them speed their flight.
5 They'll waft us sooner o'er
This life's tempestuous sea:
Soon we shall reach the peaceful shore
Of blest eternity.
646. Old Hundred 100, Wells 102.
(Hymn 13. B. 2. L. M.)
The Creation, Preservation, Dissolution, and
Restoration of this World.
1 CJING to the Lord that built the skies,
^ The Lord that rear'd this stately frame;
Let half the nations sound his praise,
And lands unknown repeat his name.
647,648 DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 649,650
2 He formed the seas, and form'd the hills,
Made every drop, and every dust,
Nature and time with all their wheels,
And pash'd them into motion first.
3 Now from his high imperial throne
He looks far down upon the spheres ;
He bids the shining- orbs roll on,
And round he turns our hasty years.
4 Thus shall this moving- encine last
Till all his saints are gather'd in,
Then for the trumpet's dreadful blast,
To shake it all to dust again!
5 Yet when the sound shall tear the skies,
And lightning burn the globe below,
Saints, you may lift your joyful eyes,
There's 'a new heaven and earth tor you.
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION.
S47- Paul's 246, Ware/mm 117.
(Hymn 82. B. 1. L. M.)
God far above Creatures ; or, Man vain and
mortal, Job iv. 17 — 21.
1 ^JHALL the vile race of flesh and blood
Vo Contend with their Creator, God ?
Shall mortal worms presume to be
More holy, wise, or just, than he.
2 Behold he puts his trust in none
Of all the spirits round his throne ;
Their natures, when compar'd with his,
Are neither holy, just, nor wise.
S But how much meaner things a^e they
Who spring from dust and dwell in clay!
Touch'd by the finjrer of thy wrath,
We faint and vanis'h like the moth.
4 From night to day, from day to night,
We die by thousands in thv sight;
Bury'd in dust whole nations lie
Like a forgotten vanity.
* Almighty power, to thee we bow;
How frail are we, how glorious thou !
No more the sons of earth shall dare
With an eternal God compare.
648* PauVs 216, Hotham 224.
(Psalm DO. L. M.)
Man Mortal, and God eternal.
A Mournful Song at a Funeral.
1 rjlHRO' every age, eternal God,
X Thou art our rest, our safe abode;
Hisrh was thv throne ere heaven was made
Or earth thy humble footstool laid.
2 Long hadst thou reign'd ere time began,
Or dust was fashion'd to a man ;
And long thy kingdom shall endure
When earth'and time shall be no more.
3 But man, weak man is born to die,
Made up of guilt and vanity:
Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just,
Return, ye sinners, to your dust.
4 [A thousand of our years amount
Scarce to a day in thine account;
Like yesterday's departed light,
Or the last watch of endine- night.
PAUSE. Babylon Streams 23.
5 Death like an overflowing stream
Sweeps us away ; our life's a dream;
An empty tale; a morning flower
Cut down and wither'd in an hour.]
And if to eighty we arrive,
We rather sigh" and groan than live.]
7 But O how oft thy wrath appears,
And cuts off our expected vears!
Thy wrath awakes our humble dread ;
We fear the power that strikes us dead.
8 Teach us, O Lord, how frail is man ;
And kindly lengthen out our span,
Till a wise care of piety
Fit us to die, and dwell with thee. »
649« AngeVs Hymn 60, Wareham 117.
(Psalm 102. 23—28. 3d Part. L. M.)
Man's Mortality and Christ's Eternity ; or,
Saints die, but Christ and the Church live.
1 JT is the Lord our Saviour's hand
A Weakens our strength amidst the race;
Disease and death at his command
Arrest us, and cut short our days.
2 Spare us, O Lord, aloud we pray,
Nor let our sun go down at noon:
Thy years are one eternal day,
And must thy children die so soon?
3 Yet in the midst of death and grief
This thought our sorrow shall assuage,
Our Father and our Saviour live;
Christ is the same thro1 every age,
4 'Twas he this earth's foundation laid ;
Heaven is the building of his hand :
This earth grows old, these heavens shali
And all be ciiang'd at his command. [fade>
5 The starry curtains of the sky
Like garments shall be laid aside ;
But still thy throne stan-is firm and high ;
Thy church for ever must abide.
6 Before thy face thy church shall live,
And on thy throne thy children reign;
This dying world shall they survive,
And the dead saints be rais'd again.
650« Canterbury 199, Windsor 247.
(Hymn 52. B. 2. C. M.)
Death dreadful or delightful.
1 "TfcEATH! 'tis a melancholy day
-L/ To those that have no God,
When the poor soul i> forc'd away
To seek her last abode.
2 In vain to heaven she lifts her eyes,
But guilt, a heavy chain,
Still drags her downward from the skies
To darkness, fire, and pain.
3 Awake and mourn, ve heirs of hell,
Let stubborn sinners fear,
You must be driv'n from earth, and dwell
A long for-ever there.
•1 See how the pit gapes wide for you,
And flashes in your face,
And thou, my soul, look downwards too,
And sing recovering grace.
£ He is a God of sovereign love
Th it promis'd heaven to me,
And taught my thoughts to soar above,
\\ here happy spirits be.
G9
651, 652, 653, 654 DEATH AND THE
655, 656
6 Prepare me, Lord, for thy right hand,
Then come the joyful day,
Come, death, and some celestial band
To bear my soul away.
651* Newbury 132, Hephzibah 77, Gains-
borough 29.
(Hymn 17. B. 1. C. M.)
Victory over Death, 1 Cor. xv. 55, &c.
1 f\ FOlt an overcoming faith
v/ To cheer my dying hours,
To triumph o'er the monster Death,
And all his frightful powers!
2 Joyful with all the strength I have
My quivering lips shall sing,
Where is thy boasted victory, Grave?
And where the monster's sting ?
3 If dn be pardon'd I'm secure,
Death hath no sting beside ;
The law gives sin its damning power,
But Christ my ransom dy'd.
4 Now to the God of victory
Immortal thanks be paid,
Who makes us conquerors while we die,
Thro' Christ our living head.
652* Milbourn Port 183, Wiltshire 110, Provi-
denct College 10.
(Hymn 6. B. I. C. M.)
Triumph over Death, Job xix. 25—27.
1 fi REAT God, 1 own thy sentence just,
VJT And nature must decay;
I yield my body to the dust
To dwell with fellow-clay.
2 Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave,
And trample on the tombs;
My Jesus, my Redeemer lives,
My God, my Saviour comes.
3 The mighty Conqueror shall appear
High on a royal seat,
And Death the last of all his foes
Lie vanquished at his feet.
4 Tho' greedy worms devour my skin,
And gnaw my wasting flesh,
When God shall build my bones again,
He clothes them all afresh.
5 Then shall I see thy lovely face
With strong immortal eyes,
And feast upon thy unknown grace
With pleasure and surprise.
655* Carolina 13, Bangor 231, Windsor 247.
(Hymn 18. B. 1. C. M.)
Blessed are the Dead that die in the Lord,
Rev. xiv. 13.
1 TTEAR what the voice from heaven pro-
JLX For all the pious dead, [claims
Sweet is the savour of their names,
And soft their sleeping bed.
2 They die in Jesus and are bless'd ;
How kind their slumbers are !
From sufferings and from sins releas'd,
And freed from every snare.
3 FaF from this world of toil and strife,
They're present with the Lord;
The labours of their mortal life
End in a large reward.
6.54* James's 163, Bedford 91, Stamford 9.
(Hymn 49. B. 2. C. M.)
Moses dying in the Embraces of God.
1 T-EATH cannot make our souls afraid
mJ If God be with us there ;
We may walk thro' her darkest shade,
And never yield to fear.
2 I could renounce my all below
If my Creator bid,
And run if I were call'd to go,
And die as Moses did.
3 Might I but climb to Pisgah's top,
And view the promis'd land,
My flesh itself should long to drop,
And pray for the command.
4 Clasp'd in my heavenly Father's arm9
I would forget my breath,
And lose my life among the charms
Of so divine a death.
655* Irish 171, Bedford 91, Providence 10.
(Hymn 19. B. 1. C. M.)
The Song of Simeon; or, Death made desirable,
Luke ii. 27, &c.
1 T ORD, at thy temple we appear,
JLi As happy Simeon came,
And hope to meet our Saviour here ;
O make our joys the same!
2 With what divine and vast delight
The good old man was fill'd,
When tondly in his wither'd arms
He clasp'd the holy child!
3 Now I can leave this world, he cry'd,
Behold thy servant dies,
I've seen thy great salvation, Lord,
And close my peaceful eyes.
4 This is the light prepaid to shine
Upon the Gentile lands,
Thine Israel's glory, and their hope
To break their slavish bands.
5 [Jesus, the vision of thy face
Hath overpowering charms,
Serine shall 1 feel death's cold embrace
If Christ be in my arms-.
6 Then while ye hear my heart strings break
How sweet my minutes roll !
A mortal palen. ss on my cheek,
And glory in my soul.J
656' Cambridge Neio 74, Exeter 4, Miles's
Lane 32.
(Hymn 66. B. 2. C. M.)
A Prospect of Heaven makes Death easy.
1 rr»HERE is a land of pure delight
X Where, saints immortal reign,
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
2 There everlasting spring abides,
And never-withering flowers:
Death like a narrow sea divides
This heavenly land from ours.
* [Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood
Stand dress'd in living green:
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan roll'd between.
4 But timorous mortals start and shrink
To cross this narrow sea,
And linger shivering on the brink,
And fear to launch away.]
5 O ! could we make our doubts remove,
These gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes?
6 Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er,
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood
Should fright us from the shore.
657, 658, 659 RESURRECTION.
660, 661, 662
657- PauVs 246, Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 31. B. 2. L. M.)
Christ's Presence makes Death easy.
1 \\7"HV should we start and fear to die?
▼ v What timorous worms we mortals are!
Deeth is the gate of endless joy,
And yet we dread to enter there.
3 The pains, the groans, and dying strife,
Fright our approaching souls away ;
Still we shrink back again to life,"
Fond of our prison and our clay.
3 O, if mv Lord would come and meet.
My souf should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless thro' death's iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she past.
4 Jesus can make a dying bed
Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly the-re.
6.58- Windsor 247, Aim's 58.
(Hymn 27. B. 1. C. M.)
Assurance of Heaven ; or, a Saint prepared to
die, 2 Tim iv. 6—8, 18.
] rTTVEATH may dissolve my body now,
(. JLJ And bearmy spirit home;
Why do my minutes move so slow,
Nor my salvation come.
Finish'd my course, and kept the faith,
And wait the sure rew ard.]
3 God has laid up in heaven for me
A crown which cannot fade;
The righteous Judge at that great day
Shall place it on my head.
4 Nor hath the King of grace decreed
This prize for me alone;
But all that love and long to see
Th* appearance of his Son.
5 Jesus the Lord shall suard me safe
From f very ill design;
And to his heavenly kingdom keep
This feeble soul of mine.
Q God is my everlasting aid,
And hell shall rage in vain ;
To him be highest glory paid,
And endless praise — Amen.
659. Bath Chapel 26, Condescension 116.
(Hymn 110. B. 1. C. M.)
Death and iinmediate Glory, 2 Cor. v. l, 5 — 8.
1 rpHEftE is a house not made with hands
JL Eternal and on high ;
And here mv spirit waitin? stands
Till God shall bid it fly.
2 Shortly this prison of my clay
Must be dissolv'd and fall, *
Then, O my soul, with joy obey
Thy heavenly Father's call.
3 'Tis he by his almighty grace
That forms thee fit for heaven,
And as an earnest of the place,
Has his own Spirit given.
4 We walk by faith of joys to come,
Faith lives upon his word;
But while the body is our home
We're absent from the Lord.
5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace,
But we had rather see ;
We would be absent from the flesh,
And present, Lord, with thee.
660- Lebanon79, Bredby 165, Leeds 19.
(Hymn 23. B. 1. 1st Part. L. M.)
Absent from the Body and present toith the
Lord, 2 Cor. v. 8.
1 A BSENT from flesh ! O blissful thought,
J\. What unknown joys this moment brings,
Freed from the mischiefs sin has brought,
From pains and fears and all their springs.
2 Absent from flesh, illustrious day,
Surprising scene! triumphant stroke
That rends the prison of my clay,
And 1 can feel my fetters broke."
3 Absent from flesh! then rise my soul
Where feet nor wings could never climb,
Beyond the heavens where planets roll
Measuring the cares and joys of time.
4 I go where God and glory shine,
His presence makes eternal day,
My all that's mortal I resign,
For angels wait and point my way.
661- Canterbury 199, London 180.
(Hymn 2. B. 2. C. M.)
The Death of a Sinner.
1 TVfY thoughts on awful subjects roll
lfX Damnation and the dead :
What horrors seize the guilty soul
Upon a dying bed !
2 Lingering about these mortal shores
She makes a Ion? delay,
Till like a flood with rapid force
Death sweeps the wretch away.
3 Then swift and dreadful she descends
Down to the fiery coast,
Amongst abominable fiends,
Herself a frightful ghost.
4 There endless crowds of sinners lie,
And darkne.-s makes their chains ;
Tortur'd with keen despair they cry,
Yet wait for fiercer pains.
5 Not all their anguish and their blood
For their old guilt atones,
Nor the compassions of a God
Shall hearken to their groans.
G Amazing grace, that kept my breath,
Nor bid my soul remove,
Till I had learn'd my Saviour's death,
And well insur'd his love!
662- Carolina 13, Windsor 247, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 3. B. 2. C. M.)
The Death and Burial of a Saint.
1 \X7"HY do we mourn departing friends 1
▼ ▼ Or shake at death's alarms?
'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call thtm to his arms.
2 Are we not tending upward too
As fast as time can move?
Nor would we wish the hours more slow
To keep us from our love.
3 Whv &hould we tremble to convey
Their bodies to the tomb I
There the dear flesh of Jesus lay,
And left a long perfume.
4 The graves of all his saints he tleis'd,
And soften'd every bed ;
Where should the dyin-r members rest*
But with the dying bead ?
5 Thence he arose, ascending high,
And shew'd our feet the wav ;
Up to the Lord our flesh shall fly
At the great rising-day.
G 10
663, 664, 665 DEATH AND THE 666, 667, 668
6 Then let the last loud trumpet sound,
And bid our kindred rise,
Awake, ye nations under ground.
Ye saints, ascend the skies.
663> Carolina 13, Coiidcscension 116.
(Hymn 47. B. 1. C. to.)
Death of Kindred improved.
1 "]VT^ST friends and kindred drop and die!
xSX. And helpers be withdrawn }
While sorrow with a weeping eye
Counts up our comforts gone!
2 Be thou our comfort, mighty God !
Our helper and our frieud :
Nor leave us in this dangerous road,
Till all our trials end.
3 O may our feet pursue the way
Our pious fathers led !
With love and holy zeal obey
The counsels of the dead.
4 Let us be wean'd from all below,
Let hope our grief expel,
While death invites our souls to go
Where our best kindred dwell,
664* Windsor 247, Elcnborough 17Q.
(Hymn 28. B. 2. C. M.)
Death and Eternity.
1 ^TOOP down, my thoughts, that use to rise,
lo Converse awhile with death :
Think how a gasping mortal lies,
And pants away his breath.
2 His quivering- lip hangs feebly down,
His pulses faint and few,
Then, speechless, with a doleful groan
He bids the world adieu.
3 But, O the soul that never dies!
At once it leaves the clay !
Ye thoughts, pursue it where it flies,
And track its wonderous way.
4 Up to the courts where angels dwell,
It mounts triumphing- there,
Or devils plunge it down to hell
In infinite despair.
5 And must my body faint and die ?
And must this soul remove ?
O for some guardian angel nigh
To bear it safe above ?
€ Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand
My naked soul I trust,
And my flesh waits for thy command
To drop into my dust.
665* Windsor 2 47, Carolina 13, Bangor 231.
(Hymn 61. B. 2. C. M.)
A Thought of Death and Glory.
1 "IV/TY soul, come meditate the day,
XtX And think how near it stands,
When thou must quit this house of clay,
And fly to unknown lands.
2 [And you, mine eyes, look down and view
The hollow gaping tomb,
This gloomy prison waits for you,
Whene'er' the summons come.]
3 O could we die with those that die,
And place us in their stead,
Then would our spirits learn to fly,
And converse with the dead :
4 Then should we see the saints above
In their own glorious forms,
And wonder why our souls should love
To dwell with mortal worms.
5 [How we should scorn these clothes of flesh,
These fetters and this load!
And long for evening to undress,
That we may rest with God.]
6 We should almost forsake our clay
Before the summons come,
And pray, and wish our souls away
To their eternal home.
666- Carolina 13, Windsor 247, Elenborongh
170.
(Hymn 63. B. 2. C. M.)
A Funeral Thought.
1 TTARK ! from the tombs a doleful sound,
JCJL My ears attend the cry,
' Ye living men, come view the ground
' Where you must shortly lie.
2 * Princes, this clay must be your bed,
' In spite of all your towers;
' The tall, the wise, the reverend head
' Must lie as low as ours.'
3 Great God, is this our certain doom?
And are we still secure?
Still walking downward to our tomb,
And yet prepare no more ?
4 Grant us the powers of quickening grace
To fit our souls to fly,
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
We'll rise above the sky.
667' Mppon's 188, Hotham 224, PauVs 24G,
(Hymn 21. B. l. L. M.)
The rich Sinner dying, Psalm xlix. 6, 9.
Eccl. viii. 8. Job iii. 14, 15.
1 TN vain the wealthy mortals toil,
JL And heap their shining dust in vain,
Look down and scorn the humble poor,
And boast their lofty hills of gain.
2 Their golden cordials cannot ease
Their pained hearts or aching heads,
Nor fright nor bribe approaching death
From glittering roofs and downy beds.
3 The lingering, the unwilling soul
The dismal summons must obey,
And bid~a long, a sad farewell"
To the pale lump of lifeless clay.
4 Thence they are huddled to the grave,
Where kings and slaves have equal thrones}
Their bones without distinction lie
Amongst the heap of meaner bones.
6i38» Kingshridge 88, Paul's 246.
(Psalm 49. L. M.)
The rich Siiiner's Death, and the Saint's Re-
surrection.
1 \^7"HY do the proud insult the poor,
Vv And boast the large estates they have?
How vain are riches to secure
Their haughty owners from the grave!
2 They ca'n't redeem one hour from death,
With all the wealth in which they trust;
Nor give a dying brother breath,
When God commands him down to dust.
3 There the dark earth and dismal shade
Shall clasp their naked bodies round;
That flesh, so delicately fed,
Lies cold, and moulders in the ground.
4 Like thoughtless sheep the sinner dies,
Laid in the grave for worms to eat ;
The saints shall in the morning rise,
And find th' oppressor at their feet.
5 His honours perish in the dust,
And pomp and beauty, birth and blood:
That glorious day exalts the just
To full dominion o'er the proud.
669, 670
RESURRECTION.
671, 672, 673
6 My Saviour shall my life restore,
And raise me from my dark abode ;
Mv flesh and soul shall part no more,
But dwell for ever near my God.
669* Ann's 58, Brighthelmstone 208.
(Psalm 49. ver.6— 14. 1st Fart. C. M.)
Pride and Death ; or, the Vanity of Life and
Riches.
1 W/THY doth the man of riches grow
V ▼ To insolence and pride,
To see his wealth and honours flow
With every rising- title ?
2 [Why doth he treat the poor with 6corn
Made of the self-same clay,
And boast as tho' his flesh was born
Of better dust than they ?]
3 Not all his treasures can procure
His soul a short reprieve,
Redeem from death one guilty hour,
Or make his brother live.
4 [Life is a blessing- can't be sold,
The ransom is too high ;
Justice will neVr be brib'd with gold
That man may never die.]
5 He sees the brutish and the wise,
The timorous and the brave,
Quit their possessions, close their eyes,
And hasten to the grave.
6 Yet, 'tis his inward thought and pride,—
' My house shall ever stand ;
'And'thatmy name may lo.g abide,
' I'll give it to my land.'
7 Vain are his thoughts, his hopes are lost,
How soon his memory dies!
His name is written in the dust
Where his own carcase lies.
PAUSE.
6 This is the folly of their way;
And yet their sons as vain.
Approve the words their fathers say,
And act their works again.
9 Men void of wisdom and of grace,
If honour raise them high,
Live like the beast, a thoughtless race,
And like the beast they die.
10 [Laid in the grave like silly sheep,
Death feeds upon them there,
Till the last trumpet break their sleep
In terror and despair.]
670* Abridge 201, James's 163.
(Psalm 49. ver. 14, 15. 2d Part. C. M.)
Death and the Resurrection.
1 "V'E sons of pride that hate the ju>t,
A And trample on the poor,
When death has brought you down to dust,
Your pomp shall rise no more.
2 The last great day shali change the scene;
When will that hour appear]
When shall the just revive, and reign
O'er ad that scorn'd them here?
3 God will my naked soul receive,
When sep'rate from the flesh ;
And break the prison of the grave
To raise my bones afresh.
I Heaven is my everlasting home,
Th' inheritance is sure;
Let men of pride their rase resume,
But I'll repine no more/
671' Kippon's 188, Hot ham 224.
(Psalm 89. ver. 47, &c. 6th Part. L. M.)
Mortality and Hope.
A Funeral Psalm.
1 TJ EMEMBER, Lord, our mortal state,
AV How frail our life ! how short the date!
Where is the mas that draws his breath
Safe from disease, secure from death !
2 Lord, while we see whole nations die,
Our flesh and sense repine and cry,
' Must death for ever rage and reign ?
1 Or hast thou made mankind in vain !
3 ■ Where is thy promise to the just?
' Are not thy servants turn'd to dust?'
But faith fofbi is these, mournful sighs,
And sees the sleeping dust arise;
4That glorious hour, that dreadful day
Wipes the reproach of saints away,
And clears the honour of thy word ;
Awake, our souls, and bless the Lord.
672' Jennings's 123, Old Hundred and Thir-
teenth 215.
(Psalm 59. ver. 47, &c. Last Part.)
As the II 3th Psalm.
Life, Death, and the Resurrection.
1 rpHfNK. mighty God, on feeble man,
A How few his hours, how short his span!
Short from the cradle to the grave :
Who can seGure his vital breath
Against the bold dem tnds of death,
With skill to fly, or power to save?
2 Lord, shall it be for ever s ii .:,
' The race of man was only made
4 For sickness, sorrow, and the dust?'
Are not thy servants day by day-
Sent to their graves, and turn'd to clay ?
Lord, where's thy kindness to the just?
3 Hast thou not promis'd to thy Son
And all his seed a heavenly crown?
But flesh and sense indulge despair:
For ever blessed be the L^rd
That faith can read his holy word,
And find a resurrection there.
4 For ever blessed be the Lord,
Who gives his saints a long reward
For all their toil, reproach and pain;
Let all below and all above
Join to proclaim thj ponderous love,
And each repeat "their loud Amen.
673' Wareham 117, Angel's Hymn 60.
(Psalm 16. 3d Part. L. M.)
Courage in Death, and Hope of the Resurrec-
tion.
1 "V17'HE'S' God is nigh. mY faith is strong ;
V T His arm is my a mighty prop;
Be glad my heart; "rejoice, my tongue,
My dying flesh shall rest in hope.
2 Tho' in the dust I lay my head,
Yet, gracious God, tliou "wilt not leave
My soul for ever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave.
3 My flesh shall thy first call obey,
Shake off the dust, and rise on high;
Then shalt thou lead the wonderous way
Up to thy throne above the sky.
4 There streams of endless pleasure flow;
And full discoveries of thy grace
(Which we but tasted h re below)
Spread heavenly jovs thro' all the place.
ti 11
674, 675
DAY OF JUDGMENT. 676, 677, 67S
674, Whitefield 168, Broderip's 2f,2.
(Hymn 110. B. 2. S. M.)
Triumph over Death in Hope of the Resurrec-
tion.
1 A ND must this body die?
Xjl This mortal frame decay?
And must these active limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in the clay ?
2 Corruption, earth and worms,
Shall but refine this flesh,
Till my triumphant spirit comes
To put it on afresh.
3 God my Redeemer lives,
And often from the skies
Looks down and w;> tches all my dust,
Till he shall bid it rise.
4 Array'd in glorious grace
Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape and every face
Look heavenly and divine.
5 These lively hopes we owe
To Jesus' dying love ;
"We would adore his grace below,
And sing his power above.
6 Dear Lord, accept the praise
Of these our humble songs,
Till tunes of nobler sound we raise
With our immortal tongues.
675* Babylon Streams 23.
(Hymn 102. B. 2. L. M.)
A happy Resurrection,
1 ~\TG> I'M repine at death no more,
xS But with a cheerful gasp resign
To the cold dungeon of the grave
These dying withering limbs of mine.
2 Let worms devour my wasting flesh,
And crumble all my bones to dust,
My God shall raise my frame anew
At the revival of the just.
3 Break, sacred morning, thro' the skies,
Bring that delightful, dreadful day,
Cut short the hours, dear Lord, and come,
Thy lingering wheels, how long they stay ?
4 [Our weary spirits faint to see
The light of thy returning face,
And hear the language of those lips
Where God has shed his richest grace.]
5 [Haste then upon the wings of love,
Rouse all the pious sleeping clay,
That we may join in heavenly joys,
And sing the triumph of the day.]
DAY OF JUDGMENT.
676' old Hundred 100, Wareham 117.
(Hymn 65. B. l. L. M.)
The Kingdoms of the World become the King-
doms of our Lord ; or, the Day of Judgment,
Rev. xi. (5—18.
1TET the seventh angel sound on high,
Xi Let shouts be heard thro' all the sky;
Kings of the earth, with glad accord
Give up your kingdoms to the Lord.
2 Almighty God, thy power assume,
WTho wa?t, and art, and art to come :
Jesus, the Lamb, who once was slain,
For ever live, for ever reign.
3 The angry nations fret and roar,
That they can sla> the saints no more;
On wings of vengeance flies our God
To pay the long arrears of blood.
4 Now must the rising dead appear,
Now the decisive sentence hear;
Now the dear martyrs of the Lord
Receive an infinite reward.
677 • Chard 175, Wareham 1 17.
(Psalm 97. ver. 1—5. 1st Part. L. M.)
Christ reigning in Htaven, and coming to
Judgment.
1 TTE reigns; the Lord the Saviour reigns ;
XX Praise him in evangelic strains ;
Let the whole earth in sohas rejoice,
And distant islands join their voice.
2 Deep are his counsels and unknown;
But grace and truth support his throne:
Tho' gloomy clouds his ways stirround,
Justice is their eternal ground.
3 In robes of judgment, lo! he comes,
Shakes the wide earth, and cleaves the
Before him burns devouring fire, [tombs;
The mountains melt, the seas retire.
4 His enemies, with sore dismay,
Fly from the sight, and shun the day;
Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high,
And sing, for your redemption's nigh.
678* Wantage 204, Worhsop 31.
(Hymn 107- B. 2. C. M.)
The everlasting Absence of God intolerable,
1 rflHAT awful day will surely come,
X Th' appointed hour makes haste,
When I must stand before my Judge,
And pass the solemn test.
2 Thou lovely chief of all my joys,
Thou sovereign of my heart,
How could [ bear to hear thy voice
Pronounce the sound, Depart ?
3 [The thunder of that dismal word
Would so torment my ear,
'Tvvould tear my soul asunder, Lord,
With most tormenting fear.]
4 [What, to be banish'd from my life,
And yet forbid to die !
To linger in eternal pain,
Yet death for ever fly !]
5 O wretched state of deep despair,
To see my God remove,
And fix my doleful station where
I must not taste his love.
6 Jesus, I throw my arms around,
And hang upon thy breast;
Without a gracious smile from thee
My spirit cannot re*t.
7 O tell me that my worthless name
Is graven on thy hands;
Shew me some promise in thy book
Where my salvation stands !
679, 680, 681 DAY OF JUDGMENT.
682, 683
* [Give me one kind assuring1 word
To sink my fears again ;
And cheerfully my soul shall wait
Her threescore'years and ten.]
679. Jaines's 163, Irish 171.
(P»alm 9. 1st Part. C. M.)
Wrath and Mercy from the Judgment Seat.
1 "VX7TTH my whole heart I'll raise my song-,
▼ V Thy wonders I'll proclaim ;
Thou sovereign Judge of right and wrong
Wilt put ray foes to shame.
2 I'll sing thy majesty and grace;
My God prepares his throne
To judge the world in righteousness,
And make his vengeance known.
3 Then shall the Lord a refuge prove
For all the poor opprest,
To save the people of his love,
And give the weary rest.
4 The men that know thy name will trust
In thv abundant grace;
For tho'u hast ne'er forsook the just,
~v Who humbly seek thy face.
5 Sing praises to the righteous Lord,
Who dwells on Zion's hill,
Who executes his threatening word,
And doth his grace fulfil.
680- Canterbury \99,Tunbridge 103, London 180.
(Hymn 45- B. 1. C. M.)
The last Judgment, Rev. xxi. 5— 5.
1 O EE where the great incarnate God
►O Fills a majestic throne,
While from the skies his awful voice
Hears the last judgment down.
2 [' I am the First and I the Last,
' Thro' endless yeurs the same;
• I AM is my memorial still,
' And my eternal name.
3 ' Such favours as a God can give
' My roval grace bestows,
' Ye thirsty souls, come taste the streams
' Where life and pleasure flows.]
4 [' The saint that triumphs o'er his sins,
* I'll own him for a son,
' The whole creation shall reward
* The conquests he has won.
5 ' But bloody hands, and hearts unclean,
* And all "the lying race,
1 The faithless and the scoffing crew,
* That spurn at offer'd grace ;
6 * They shall be taken frcm my sight,
* Bound fast in iron chains,
' And headlong plung'd into the lake
1 Where fire and darkness reigns.']
7 O may I stand before the Lamb,
When earth and seas are fled !
And hear the Judge pronounce my name
With blessings on my head !
8 May I with those for ever dwell
Who htre were mv delight,
While sinners banisfi'd down to hell
No more offend my sight.
681* Canterbury 199, London 180, James's 163.
(Psalm 50. vtr. 1—6. 1st Part. C. M.)
The last Judgment j or, the Saints reioarded.
1 HP HE Lord, the judge before his throne
JL Bids the whole earth draw nigh,
The nations near the rising sun,
And near the western sky.
2 No more shall bold blasphemers say,
1 Judgment will ne'er begin,'
No more abuse his long de lay
To impudence and sin.
3 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come,
Bright flames prepare his way,
Thunder and darkness, fire and storm,
Lead on the dreadful day.
4 Heaven from above his call shall hear,
Attending angels come,
And earth and hell shall know, and fear,
Hisjustice, and their doom.
5 ' But gather all my saints,' he cries,
1 That made their peace with God
* By the Redeemers sacrifice,
* And seal'd it with his blood :
6 'Their faith and works brought forth to
* Shall make the world confess [light
1 My sentence of reward is right,
' And heaven adore my grace.'
682* Abridge 201, Ami's 58, Lharmonth 28.
(Psalm 50. v. 1, 5, 8, 16, 21, 22. 3d Part. C. M.)
The Judgment of Hypocrites.
1 "VITHEN Christ to judgment shall descend,
T T And saints surround their Lord,
He calls the nations to attend,
And hear his awful word.
2 ■ Not for the want of bullocks slain
1 Will I the world reprove;
' Altars and rites and forms are vain
1 WithoHt the fire of love.
3 • And what have hypocrites to do
' To bring their sacrifice?
4 ' Could you expect to 'scape my sight,
' And sin without controul ;
' But I shall bring voir crimes to light,
1 With anguish in your soul.'
5 Consider, ye that slight the Lord,
Before his wrath appear ;
If once you fall beneath his sword,
There's no deliverer there.
683- Few Fiftieth 86.
(Psal.ii 50. To a n w Tune.)
The last Judgment.
1 fTlHE Lord, the sovereign sends his sura-
X mons forth,
Calls the south nations, and awakes the
north ;
From east to west the sounding orders spread
Thro' distant worlds and regions of the dead :
No more shall atheists mock his long del iv ;
His vengeance sleeps no more : behold the
day !
2 Behold the judge descends; his guards are
ni°h ;
Tempest and fire attend him down the sky :
Heaven, earth and hell draw near; let all
things come
To hear hisjustice and the sinner's doom :
1 But gather first my saints' (the judge com-
mands)
' Bring them, ye angels, from their distant
lands.
3 ■ Behold ' my covenant stands for ever good
' Seal'd by tn' eternal sacrifice in blood,
* And s'gu'.i with ail their names, the Greek,
' the Jew,
' That paid the ancient worship or the new,
• There's no distinction here ; come, spread
• their thrones,
1 And near me seat my favourites and my
' sous.
G 12
684
DAY OF JUDGMENT.
4 ' I their almighty Saviour and their God,
'I am their judge: ye heavens, proclaim
* abroad
' My just eternal sentence, and declare
' Those awful truths that sinners dread to
* hear:
* Sinners in Zion, tremble and retire;
' I doom the painted hypocrite to fire.
5 ' Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain
' Do I condemn thee, bulls and goats are vain,
' Without the flames of love: in vain the store
' Of brutal offerings that were mine before;
* Mine are the tamer beasts and savage breed,
' flocks, herds, and fields, and forests, where
1 they feed.
6 * If I were hungry would I ask thee food ?
'When did I thirst, or drink thy bullocks
1 blood ?
' Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing bows,
' Thy solemn chatterings and fantastic vows ?
' Are my eves charm'd thv vestments to be-
<ho!d,
' Glaring in gems, and gay in woven gold ?
7 ' Unthinking wretch! how couldstthou hope
' to please
' A God, a Spirit, with such toys as these?
' While with my grace and statutes on thy
' tongue,
* Thou lov'st deceit, and dost thy brother
' wrong :
' In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends,
' Thieves and adulterers are thy chosen
' friends.
$ ' Silent I waited with long-suffering love,
' But didst thou hope that I should ne'er re-
' prove? [within,
' And cherish such an impious thought
' That God the righteous would indulge thy
' sin ?
' Behold my terrors now : my thunders roll,
'And thy own crimes affright thy guilty
[soul.'
9 Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise;
Awake before this dreadful morning rise;
Change your vain thoughts, your crooked
w'orks amend,
Fly to the Saviour, make the judge your
friend ;
Lest like a lion his last vengeance tear
Your trembling souls, and no deliverer near.
684- Old Fiftieth 283.
(Psalm 50. To the old proper Tune.)
The last Judgment.
1 rflHE God of glory sends his summons
X forth, [north ;
Calls the south nations, and awakes the
From east to west the sovereign orders
spread
Thro' distant worlds & regions of the dead:
The trumpet sounds; helf trembles ; heaven
rejoices ;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful
voices. *
2 No more shall atheists mock his long delay ;
His vengeance sleeps no more ; behold the
day; [nigh;
Behold the judge descends; his guards are
Tempests and fire attend him down the sky :
When God appears, all nature shall adore
him; [him:
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before
3 ' Heaven, earth, and hell draw near ; let all
* things come
' To hear my justice and the sinners doom;
' But gather first my saints,' the judge com-
mands,
' Bring them, ye angels, from their distant
lands:'
When Christ returns, wake every cheerful
passion,
And shout, ye saints; he comes for your
salvation.
4 * Behold my covenant stands for ever good,
« Seal'd by th' eternal sacrifice in blood,
' And sign'd with all their names ; the Greek,
'the Jew
* That paid the ancient worship or the new :'
There's no distinction here : join all your
voices,
And raise your heads, ye saints, for heaven
rejoices.
5 ' Here,' saith the Lord, ' ye angels, spread
' their thrones,
' And near me seat my favourites and my
* sons:
' Come, my redeem'd, possess the joys pre-
' par'd
' Ere time began ; 'tis your divine reward :'
When Christ^returns, wake every cheerful
passion : [vation.
And shout, ye saints, he comes for your sal-
PAUSE I.
6 ' I am the Saviour, I th' almighty God,
' I am the judge: ye heavens, proclaim
' abroad
' My jusf eternal sentence, and declare
' Those awful truths that sinners dread to
' hear:'
When God appears, all nature shall adore
him;
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before
him.
7 'Stand forth, thou bold blasphemer, and pro-
• fane,
' Now feel ray wrath, nor call my threaten-
' ings vain;
1 Thou hypocrite, once drest in saint's attire,
' I doom the painted hypocrite to fire:'
Judgment proceeds; hell trembles ; heaven
rejoices ;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful
voices.
8 ' Not for the want of goats or bullocks slain
1 Do I condemn thee ; bulls and goats are
' vain.
' Without the flames of love : in vain the
1 store [fore.'
'Of brutal offerings that were mine be-
Earth is the Lord's; all nature shall adore
him ;
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before
him.
9 ' If I were hungry, would I ask thee food?
' When did I thirst? or drink thy bullocks
'blood? [breed,
' Mine are the tamer beasts and savage
' Flocks, herds, and fields, and forests where
' they feed :'
All is the Lord's; he rules the wide creation ;
Gives sinners vengeance, and the saints
salvation.
10 ' Can I be flatter'd with thy cringing bows,
' Thy solemn chatterings & fantastic vows ?
' Are mv eves charm'd thy vestments to be-
'"hold,
' Glar'ng in gems, and gay in woven gold?'
God is the judge of hearts; no fair disguises
Can screen the euiltv when his vengeance
PAUSE' 11. prises.
11 'Unthinking wretch! how could'st thou
' hope to please
1 A God, a Spirit, with such toys as these ?
685, 686
HELL AND HEAVEN.
687, 68S
1 While with my grace and statutes on thy
' tongue,
* Thou lov'st deceit, and dost thy brother
1 wrong-?'
Judgment proceeds; hell trembles ; heaven
rejoices; [voices.
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful
12 ■ In vain to pious forms thy zeal pretends,
1 Thieves and adulterers are thy chosen
* friends ;
* While the false flatterer at my altar waits,
* Hisharden'd soul divine instruction liates;'
God i6 the judge of hearts ; no fair disguises
Can screen the guilty when his vengeance
rises.
13 ' Silent I waited with long-suffering love
* But didst thou hope that I should ne'er re-
1 prove? [within,
* And cherish such an impious thought
* That the All Holy would indulge thy sin ?'
See, God appears ; all nature joins V adore
him ; [him.
Judgment proceeds, and sinners fall before j
14 ' Behold ray terrors now; my thunders roll,
* And thy own crimes affright thy guilty
soul ;
* Now like a lion shall my vengeance tear
* Thy bleeding heart, and no deliverer
near:'
Judgment concludes; hell trembles : heaven
rejoices ;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerfuj
voices.
EPIPHONEMA.
15 ' Sinners, awake betimes; ye fools, be wise;
■ Awake before this dreadful morning rise:
• Change your vain thoughts, your crooked
' works amend,
' Fly to the Saviour, make the judge your
' friend :'
Then join the saints; wake every cheerful
passion ;
When Ciirist returns, he comes for your sal-
vation.
HELL AND HEAVEN.
685* PauVs 246, AngeVs Hymn 60, Babylon
Streams 23.
(Hymn 44. B. 2. L. M.)
Hell; or, the Vengeance of God.
1 "W7"ITH holy fear and humble song,
T V The dreadful God our souls adore ;
Reverence and awe becomes the tongue
That speaks the terrors of his power.
2 Far in the deep where darkness dwells,
The land of horror and despair,
Justice has built a dismal hell,
And laid her stores of vengeance there.
I [Eternal plagues and heavy chains,
Tormenting>acks and fiery coals,
And darts t' inflict immortal pains
Dy'd in the blood of damned souls.]
I [There Satan the first sinuer lies,
And roars, and bites his iron bands;
In vain the rebel strives to rise,
Crush'd with the weight of both thine hands.]
There guilty ghosts of Adam's race
Shriek out, and howl beneath thy rod;
Once they could scorn a,Saviour's grace,
But they mctns'd a dreadful God.
Tremble, my soul, and kiss the Son;
Sinners, obey the Saviour's call ;
Else your damnation hastens on,
And hell gapes wide to wait your fall.
686- Gainsborough 29, Condescension 116*
(Hymn 105. B. 1. C. M.j
Heaven invisible and holy, l Cor. ii. 9, 10.
Rev. xxi. 27.
NOR eye has seen, nor ear has heard,
Nor sense, nor reasoo known
What joys the Father has prepar'd
For t«hose that love the Son.
But the ?ood Spirit of the Lord
Reveals a heaven to come,
The beams of glory in his word
Allure and guide us home.
3 Pure are the joys above the sky,
And all the region peace;
No wanton iips nor envious eye
Can see or taste the bliss.
4 Those holy gates for ever bar
Pollution, sin, and shame ;
None s all obtain admirtance there
But followers of the Lamb.
5 He keeps the Father's book of life,
There all their names are found;
The hypocrite in vain shall strive
To tread the heavenly ground.
687* Hephzibah 77, Cambridge New 74.
(Hymn 66. B. 2. C. IV] J
Freedom from Sin and Misery in Heaven.
1 f\U& sins, alas, how strong they be!
\J And like a violent sea
They break our duty, Lord, to thee,
And hurry us away,
2 The waves of trouble how they rise !
How loud the tempests roar!
But death shall land our weary souls
Safe on the heavenly shore.
3 There to fulfil his sweet commands
Our speedy feet shall move,
No sin shall clog our winged zeal,
Or cool our burning love.
4 There shali we sit, and sing, and tell
The wonders of his grace. t
Till heaveol] raptures fire our hearts^
And smilein every face.
5 For ever his dear sacred name
Shall dwell upon our tongue,
And Jesus and Salvation be
The ciose of every song.
688- Islington 4/), Derby 169.
(Hymn 40. B. I. L. M.)
The Business and Blessedness of glorified
Saints, Rev. vii. 13, &c.
1 • ^W^HAT happy men, or angels these
▼ T 'That all their robes are spotless
1 white ?
' Whence did this glorious troop arrive
• At the pure realms of heavenly light *>
H
C89, 690
HEAVEN.
691, 692
2 From tort'ring racks and burning fires,
And seas of their own blood they came;
Put nobler blood has wash'd their robes,
Flowing from Christ the dying Lamb.
3 Now they approach th' Almighty throne,
With loud hosannas night and day,
Sweet anthems to the great Three One
Measure their bless'd eternity.
4 No more shall hunger pain their souls,
He bids their parching thirst be gone,
And spreads the shadow of his wings
To screen them from the scorching sun.
5 The Lamb that fills the middle throne
Shall shed around his milder beams,
There shall they feast on his rich love,
And drink full joys from living streams.
6 Thus shall their mighty bliss renew
Thro' the vast round ot endless years,
And the soft hand of sovereign grace
Heals all their wounds, and wipes their tears.
689* Cambridge New 74, Providence 10.
(Hymn II. B. 1. C. M.)
The same; or, the Martyrs glorijied, Rev. vii.
13, &c.
1 ( rpHESE glorious minds, how bright they
X ' W hence all their white array ] [shine !
< How came they to the happy seats
• Of everlasting day."
2 From tort'ring pains to endless joys
On fiery wheels they rode,
And strangely wash'd 'their raiment white
In Jesus' dying blood.
3 Now they approach a spotless God,
And bow before his throne;
Their warbling harps and sacred songs
Adore the Holy One.
4 The unveil'd glories of his face
Amongst his saints reside,
While the rich treasure of his grace
Sees all their wants supply'd.
5 Tormenting thirst shall lea\e their souls,
And hunger flee as fast ;
The fruit of life's immortal tree
Shall be their sweet repast.
6 The Lamb shall !ead his heavenly flock
Where living fountains rise,
And Love divine shall wipe away
The sorrows of their eyes.
690, Irish 171, Elim 151, Hammond 226.
(Hymn 33. B. 2. C. M.)
The Blessed Society in Heaven.
1 "D AISE thee, my soul, fly up and run
XV Thro' every heavenly street,
And say, There's nought below the sun
That's worthy of thy feet.
2 [Thus will we mount on sacred wines,
And Kead the courts above ;
Nor earth, nor all her mightiest things
Shall tempt our meanest love.]
3 There on a high majestic throne
Th' Almighty Father reigns,
And sheds his glorious goodness down
On all the blissful plains.
4 Bright like a sun the Saviour sits,
And spreads eternal noon,
No evenings there, nor gloomy nighty
To want the feeble moon.
0 Amidst those ever-shining skien
Behold the Sacred Dove,
While banish'd sin and sorrow flies
From ail the realms of love.
6 The glorious tenants of the place
Stand bending round the throne;
And saints and seraphs sing and praise
The Infinite Three One.
7 [But O what beams of heavenly grace
Transport them all the while!
Ten thousand smiles from Jesus' face,
And love in every smile!]
a Jesus, and when shall that dear day,
That joyful hour appear,
When I shall leave this house of clay
To dwell amongst them there?
691. Elim 161, Bath Chapel 26, Stilbnan 66,
(Hymn 68. B. 2. C. M.)
The humble Worship of Heaven.
1 "I7UTHER, I lone, I faint to see
X The place of thine abode,
I'd leave thy earthly courts and flee
Up to thy seat, my God !
2 Here I behold thy distant face,
And 'tis a pleasing sight;
But to abide in thine embrace
Is infinite delight.
3 I'd part with all the joys of sense
To gaze upon thy throne ;
Pleasure springs fresh for ever thence,
Unspeakable, unknown.
4 [There all the heavenly hosts are seen,
In shining ranks they move,
And drink immortal vigour in
With wonder and with love.
5 Then at thy feet with awful fear
Th' adoring armies fall ;
With joy they shrink to nothing there,
Before th' eternal All.
6 There 1 would vie with all the host
In duty and in bliss,
While less than nothing I could boast
And vanity* confess.]
7 The more thy glories strike mine eyes,
The humbler \ shall lie;
Thus while I sink, my jo:s shall rise
Unmeasurably high.
692« Elim 151, Liverpool 83, Stiilman 66.
(Hymn 91. B. 2. C. M.)
The Glory of Christ in Heaven.
1 f\ THE delights, the heavenly joys,
VJ The glories of the place
Where Jesus sheds the brightest beams
Of his o'erflowing grace !
2 Sweet majesty and awful love
Sit smiling on his brow,
And all the glorious ranks above
At humble distance bow.
3 [Princes to his imperial name
Bend their bright sceptres down.
Dominions, thrones, and powers rejoice
To see him wear the crown.]
4 Archangels sound his lofty praise
Through every heavenly street,
And lay their highest honours down
Submissive at his feet.
5 Those soft, those blessed feet of his
That once rude iron tore,
High on a throne of light they stand,
Aud all the saints adore.
* Isaiah xl. 17.
693
DOXOLOGIES.
694—698
5 His head, the dear majestic head
That cruel thorns did wound,
See what immortal glories shine,
And circle it around.
7 This is the man, th' exalted man
Whom we unseen adore ;
But when our eyes behold his face,
Our hearts shall love him more.
8 [Lord, how our souls are all on fire
To see thy bless'd abode,
Our tongues rejoice in tunes of praise
To our incarnate God.
) And whilst our faith enjoys this sight,
We long to leave our clay,
And wish thy fiery chariots," Lord,
To fetch our souls away.]
693. EUm 151, Irish 171, Stamford 9.
(Hymn 75. B. 2. C. M.)
Spiritual and eternal joys ; or, the beatific
Sight of Christ.
l, my Godj .
And run eternal rounds.
Beyond the limits of the skies,
And all created bounds.
2 The holy triumphs of my soul
Shall death itself out-brave,
Leave dull mortality behind,
And fly beyond the grave.
5 There, where my blessed Jesus reigns
In heaven's unmeasur'd space,
I'll spend a long eternity
In pleasure and in praise.
i Millions of years my wondering eyes
Shall o'er thy beauties rove,
And endless ages I'll adore
The glories of thy love.
5 Sweet Jesus, every smile of thine
Shall fresh endearments bring,
And thousand tastes of new delight
From all thy graces spring.
6 Haste, my beloved, fetch my soul
Up to thy bless'd abode,
Flv, for my spirit longs to see
My Saviour and my God.]
I cannot persuade myself to put a full period
to these divine hymns, till 1 have addressed
a special song of Glory to God the Father,
the Son, and the Holv, Spirit. Though the
Latin name of it, GLORIA PATR1, be retain-
ed in our nation from the ROMAN CHURCH :
and though there may be some excesses of
superstitious honour paid to the words of it,
which may have wrought some unhappy pre-
judices in weaker Christians, yet I believe it
still to be one of the noblest parts of Christian
worship. The subject of it is the doctrine of
the Trinity, which is that peculiar glory of
the Divine' Nature, that our Lord Jesus Christ
has so clearly revealed unto men, and is so
necessary to true Christianity. The action is
praise, whi h is the most complete and ex-
alted part of Htavenly worship. 1 have cast
the song into a variety of forms, and iiave
fitted it by a plain version or a larger para-
phrase, to be sung either alone or at the
conclusion of another Hymn. I have added
also a few Hosannas, or ascriptions of sal-
vation to Christ, in the same manner, and for
the same end.
DOXOLOGIES.
[Those of each Metre are placed together, be-
ginning with Long Metre.
694. Madan's 107, Portugal 97.
(Hymn 26. B. 3. 1st. L. M.)
A Song of Praise to the ever blessed Trinity,
God the Father, Son, and Spirit.
1 "DLESS'D be the Father and his love
-D To whose celestial source we owe
Rivers of endless joy above,
And rills of comfort "here below.
2 Glory to thee, great Son of God,
From" whose dear wounded body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood,
Pardon and life for dying souls.
Makes living springs of grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.
1 Thus God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, we adore,
That sea of life and love unknown
Without a bottom or a shore.
695- Old Hundred 100.
(Hymn 29. B. 3. 2d. L. MO
I pi LORY to God the Trinity
vT Whose name has mysteries unknown ;
In essence One, in person Three;
A social nature, yet alone.
2 When all our noblest powers are join'd
The honours of thy name to raise,
Thy glories over-match our mind,
And angels faint beneath the praise.
69g. (Hymn 32. B. 3. 3d. L. M.)
TO God the Father, God the Son,
And God rhe Spirit, Three in One,
Be honour, praise, and glory given,
By all on earth, aud all 111 heaven.
697- (Hymn 33. B. 3. L. M.)
Or thus:
ALL glory to thy wondrous name,
Father of mercy, God of love,
Thus we exalt the Lord, the Lamb,
And thus we praise the heavenly Dove.
698' Bath Chapel 26, Irish 171, Boston 15?,
(Hymn 27. B. 3. 1st C. MO
1 pi LORY to God the Father's name,
\J Who, from our sinful race,
Chose out his favourites to proclaim
The honours of his grace.
2 Glory to God the Sou be paid,
Who dwelt in humble clay.
And to redeem us from the dead
Gave his own life away.
699—704
DOXOLOGIES.
705—709
Glory to God the Spirit give,
From whose almighty power
Our souls their heavenly birth derive,
And bless the happy hour.
4. Glory to God that reigns above,
Th' eternal Three and One,
Who by the wonders of his love
Has made his nature known.
699. Great Milton 212, Froom 255.
(Hymn 30. B. 3. 2d C. M.)
1 rpHE God of mercy be ador'd,
J- Who calls our souls from death,
Who saves by his redeeming word,
And new-creating breath.
2 To praise the Father and the Son
And Spirit all divine,
The One in Three, und Three in One,
Let saints and angels join.
700- (Hymn 34. B. 3. 3d C. M.)
NOW let the Father and the Son
And Spirit be ador'd,
Where there are works to make him known,
Or saints to love the Lord.
701. (Hymn 35. B. 3. C. M.)
Or thus:
HONOUR to thee, Almighty Three,
And everlasting One ;
All glory to the Father be,
The Spirit, and the Son.
702* The 2d at the end of the Psalms.
(C. M.)
LET God the Father, and the Son,
And Spirit be ador'd,
Where there are works to make him known,
Or saints to love the Lord.
703. Aynhoe 108, Eagle Street New 55,
Simon's 250.
(Hymn 23. B. 3. IstS. M.)
1 TET God the Father live
J_i For ever on our tongues;
Sinners from his first love derive
The ground of all their songs.
2 Ye saints, employ your breath
In honour to the Son,
Who bought your souls from hell and death
By offering" up his own.
3 Give to the Spirit praise
Of an immortal strain,
Whose light and power and grace conveys
Salvation down to men.
4 While God the Comforter
Reveals our pardon'd sin,
O may the blood and water bear
The same record within.
5 To the great One and Three
That seal this grace in heaven,
The Father, Son, and Spirit, be
Eternal glory given.
704« Aynhoe 108, Vermont 134.
(Hymn 31. B. 3. 2d S. M.)
1 T ET God the Maker's name
JLi Have honour, love and fear,
To God the Saviour pay the same,
And God the Comforter.
2 Father of Lights above,
Thv mercy we adore,
The Son of thy eternal love,
And Spirit of thy power.
705- (Hymn 36. B. s. 3d S. M.)
YE angels round the throne,
And saints that dwell below,
Worship the Father, love the Son,
And bless the Spirit too.
70o. (Hymn 37. B. 3. S. M.)
Or thus:
GIVE to the Father praise,
Give glory to the Son,
And to the Spirit of his grace
Be equal honour done.
707. The 5th at the end of the Psalms.
As the 1 13th Psalm.
NOW to the Great and Sacred Three,
The Father, Son, and Spirit be
Eternal praise and glory given,
Thro' all the worlds where God is known,
By all the angels near the throne,
And all the saints in earth and heaven.
708* Greenwich New 62, Clapham 13.
(Hymn 38. B. 3.)
A Song of Praise to the Blessed Trinity*
The 1st as the 140th Psalm.
1 T GIVE immortal praise
i To God the Father's love
For all my comforts here,
And better hopes above j
He sent his own
Eternal Son
To die for sins
That man had done.
2 To God the Son belongs
Immortal glory too, *
Who bought us with his blood
From everlasting woe :
And now he lives
And now he reigns,
And sees the fruit
Of all his pains.
3 To God the Spirit's name
Immortal worship give,
Whose new-creating power
Makes the dead sinner live:
His work completes
The great design,
And fills the soul
With joy divine.
4 Almighty God, to Thee
Be endless honours done,
The undivided Three,
And the Mysterious One:
Where reason fails
With all her powers,
There faith prevails,
And love adores.
70Q. Resurrection 72, Portsmouth New 144.
(Hvmn 39. B. 3.)
The 2d as the 148th Psalm.
O Him that chose us first
Before the world began,
To him that bore the curse
To save rebellious man,
To Him that form'd
Our hearts anew,
Is endless praise,
And glory due.
The Father's love shall run
Thro' our immortal songs,
We bring to God the Son
Hosannas on our tongues ;
Our lips address
The Spirit's name
With equal praise,
And zeal the same.
Tc
710—714
HOSANNAS.
715—718
Let every saint above,
And angel round the throne,
For ever bless and love
The sacred Three in One:
Thus heaven shall raise
His honours high
When earth arid time
Grow old and die.
710. Sicit kin's 44, DarwelVs 62.
(Hymn 40. B. 3.)
The 3d as the U8th Psalm.
TO God the Father's throne
Perpetual honours raise;
Glory to God the Son,
To God the Spirit praise:
And .'.hile our lips
Their tribute bring,
Our faith adores
The name we sing.
711. The 6th at the end of the Psalms.
As the 148th Psalm.
TO God the Father's throne
Perpetual honours raise,
Glory to God the Son,
To God the Spirit praise:
With all our powers,
Eternal King,
Thy name we sing,
While faith adores.
712- (Hymn 41. B. 3.)
Or thus:
TO our eternal God,
The Father and the Son,
And Spirit all divine,
Three mysteries in One,
Salvatiou, power,
And praise be given,
By all on earth
And all in heaven.
THE HOSANNA; OR, SALVATION AS-
CRIBED TO CHRIST.
713. Derby 169, Rothwell 174.
(Hymn 42. B. 3. L. 1M.)
! TTOSANNA to king David's Son
XX Who reigns on a superior throne;
We bkss the Prince of heavenly birth
Who brings salvation down to earth.
£ Let every nation, every age,
In this delightful work" engage;
Old men and babes in Sion sing
The growing glories of her King.
714. Great Milton 212, Miall 240.
(Hymn 43. B. 3. C. M.)
1 TTOSANNA to the Prince of grace,
XX Sion, behold thv King;
Proclaim the Son of David's race,
And teach the babes to sing.
2 Hosanna to th' incarnate Word
Who from the Father came;
Ascribe salvation to the Lord
With blessings on bis name.
715. Liverpool 83, Great Milton 212.
(Hymn 16. B. 1. C. M.)
Hosanna to Christ, Matt. xxi. 9. Luke xix, 38, 40.
1 TTOSANNA to the royal son
XI Of David's ancient line,
His natures two, his person one,
Mysterious and divine.
2 The root of David here we find,
And offspring is the same ;
Eternity and time are join'd
In our Immanuel's name.
3 Blest he that comes to wretched men
With peaceful news from heaven ;
Hosannas of the highest strain
To Christ the Lord be given.
4 Let mortals ne'er refuse to take
Th' hosanna on their tongues,
Lest rocks and stones should rise, and break
Their silence into songs.
71fi. Liverpool 8 J, MichaeVs 119.
(Hymn 89. B. 2. C M.)
Christ' 's Victory over Satan.
1 TTOSANNA to our conquering King!
XI The prince of darkness flies,
His troops rush headlong down to hell
Like lightning from the skies.
2 There bound in chains the lions roar,
And fright the rescu'd sheep,
But heavy bars confine their power
And malice to the deep.
3 Hosanna to our conquering King,
All hail, incarnate Love!
Ten thousand songs and glories wait
To crown thy head above.
4 Thy victories and thy deathless fame
Through the wide world shall run,
And everlasting ages sing
The triujophs thou hast won.
717. Vermont 134, Falcon Street 209.
(Hymn 44. B. 3. S. M.)
1 TTOSANNA to the Son
XX Of David and of God,
Who brought the news of pardon down,
And bought it with his blood.
2 To Christ the anointed King
Be endless blessings given,
Let the whole earth his glory sing
Who made our peace with heaven.
718- Portsmouth New 144, Grove 125.
(Hymn 45. B. 3. As the 148th Psalm.)
1 TTOSANNA to the King
XX Of David's ancient blood ;
Behold he comes to bring
Forgiving grace from God:
Let old and young
Attend his wav,
And at his feet
Their honours lay.
2 Glory to God on high,
Salvation to the Lamb ;
Let earth, and sea, and sky
His wond'rous love proclaim ;
Upon his head
Shall honours rest,
And every age
Pronounce him blest,
H3
ENLARGED
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
N. B. — Turn to the particular article you want,
as in a Dictionary or Concordance, but look
7iot under Christ/br atonement or redemption,
but at the very words themselves, and so in
every instance.
If you find not the term yon seek, look for an-
other of similar import, such as conversion
and regeneration.
The figures refer to the numbers of the Hymns
and of the Pages, which always answer to
each other.
A.
AARON, and Christ, 260.
•**■ Moses and Joshua, 472.
Abba Father, 164, v. 5, 6. 165, v. 9, 10.
Abel and Christ, 142.
Abounding iniquity, 59ft, COO.
grace, 163, 156, 12% 135.
Abraham, stones made children of, 140.
Abraham's, call, 287, v. 4.
faith and obedience, 286, v. 3, 4.
blessing- on the Gentiles, 527, 528, 530.
offering his son, 330.
Absence, from God, deprecated, 396.
for ever intolerable, 392, 678.
and presence of God and Christ, 392.
from public worship painful, 291.
Absent Saviour, gone to prepare a place for his
people, 538.
love to the, 312.
memorial of the, .533, 538.
Access to the throne of grace by a mediator, 422-
Accession of King George, 617.
Adam, corrupt nature from, 86, 150.
fall of, 107.
sovereign of the creatures, 5?, v. 9.
first and second, 82.
their dominion, 95.
Adoption, 164, 165.
spirit of, desired, 165, v. 9, 10.
and election, 125.
Adoration, 503. See Worship.
Advice to youth, 589, 590, 592, 593.
Advocacy of Christ, 2/>8, 259, 142, v. 3.
Advocate, Christian, 269, v. 9. 270, v. 9.
Affections, inconstant, 375.
unsanctified, 451.
spiritual, described, 299.
desired, 108, 149.
Afflicted, Christ's compassion to them, 205, 368,
V. 3.
Afflictions, of the Church, 487—193.
corporal and mental, 368.
courage in them, 369.
difference between those of saints and sin-
ners, 403.
hope in them, 376, 292. 293.
light and short, 208, v. 4.
heavy and overwhelming, 293, 621, 368.
instructions by them, 403, 624.
moderated, 183.
profit by, and support under them, 623.
without rejection, 133.
resignation to them, 622, 329, 297.
removed by prayer, .503, 380.
regulated by providence, 67.
sanctified, 403, 624.
submission to them, 3S1, 71, 622. 329, 297.
support, trust, and comfort under them, 67,
388, 395.
trying our graces, 13, 360.
Aged, saints, flourishing, 483.
prayer and song, 597.
reflection and hope, 596.
sinner at death and judgment, 592.
All in all, God, 170, 171, 414.
All seeing God, 10, 11.
All sufflciencc of Ohrist, 289.
of God, 14.
of grace in duty aud suffering, 201, 202.
divine, our bliss, 349, v. 5.
Almost christian, 94-
Alms, or liberality, 305, 310.
Ambition of the world, 454, deprecated, 297.
Amen, 465, v. 6. 514, v. 8. 658, V. 6. 672, V. 4.
Amiable deportment, 320.
Anchor, hope an, 135, v. 3.
Angel of the covenant, Christ, 269, v. 3. 270,
v. 3.
Angels, (bad) their fall, 89.
punished, aud man saved, 130, 131.
vanquished and miserable, 49, v. 6, 7.
(good) guardian, 62R, 508, v. 5.
nappy at the conversion of sinners, 228, v. 6.
Angels subject to Christ, 132, v. 6. 223, v. 4.
Anger a.m\ love of God,45, v. 1,5—7.11, 80,24, 12.
Anger. See Wrath, Vengeance, Hell.
Answer to the church's prayers, 603. See Prayer,
Antichrist, his ruin, 502, 503, 505.
Anticipation of death and glory, 405, 406, 597,
v. 4, 7, 8.
Apollos, nothing without God, 118, v. 4.
Apostate, perishing, 94.
Apostles commissioned, 114.
Apparel, spiritual, 156, v. 6, 7. 195.
Appeal to God, against persecutors, 361.
concerning, our sincerity, 336, 337.
our humility, 297.
Ark placed in Zion, 477.
Arm of the Lord, made bare, 123, v. 6.
church sealed on Christ's, 570, v. 3.
Arms of everlasting love, 138, v. 3.
Armour of the gospel, 358, 428, v. 4.
Ascension of Christ, 238, 241 — 244.
Ashamed, not of Christ, or his gospel,339,340,55 1.
Astonishing love and grace, 164, 176.
Assistance, gracious, 320, v. 6.
in duty," 202.
in the spiritual warfare, 359, 184, 138.
against sin and Satan, 202.
Assurance, of interest, 339, 300.
of heaven, 658, 395.
of the love of Christ, 289, 300.
desired, 343, 209, v. 8. 678, v. 6—6. 39, V. 10.
19, v. 6.
Atheism, practical, 44, 87, 599, 600.
punished, 598.
Atonement of Christ, 140 — 146, 282, 555.
Attributes of God, 38—42.
Authority of magistrates from God, 617.
Avenger, God an, of his saints, 22.
Awakened sinner, 110.
B.
Babes, new born, described, 165.
Babylon, ruin of it, predicted, 502,
falling, 503.
fallen, 505,
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Backsliders, in distress and desertion, 372.
restored, 363.
pardoned, 464, 157, 158.
BachsHdings and returns, 375.
Banquet Ot love, 560, 544.
Baptism, and circumcision, 525—532.
the commission, 525.
Baptism, and circumcision, 531.
believers buried with Christ in, 526.
of infants, 529, 531.
children devoted to God in, 529, 528.
preaching, and the Lord's supper, 532.
Beatifich virion longed for, 693,434, 6J1.
Beatitudes, 389.
Believe and be saved, 283.
Believer, described. 165.
baptized, 525, 526.
death and burial of a, 662.
Beauty, of Christ, 567, 516.
of Christ's righteousness, 156.
. of the chun h, 565, 480, 481, v. 5, 7.
of gospel ministers, 123.
of holiness, 200.
of saints, 480, 482.
Birth, does not convey grace, 148.
first and second, 147.
of Christ, 212, 215, 264, 218.
miracles at the, 8, 220.
Blasphemy complained of, 599, 600.
Blessed, the, described, 369, 162, 397, 398, 400.
dead in the Lord, 653.
Blessed?iess, of Gospel times, 123.
of heaven, 667, 698, 689, 274.
only in God and Christ, 170, 171, 392.
Blessing, of Abraham on the Gentiles.527,5'28,530.
of Ciod on business, 413.
Blessings, of the gospel, 125, 194, 520.
of a family, 415, 456.
of the country, 562, 583, 585.
of a nation, 605.
of the spring, 582.
Blood of Abel, 14 2.
of Christ, cieansin?, 176, 282, S23, 181,
v. 4, 6. 84, v. 5, 6. 230, 200, V. 4, 6.
seal of the New Testament, 535.
and flesh, our foou, 549, 550.
spirit and water, 541.
Boasting, excluded, 127, 155.
in Christ, 539, 551.
Booh, of nature and .-cripture, 99, 100, 102.
of God's decrees, 19.
of life, 368, 19, v. 6.
Branch of promise, C hrist the, 467, v. 9, 12. 520,
v. 2.
Brazen serpent, 281.
Bread, strengthening, 80, v. 12.
of life, Christ the. 537, 265, v. 3.
Breathing, after comfort and deliverance, 378.
after holiness, 178.
Britain, praver for it, 606.
praise to* God for it, 604, 612.
prosperity and happiness of it, 606, 607, 584.
Broad and narrow wav, 94, v. 1.
Brother, Christ a, 147,' v. 6. 148, v. 6.
Brotherly love, 313.
reproof, 575, v. 3, 4.
Burial of a saint, 662.
Burial with Christ in baptism, 526.
Business, of life blest, 413.
of glorified saints, 688, 689, 274.
Ccesar's dues, 615, v. 5.
Call of the gospel, 195—198.
accepted, 544.
Calvary, 536, v. 5. See Cross.
Canaan, Israel led to it, 473.
lost through unbelief, 450.
and heaven, (556, 472, 459, v. 4, 5, 19.
Captain of salvation, 269, v. 11. 270, v.-ll.
Care of God over his saints, 50S,
Cares welcomed, 395, v. 3.
Carnal, mind, enmity, 62.
joys parted with, 349, 350.
reason humbled, 128, 129.
Cause, our, left with God, 67, v. 3, 4.
Ceremonies mere external, vain, 315.
Change produred by the gospel, 121.
Characters, of Christ, 266—270.
of true christians, 165.
Charity, and iove, 314, 3!6.
and uncharitableness, 3 '5.
to the poor, 305, 306, v. 1, 2. 637.
blessing attending, 307, 309.
and justice, 475.
mixed with imprecations, 491.
Chastisement, 461,462. See Afflictions.
Chastity, 176, 686.
Children, (infants,) in the covenant of grace,
527, 528.
devoted to God, 528, 529, 531.
instructed, 81, 589.
praising God, 588.
made blessings, 413, 414.
Children of God, (Christians,) 164.
their characters, 165.
their privileges desired, ib, v. 7.
Christ, 211, 278.
and Aaron, 260.
and Abel, 140.
Adam the second, 83, 95.
his all-sufficiency, 236.
his ascension, 242, 244, 518.
the beloved, described, 567.
his characters, 266.
the church's foundation, 479.
his coming, the signs of it, 599.
his commission gracious, 283, 224, 225. "
his condescension and glorification, 250.
covenant made with him, 132. _
first and second coming, or his incarnation,
kingdom, and judgment, 217, 222, 677.
the creator, 649.
crucified, este med foolishness, 188.
the true David, 317, 132.
his death and resurrection, 232, 233, 237»
254, 255.
his eternity, 649.
exalted to the kingdom, 262, 250, 253, 513,
514, 517, 518.
our > xamp'e, 318.
faith in his blood, 323.
God and man. 132.
his godheid, 649.
power and wisdom of God, 542.
the desire of all nations, 218, v. 6.
his gioiy and grace, 213.
glorv in heaven, 692.
our hope, 381, 363, 323.
human and divine nature, 16, 212, 264, 715.
incarnation ami dominion, 250.
incarnatiou and sacrifice, 140.
the king, and the church his -pouse, 480,481.
his kingdom among the Gentiles, 1, 513,
514,482, 481, 477.
his love to enemies, 317, 318.
his majesty, 1, 185, 257.
his mediatorial kimraom, 256, 517 — 519.
names and titles, 267—270.
his obedience and death, 193.
his offices, 265.
his personal glories and government, 515.
praised by children, 588.
prophet, priest, and king, 265, 517—519.
his resurrection on the Lord's day, 444,
445.
sent by the Father, 224, 225, 283.
our strength and righteousness, 154.
his sutierings and kingdom, 232, 241,
254, 255. H4
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Christ, his sufferings for our salvation, 231.
his titles, 264, 267—270.
his zeal and reproaches, 229.
See other articles concerning Christ, under their
respective terms.
CHRISTIAN LIFE, 345—396.
Christian, almost one, 94. \
character of a true, 165.
church made of Jews and Gentiles, 482.
qualifications of one, 474—476.
religion, its excellence, 116.
internal evidence of the, 115.
virtues, 151, 320.
weak, not to be despised, 315.
Church, Jewish and Christian, 459—524.
beauty of it, 480, 481, 484, 485, 418, 565.
birth- place of saints, 482.
built on Jesus Christ, 479.
her complaints avenged, 505.
delight and safety in it, 429.
destruction of enemies proceeds from
thence, 614.
espousals to Christ, 564.
gathered and settled, 477, 478.
of the Gentiles, 481, v. l, 5, 6, 243.
God fighta for her, 500, 598, 602.
God's presence there, 477, 478, 426, 427.
God's special delight, 482, 477, 478.
God's garden, 483, enclosed, 566.
going to it, 418, 419.
ats happiness, 497.
the house and care of God, 494, 495.
Jews and Gentiles united in it, 482.
increase of it, 606.
prayer of the, in distress, 490.
persecuted, 488, 490.
restored by prayer, 382, 512, 380.
its safety in troubles and in desolations,
495, 496, 497, 499.
the safety and honour of a nation, 484.
the spouse of Christ, 480.
in the wilderness, 570, 487, v. l, 2.
its worship and or.ier, 485.
wrath against enemies proceeds thence,
614.
Church-meetings, 50S— 513.
Church-members characterized, 474 — 476.
CIRCUMCISION, and Baptism, 525-532.
abolished, 530.
and baptism, 529, 531.
Citizen of Zion, 474, 475.
Cleansing blood of Christ, 181, 176, 282, 323.
Cloudy pillar, 459, v. 16. 461, v. 5.
Colonics planted, 607.
Clothing, spiritual, 156, 195, v. 6, 7. 688, v. 1.
Comfoit, from the covenant with Christ, 134.
from the gospel, 116.
from the Yiope of heaven, 395.
holiness and pardon, 381, 160, 178, 3?8.
of life blest, 413.
and pardon, 157, 158.
under sorrows of body and mind, 388, 395.
from the divine presence, 393.
from the promises and faithfulness of God,
131, 210.
restored, 300.
and support in God, 236, 362, 363.
from ancient providences, 470, 368.
Commission, of Christ, 224, 225, 283.
of the apostles, 1 14.
Communion, with Christ and saints, 534, 511,
416.
be ween Christ and his church, 558—
563.
between saints in heaven and on earth,
486, v. 5, 6.
with Christ desired, 172.
Company of saints the best, 109, 511.
Compassion, of God, 30, 24, 33, 35, 36,
Compassion of a dying Saviour, 536, 554.
of Christ to the afflicted and tempted, 206.
Condemnation, by the law, 110, 152.
none to believers, 289.
Condescension, of God, to our affairs, 27*
to our worship, 423, 205.
of Christ, 250, 220, v. 4.
Complaint, of absence from public worship*
291.
of the church, 487—493.
of deceit and flattery, 599, 600.
of desertion, 376, 373.
of vain discourse, 600.
of d ulness. 370, 341.
of a hard heart, 371.
of in-dwelling sin, 110, 378.
of ingratitude, 324, 578, v. 3.
of pride, atheism, oppression, &c. 59$,
600.
of sickness, 626.
of sloth and negligence, 341, 370.
of temptation, 373, 374.
of quarrelsome neighbours, 364.
of heavy afflictions in mind and body,
368.
general, 621.
Conjesiion, of our poverty, 109.
of sin, repentance, and pardon, 159—162,
64, 85, 345, 379, 157, 156, 368.
Confidence in God, 298, 289.
under trials and afflictions, 67.
Conqueror, Christ a, 553, 716, 269, v. 10. 270,
V. 10. 652, V. 3.
Conquerors, believers, 359, 651, v. 4. 289, V. 4, 5,
680, v. 4.
Conscience, secure and awakened, 1 10.
tender, 290.
the pleasures of a good one, 351, 299.
its guilt relieved, 161, 379, 84,85,323, 383,
W, 158.
Constancy in the gospel, 192. (See Courage.)
Contention, complained of, 364.
and love, 314.
Contentment, christian, 354, 390.
cherished, 297.
and love, 31 i.
Converse with God, 439, 440, 409.
Conversion, its nature and author, 147, 17S.
effected by divine power, 517,518.
the difficulty of it, 151.
delayed, 635, 592—594.
the wonder of earth, 506.
the joy of heaven, 328.
praise for it, 88, v. 4.
earnestly desired, 149, 86, v. 4, 5.
on the ascension of Christ, 517—519.
of Jews and Gentiles, 482, 511, l.
Conviction of sin, by the law, 110, 152.
by the cross of Christ, 353, 384.
Corner stone an emblem of Christ, 266, v. 13.
Coronation of Christ, 564.
Correction. See Affliction.
Corrupt nature from Adam, 82, 86, 150.
Corruption of manners general, 598, 600. See
Depravity.
Counsel, to young persons, 569, and support
from God, 363, 102, 104.
Counsellor, Christ, 2b4, v. 2. 270, v. 5.
Counsels of peace between the father and
Christ, 518, v. 4.
Courage, christian, called up, 310, 357.
in temptation and trouble, 395.
in duty and sufferings, 201, 357.
in death, 673, 405, 406, 289, 597.
in persecution, 360, 289, 192.
Covenant, of works cannot save, 152.
with Abraham, 527, 530, 531.
of grace, made with Christ, our comfort,
132.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Covenant, children therein, 527, 528.
unchangeable, 139, 465.
its promises, 200.
sealed and sworn, 135, 535.
hope in it under temptation,
135.
Covetousness, 667, 456, 454.
Cowardly souls perishing1, 94, v. 3.
CREATION and providence, 55—81.
Creation, of the world, 65.
new, 149, 147.
old and new, ib.
called upon to praise God, 51.
and preservation, 646.
and providence, 61, 62, 80, 467—469, 76,
52, 53.
Creatures, their love dangerous, 347.
no trusting them, 14, 15,338, 35, 36.
God far above them, 647.
their vanity, 455.
vain, and God all-sufficient, 14, 15.
praising God, 51— 54.
Creature-itreams low, and springs of life high,
44, v. 7, 8.
Cross of Christ, our glory, 551.
benefit of it, 555.
salvation in it, 192.
repentance flowing from it, 326.
crucifixion to the world by it, 539.
Crown of righteousness, 658.
Crucifixion, of sin, 151, 174,94.
to the world, 539.
Crucifying Christ afresh, 352.
Curse, of the first transgression, 193.
removed by Christ, 282.
turned into a blessing, 230, v. 3, 4.
Custom in sin, 68.
Cyrus, 609, v. 7.
D.
Daily devotion, 410, 10, 11, 336.
Danger, of our earthly pilgrimage, 391.
of neglect, 635, 198.
of love to the creatures, 347.
of pride, 128.
of death and hell, 643.
Darkness, light in it from Christ's presence,
393, 170, v. 4.
of providence, 71.
of earth and light of heaven, 391, v. 6.
Darts, Satan's fiery, 395, 374.
David, a type of Christ, 317, 132.
Christ greater than, 132, 34, v. 3.
Day, of grace and duty, 635.
of lite will eud, 645.
of humiliation in war, 601.
of thanksgiving, 604, 608—610.
of judgment, 676—684.
everlasting one, 391, v. 6.
Dead, raised by the gospel, 121.
to sin by the cross of Christ, 352.
in the Lord blessed, 653.
DEATH, of Christ, an act of submission, yet
voluntary, 251.
caused by sin, 353.
and sufferings of Christ, 233, 193.
and resurrection of Christ, 237, 232.
grace and glory by it, 555.
of men, and -afflictions under providence, 67.
of saints and sinners, 405, 406, 401, 668.
of a saint, 653, 662.
of a sinner, 661, 6.50.
of au aged sinner, 592.
of a rich sinner, 667, 456, 668.
of kindred improved, 663.
sometimes sudden, 643.
anticipated with pleasure, 597, V. 4, 7, 8.
sting of it gone, 651, 294, T. 7.
deliverance from it, 631.
Death, and pride, 669.
fear of it groundless, 657.
desirable, 655, 665.
dreadful or delightful, 650.
overcome by faith, 651,652.
triumphed "over in view of the resur-
rection, 572, 674, 675.
preparation for, 658, 066.
courage in it, 673, 406, 166—168.
the effect of sin, 595.
God's presence in it, 654, 396.
terrible to the unconverted, 592.
made easy, by the sight of Christ, 657, 54G.
"by a sight of heaven, 654, 656.
and eternity, 664, 652.
and immediate glory, 659, 665.
meditation on it, 665.
and the resurrection, 670,674, 675,597, 672.
Deceit and flattery, 599, 600.
Deceitfulness, of sin, 90.
of worldlv jovs, 350.
Decrees of God', 126—129, 19.
revealed by Christ, 273.
not to be vainly pryed into, 19, v. 5.
Dedication, of ourselves to God, 355.
of soul to Christ, 535, 136, v. 5, 6.
of children, 528, 529, 531.
Defence, in God, 64, 65.
from sin and Satan, 294.
and salvation in God, 298, 395, 387.
Deity of Christ, 211, 212,264, 197, 715.
Delay, of conversion, 635, 592—594, 370, 642,
God will not, 621, v. 11.
Delaying sinners warned, 450.
Delight, in the church, and safety, 429, 484,
485, 424—427.
in the whole of duty, 355.
in God. 311, 426, 29% 291, 292, 438—440,
169, 424—427.
in converse with Christ, 172, 173.
in the law of God, 103, 105, 624.
in ordinances. 172, 173, 4»l, 426.
Deliverance, begun and perfected, 362.
from despair, 385, 157, 158, 298.
from deep distress, 508, 509, 336.
from death, 631, 634.
national, 604,612.
from oppression and fal-ehood, 365.
from persecution, 493, 362.
by prayer, 508, 366, 382, 507.
seasonable, 330.
from shipwreck, 69.
from slander, 366.
from spiritual enemies, 138, 497, 395, 294.
surprising, 507.
from temptation, 294, 625, 374, 385.
from a tumult, 367.
Deny thyself, 151, 94, v. 2, 174, v. 3.
Departure, from God, lamented, 375.
Dependence. See Faith.
Deportment, amiable, 320.
Depravity, of nature, 82, 86, 150.
of manners. 598—600.
Desertion, and distress of soul, 376, 372, 379, 26V.
and temptation complained of, 373.
and hope, 291.
Desire, of Christ's presence, 392.
of comfort and deliverance, 378.
of knowledge, 304.
of holiness,~178.
of quickening erace, 377.
of the spirit of adoption, 164, 165, v. 9, lfc
Desolations, the church's safety in them. 499.
Despair, of the humble, unreasonable, 163.
and hope in death, 405, 669.
deliverance from it, 385, 157, 158, £94.
and presumption, 92, 93, 110.
Devices of Satan, 93, 92.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Devil, his various temptations, 92, 93.
his fiery darts, 395, v. 2, 374, v. 3.
his enmity to Christ, 199.
vanquished by Christ, 501, 716.
Devotion, daily, 410, 420, 575.
fervent, desired, 341.
sacred, 409.
sick bed, 622, 625.
See Morning, Evening, LoroVs Day.
Difficulty of religion, or subduing- passions,
151.
Diligence, christian, 636, 637, 194, 357, 340.
Direction, and pardon, 346.
and defence prayed for, 435, v. 5 — 8.
and hope, 292.
and supplies, 363. See Knowledge.
Disease of sin, 91.
Dissolution of the world, 646.
Distance from God loved, 150, v. 4.
Distemper of, the soul, 91.
Distinguishing love and grace, 126 — 131.
admired, 545.
Distress, what to he done in it, 484, v. 7.
of soul, or backsliding and desertion, 372.
relieved, 383, 157, 158.
Divine nature, of Christ, 211.
and human, 212, 264, 197, 715.
DOCTRINES, and blessings of scripture, 125
— 194.
Dominion, of God, eternal, 6.
over the sea, 21.
of man over the creature*, 20.
Door, Christ compared to a, 266, v. 12.
Doubts and fears, of christians discouraged, 163.
censured, 202, 495, 210, v. 5.
suppressed, 294, 631, 368, 202.
removal of them desired, 343, 656, v. 5.
removed, 300.
Drunkard and glutton, 463.
Dulness spiritual, 370.
Duties, of religion, 174.
assistance in them, 202.
excitement to them, 636, 637.
constancy in, 571, v. 2, 3.
to God and man, 475, 476, 106—108.
delightful, 355, V. 3, 4,
hindered by sin, 687, v. 1.
.help in them desired, 571, v. 3, 6.
not meritorious, 152.
and delights of heaven, 687.
Dwelling with God, on earth, 476.
in heaven, 242.
Earnest of the spirit, 659, v. 3, 343, v. 4.
Earth, no rest on it, 455.
Earthly joys forsaken, 319, 350.
Earthly mmdcdness lamented, 408.
Education, religious, 589, 61.
Effects of Christ'* death, 145.
Effusion of the spirit, 279.
Egypt's plagues, 459.
Election, in Christ. 125.
sovereign and free, 126, 128, 129.
excludes boasting, 127.
Employment of saints in heaven, 687.
End, o'f the righteous and wicked, 400, 401, 397.
of self-righteousness, 153.
of the world, 646, 458.
of life to be kept in view, 645.
Enemies, of the church disappointed, 612.
destroyed, 599, 600, 484, 614.
national, dismayed and destroyed, 609.
prayed for, 491, "317, 318.
salvation from spiritual, 138.
Enemies, triumphed over, by Christ, 501, 502.
and by Christians, 496, Y, 6, 7.
Enemy, death the last, 651, v. 3.
Enjoyment of Christ, J72, 173.
Enlargement, desired, 377.
granted, 381.
Enmity, between Christ and Satan, 190.
of the carnal mind, fi2.
Envy, and unbelief cured, 402, 669, 67<*.
and love, 314.
Equity, universal law of, 107.
and wisdom of providence, 74.
Espousals of the church to Christ, 564.
Establishment and grace, 138.
Eternal Son of God, 267, v. 2, 268, V. 2.
Eternity, of God, 5.
of his dominion, 6.
and death, 664.
succeeding this life, 643.
Evening and morning hymns, 571 — 581.
Evidence, internal, to the gospel, 115.
of grace, or self-examination, 411.
of sincerity, 336, 337, 437.
Evil, times, 599, 600.
neighbours, 364.
magistrates, 404, 619, 620.
Exaltation of Christ to the kingdom, 241, 253,
254, 255, 232, 513, 517-519.
Examination, or evidences of grace, 411, 336.
Example, of Christ, 226, f;18,269, v. 5, 270, v. 5.
of saints, 356.
a good one set, 636.
Excellence, of the Christian religion, 116.
of the gospel, 120.
of Christ's righteousness, 156.
Exhortations, lo diligence, 357, 340, 637.
to peace and holiness, 590.
Extent of duty and zeal, 355, v. 3, 4.
F.
Face, of Christ, 392, v. 3, 172, v. 4, 173, v. 1.
of Immanuel, 145, v. 4.
of God, setn at a distance. 691, v. 2.
of God in heaven, 302, v. 6.
Faith, 280—289.
believe and be saved, 283, 284.
and prayer of persecuted saints, 491.
and assurance, 339.
in the blood of Christ, 160, 84, 323.
in divine grace and power, 338, 157, 158.
in things unseen, 286, 287.
and sight, 659,71, 434.
and reason, 205, 71.
and repentance, 285.
and obedience, 286, 280.
and unbelief, 283, 285.
assisted by sense, 532.
strong, when sense despairs, 18, v. 6, 7.
strong, desired, 210, v. 6.
overcoming, enjoyed, 652, 289.
weak, lamented, 210, v. 5, 181, v. 3.
in Christ, our sacrifice, 282.
for pardon and sanctification, 181.
and knowledge of him, 339.
joy of it, and love, 2b8, 312.
triumphing in Christ, 289.
over death and the grave, 652.
walking by it, 287.
without works, dead, 280.
its victories, 280, v. 4.
the way of salvation, 284, 283.
and salvation, 283.
Faithfulness, of God, 31, 459, 37, 35, 36, 32.
tohispromises,135, 1S1,218, 561.
a Christian grace, 332.
of a good man, 332, 475.
Fall, of angels and men, 89.
and recovery of man, 199, 136.
of Babylon, 503—505.
Falsehood, blasphemy, &c. 599, 600.
and oppression, deliverance from them, 365,
599, 600.
Family, government, 412.
love and worship, 416,
blessings, 415?
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Father, God our, 164, 40, 41.
Christ the everlasting, 264.
Fear, of God, holy, 290.
reverential in worship, 421, 447.
of death, 657.
overcome, 651, 652, 674.
Fears and doubts suppressed, 300, 294, 631, 509,
Feast, of the s-ospel, 195, 544. [SOS.
of love, 560, 544.
of triumph, 553.
made by divide love, 545.
its provision?, 552.
its guests incited, 544, 545, 552.
Fellous/iip, with Christ and saints, 531.
between Christ and his church, 558—563.
with Christ desired and enjoyed, 172, 173,
441.
Fervency of devotion, desired, 341, 340.
want of it lamented, 370.
excited, 637.
Fever of body and mind, 455, v. 3, 4.
Few, saved, 94.
seek and find, 161, v. 1.
Finishing of Christ's work, 235.
Fire, Christ represented by a, 266, v. 9.
Flatten/, and deceit complained of, 599, 600.
self-flattery, 44.
Flesh, and sin mortified, 151, 174, 94.
and spirit, 177, 175.
and blood of Christ, the best food, 549, 550.
our tabernacle, 659.
Flint, the, dissolved, 200, v. 7, 8.
Flourishing religion n old age, 483.
Flying, from Christ, follv of it, 198, v. 3.
to Christ., the felicity of it, ib. v. 1, 2.
Folly and madness of sin, 91.
Food, spiritual, 195, 200, 172.
the flesh and blood of Christ, 549, 550.
for the soul desired, 266, v. 3.
Fools made wise, 127.
Forbearance, of God. 325.
of the righteous, 402.
Forget fulness, 451.
Forgiveness, of original and actual sin, on con-
fession, 84, 85.
prayed for, 379, 345.
plentiful with God, 157, 158.
Formality in worship, 683, 684, 333.
Formation of ma , 53.
wisdom of God in it, 57.
Forms, mere outward, vain, 147, 333, 84, v. 4,5.
Foretaste of heaven, 301.
desired, 173.
Fortitude, christian, 340.
excited, 637, 358.
Foundationt Christ the, 479.
Fountain ot Christ's blood, 200, v. 4, 266, v. 8,
181, v. 4.
Frailty, of man, 671, 644, 640.
and folly of man. 642.
Freedom from sin and mi?erv in heaven, 687.
Freeness, of the gospel, 19S. "
Freeness, of grace, 126—131.
Frctfulness discourasred, 402.
Friend, God is, and Father, 40, v. 4, 41, v. 4.
Christ a, 267, v. 6, 268, v. 6.
Friendship, its blessings, 417.
Froicns and smiles of Christ, 368, v. 1—3.
Fruits, of Christ's death, 254.
of the spirit, 389.
of the srospel, 121.
of faith, 280.
of holiness and grace, 174.
Fullness, of Christ, 212.
of the gospel, 195.
Funeral, psalm, 648, 671.
thought, 666. See J)eath<, Burial,
Garden, of Christ, the church, 566.
- of God, 483.
Garments of salvation, 156, 195, v. 6, 7.
Gates, of Sion, 195. v. 9, 496, v. 3.
of hell, 500, \. 6
of heaven, 242, v. 6, 7.
Gentiles, Christ revealed to, 123, 261. 544, 545,
520.
the God of the, 1.
blessing of Abraham on them, 527, 528, 530.
given to Christ, 263, 241. 254, 513, 514.
called in answer to pray* r, 431.
owning the true God, 1. 124, 243.
church of the, 480, 481.514, 431.
and Jews united ia che Christian church,
482.
Glorified, body, 674.
martyrs and saints, 688, 669.
Glory, ot God, infinite, 43, 1.
in the gospel, 122.
in our salvation. 193.
and grace in the person of Christ, 213, 212,
122.
shines in the sufferings and cross of Christ,
542, 557, 249.
of Christ in heaven, 692.
and grace promised, 425, 113, 672, 185.
and grace by the death of Christ, 555.
to the Father, Son, and holy Spirit, 694—712.
Glorification and condescension of Christ. 250.
,515,516.
Glory o' God in our salvation, 193.
and grace promised, 89, 425, 185, 113.
Glorying in Christ and his cioss.339,155, 535,551.
Glutton, 462.
and < runkard, 463.
God, all in all, 170, 171, 414.
all-seein2-, 10, 11.
all-sufficfenr, 14, 15, 236.
his attributes, 38 — 42.
his being, attributes, and providence, 44.
75, 76, 68, 583.
the avenger of his people, 22.
his care of saints, 361, 508.
and of the church, 495.
creator and redeemer, 130.
creation and providenct, 61, 80.
our defence and salvation, 294, 14, 15, 387 .
46,613. '
eternal, sovereign, and holy, 7.
eternal, and man mortal, 644, 648, 649,
his faithfu ness, 34, 459, 37.
far abo\e the creatures^ 647.
glorified by Christ, 122, 542.
glorifud, and sinners saved, 193.
goodness and mercy, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 38.
goodness and truth, 24, 35, 36.
his governing power and goodness, 13.
great and "rood, 28, 78, 640, 2, 3, 24, 7*5.
heart searching, 336.
our only hope and help, 33.
incomprehensible, 42 43.
the judge, 677, 679, 334, 663, 684.
kind to his people, 32, 35, 36.
his majesty, l, 16.
and condescension, 17. 18, 640.
mercy and truth, 75, 421, 25, 26, 32.
made man, 250.
of nature and grace, 582, 583.
his perfections, 38—42, 75, 44, 37, 2, 3. 21
35, 36. ' '
our portion, and Christ our hope, 381.
our portion here and hereafter, 169.
his power and majesty, 421, 28, 7—9, J,
praised by children, 588.
our preserver, 63—65, 184.
present in his churches, 426, 427.
116
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Cod, our refuge in national troubles, 499, 500.
our shepherd, 166—168.
his sovereignty and goodness to man, 18,
250, 640, 24.
our support and comfort, 362.
supreme governor,. 620,7—9, 617.
his vengeance and compassion, 28, 677.
unchangeable, 133, 58.
his universal dominion, 48,
his wisdom in his works, 58, 57.
worthy of all praise, 2, 3, 35, 36, 452, 52—54,
407.
sight of him weans from the. world, 348.
terrible to sinners, 16. See Perfections,
Works, Sec.
Godhead of Christ, 211, 212, 649.
Golden rule of Christ, 107.
Good works, 112, 474,475, 242, 307, 308.
profit men, not God, 109.
cannot . justify, 153, 155.
Goodness of God,' 24, 35, 36. 20, 25, 37, 639 ,3*4.
and greatness, 12, 39—41.
and power, 12.
and wrath, 29.
Gospel, armour, 428, v. 4, 358, v. 1.
glad tidings, 123.
Feast, 195, 514.
its glory and success, 99, 481, 516, 517, 279,
264, v. 1.4,5.
different success of it, 118.
invitations and provisions, 195, 552.
gives no liberty to sin, 352, 174, 280.
joyful sound, 98, 113, 221, 187.
times, their blessedness, 123.
divine evidence of the, 97.
attested by miracles, 114, 220, 240.
not ashamed of the, 339, 551.
glorifies God, 122.
ministry, 123.
its wisdom and grace, 122.
its blessed effects, 121.
savour of life or death, 118.
sinned against, 117.
and law, 152.
and law joined, 112.
distinguished, 111.
alone give sinners hope, 116.
power of God to salvation, 120, 121, 516.
practical tendency of it, 174.
worship and order, 485.
Government, and magistrates from God, 615,6 17.
of Christ, 515, 264, v. 3—5.
Grace, adopting, 164.
of Christ, 513—516.
Grace, converting, 150.
electing, 125.
its evidences or self-examination, 411, 336.
in exercise, 557.
not conveyed by parents, 148.
its freedom and sovereignty, 126—131.
and holiness, 174.
growth in, 483.
an immortal and holy principle, 165, v. 5.
without merit, 363, 160, 162.
justifying, 152.
pardoning, 163, 157, 158.
and providence, 61, 75, 467, 468, 76, 77.
given us in Christ, 190, v. 3, 134.
persevering, 186.
equal to power, 12.
preserving and restoring, 184.
promises of, 199—210.
above riches, 605.
sanctifying and saving, 138.
and glory in the person of Christ, 213, 212.
and glory by the death of Christ, 555.
salvation by it, 190, 188.
sovereignty of it, 126—131.
Grace, of the spirit, 389.
all-sufficient in duty and sufferings, 201, 202,
superaboundinar, 163. [163.
♦ surprising, 176, I64.
throne of accessible, 422, 258, 259.
and vengeance, 29.
truth and protection, 79.
tried by afflictions, 406, 13, 182, 183.
and glory, 185, 425.
Graceless souls, wretched, 170.
Graces, (christian) 332, 389, 320".
in exercise at the Lord's table, 557.
tried, 406, 13.
shining in trials, 360.
Gratitude, for divine favours, 355.
want of it lamented, 324, 578, v. 3.
Great Britain's God praised, 604.
Greatness and goodness of God, 39—41.
Growth in grace, 483.
Guide, Christ a, 269, v. 5. 270, v. 5.
the divine counsels our, 169, v. 2. 571.
v. 5,6.
the holy spirit, 368, v. 11.
Guidance, divine, sought, 571, v. 4—6.
Guilt of conscience relieved, 161, 163, 379, 84,
85, 323, 383, 157, 158.
H.
Habits sinful, hard to be broken, 88.
Happiness, in God only, 170, 171.
in God's presence, 392, 393.
on earth, 301, 302, v. 7—10.
in heaven, 693.
Happy, saint and cursed sinner, 398.
men described, 389, 160, 159.
nation, 605.
Hardness of heart, 371.
Harvest, 583—585.
Hatred And love, 314.
Head, Christ our, 266, v. 7, 534, v. 5.
Health, preserved, 572, 578. 66.
sickness and recovery , 626, 629, 630, 631, 633.
prayed for, 379, 626, 622.
Hearing, of prayer and salvation, 510, 381.
the word, unprofitablv, 451.
and praying for success, 451.
with ple'asure and profit, 123, 118.
Heart, known to God, 10,
hard, 371.
softened, 200, v, 7—9.
Heaven, what constitutes it, 171.
aspirations after, 691, 173, 349, 350,344,391.
its blessedness and business, 688, 689.
meditation of, 288.
negligence in seeking after, 642.
hope of it supporting, 395.
hoped for by Christ's resurrection, 239.
freedom from sin and misery there, 687.
worship of it humble, 691.
Christ's dwelling place, 692, 568.
dwelling place of the saints, 242.
sight of God and Christ there, 344.
blessed society there, 6»0, 486.
nothing without God, 169.
invisible and holy, 686.
ensured and prepared for, 658.
foretaste of it on earth, 301.
prospect of it makes death easy, 656.
of separate souls and resurrection, 406.
the everlasting felicity of, 693.
and earth, 349, 350, 391.
and hell, 680.
Heavenly, mindedness, 299.
desired, 408.
Heavenly joy on earth, 172, 302, 301.
Hell, and death, 661.
and judgment, 587, 680.
or the vengeance of God, fi85, 16.
holy fear of, 685, 678.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Helpless souls hoping and praying, 33.
He+eklaWs song, 633.
High Priest, Christ, 269, v. 8. 270, v. 8. and
king and judge, 146.
Holiness. See Grace, Spiritual, Sunctificati»n.
and sovereignty of God, 23, 647.
and grace, 176," 174, 280.
its characters, 389.
true faith promotes, 356.
forbids sin, 165, v. 5.
necessary preparation for heaven, 686.
pardon and comfort, 381.
desired, 178.
loved onlv by the gracious, 185, v, 4.
professed", 335, 336.
Honour, of the world, vain, 451.
to magistrates, 615.
Hope, of Saints, Christ the, 381.
in the covenant, 135.
in darkness, 376, 293, 368.
gives light and strength, 287. [662, 674.
of the resurrection, 673, 652, 651, 405, 406,
and despair in death, 405, 6.>9, 670.
and prayer, 430.
of national victory, 602.
and direction, 292.
in afflictions, 292, 368.
of the helpless, 33.
of the living, 635.
the soul's anchor, 135.
in Christ, comfort under sorrows, 383.
of heaven by Christ's resurrection, 259.
of heaven, supporting and sanctifying
under trials, 395, 164, v. 4.
Hiaketh not ashamed, 506, 509.
makes death easy, 656.
none excluded from, 295.
of Sinners, vain, 397, v. 4—6.
Hopeful youth falling short of heaven, 591.
Horn of promise, 520, v. 2.
Hosanna, to Christ, 713— 716.
of the children, 588.
for the Lonl's day, 444, 445.
Households, 528, v. \. 529, v. 3. See Family.
Human affairs condescended to by God, 27.
Humanity and deity of Christ, 212, 264, 715.
Humble, God dwells with the, 205.
enlightened, 128, 129,520.
sinner pardoned, 296.
worship of heaven, 691.
Humiliation, day, 596, 603.
for disappointment in war, 601.
and exaltation of Christ, 145, 146, 249, 252,
235.
Humility, and pride, 196.
and meekmss, 389.
and submission, 297.
and resignation under affliction, 622.
of heaven, 691.
Hunger, and thirst after righteousness, 369,
v. 4.
none in heaven, 666, 669.
Husbandman'' s psalm, 582.
Hypocrites, and hypocrisy, 599, 600.
known and abhorred of God, 333.
and almost christian, 94.
and apostacv, 94.
at the day o'f judgment, 682—664.
Idolatry reproved, 46, 47, 363, 613.
Ignorance lamented, 451.
Ignorant, enlightened, 128, 129.
Illumination of the spirit, 342.
Images, vain and stupid, 46, 47,613.
Immanuel, God with us, 145, 715, 268, 212, v. 6.
Immutability of God and his covenant, 133, oo.
Impenitence, the danger of, 285.
Implacable hatred to God, 491, v. 6.
Imprecations and eharity, 491.
Improvement of life, 6.36, 637.
Incarnation, of Christ, 212, 215, £64, ili,
praise for the, 277.
and sacrifice of Christ, 140,
Incomprehensibility of God, 43.
and invisibility, 4.
and sovereignty, 42.
Inconstancy, of "Israel, 465.
of our love, 375.
Increase, of the church, 606.
of grace, 483.
Industry, nothing without a blessing, 413, 4:4,
Infants, 56, v. 5. See Children.
Ingratitude complained of, 324, 642, v. 3, 4.
Inheritance, eternal, 239.
Iniquity, abounding, 599, 600.
Iniquity, prevailing, conquered and pardoned,
Inspiration and prophecy, 97.
Institution of the Lord's Supper, 533.
Instruction, from God, 303.
from scripture, 101, 102.
in piety, 569.
Instructive afflictions, 403.
Insufficiency, of reason, 43.
of self-righteousness, 153, 19.3.
of riches to free from death, 668, 669.
of the world to make us happy, 349, 350,
Intemperance, punished, 462.
and pardoned, 463.
Intercession of Christ, 258 — 263.
Interest in Christ, assurance of it desired, 343,
ISFITATIONS, of scripture, 195—198.
of Christ, to sinners, 196.
to saints answered, 562.
of the gospel, 195—198,545, 203, 204.
ot saints to sinners, 509, v. 5, 6.
importance of regarding the, 197, 198.
accepted, 161.
Inward witness to christianitv, 115.
Isaac and the altar, 330.
Islands, the, to be called, 254, v. 3—6. 514, v. 2,
distant, 431. v. 5.
Northern, 432. v. 2. 223, v. 1. 604, v. 5.
Israel, saved from the Assyrians, 614.
delivered from Egypt, and brought to Ca-
naan, 136, 470, 459, 473, 467—469, 77.
their rebellion and punishment, 461,464.
punished and pardoned, 465, 463.
travels in the wilderness, 473, 471.
Israelitish history, 459—473.
Jailer, the Philippian, 529, v. 3.
Jealousy of our love to Christ, 570.
Jehovah, 53, v. 11. 28, v. 3. 490, v. 8.
reigns, 7—9, 222, 677.
Jesus, dearest of names, 145. See Lord.
Christ.
Jeicish church, 459 — 173.
Jews. See Israel, and Gentiles.
John Baptist's message, 520.
Jordan divides, 471, v. 2.
Joshua, Christ, so called, 472.
Journey, Christian, thro' a wilderness, 391.
of the Israelites, 473, 471.
Joy, spiritual, reason of it, 61.
in Clirist unseen, 312.
carnal and deceitful parted with, 349, 350.
of faith. 288.
heavenly upon earth, 301, 302.
soon interrupted, 375, 301, v. 7.
spiritual restored, 300.
in Christ's presence eternal, 693.
of conversion, 506. See Delight.
in heaven, on a sinner's conversion, 323,
228, v. 6.
Judge, Christ, 660—684, 267, v, 7. 268, v, 7.
Judgment, dav, 676 — 684.
the last, G80, 676.
FI7
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Judgment, certain, 67 S.
yo\Uh reminded of, 593, 594.
Christ coming' to, 146.
and hell, 587.
desire to stand with acceptance at the, 6S0,
v. 7.
dignity and dominion of the righteous at
the, 407, v. 5—8.
and mercv, 679, 28.
seat of God, 679, 398, V. 5.
Just, the, described, 305, 475.
Justice, of God, 23.
and grace, 338, v. 6.
and mercy, 29, 38, v. 7. 39, v. 7, 8. 32, v.5,6.
a christian virtue, 332.
of providence, 74.
and truth towards men, 475.
Justification, complete, 289.
free, 150, 162, 158.
by faith, not by works, 152, 155.
and sanctification, 181, 156.
K.
King, is the care of heaven, 618.
W illiam and king George, 617.
of kings, Christ, 267, v. 3. 268, v. 3.
Kings and priests, believers made, 146, 273, v. 7.
Kingdom, of Christ, 253—257.
and titles of Christ, 264.
of Christ among men, 521, C76.
of God, supreme, 22.
eternal, 6.
Kiss the Son, 685, v. 6.
Knowledge, desired, 304, 437.
and faith in Christ, 339.
of Christ crucified, excellent, 112, v. 5.
given to those who seek it, 198.
Knowledge, vain without love, 310.
saving, from God, 128, 129.
Lamb, slain, praise to the, 137, 271—274.
hikes away sin, 282.
of God, angry, 267, v. 4. 268, v. 4.
conquers the roaring lion, 137, v. 3.
Lamb's book of life, 388, v. 4, 5. 19, v. 6.
Languor of devotion, 341.
Law, of God, or love to God and our neigh-
bour, 106.
equitv of it, 107.
delight in the, 103,398.
convinces of sin, 110.
condemns but cannot save, 152, 472, 285, v.3.
engraved on the heart, 200, v. 9.
and gospel, distinguished, 111.
•and gospel, joined, 112.
obedience better than sacrifice, 108.
sins against law and gospel, 117.
Leader, Christ a, 356, v. 5.
Leaning on Christ, 570, 547, v. 2.
Legacy of Christ claimed, 535.
Levitical priesthood fulfilled in Christ, 261..
Liberality, to the poor, 305, 306.
rewarded, 306—309.
Liberty, spiritual asserted, 352.
' of conscience, 615, v. 5. 6i9, v. 2.
Life, (Christ the) of men, 267, v. 5. 268, v. 5.
of man described, 668, v. 5—7.
frail, -ncceeded by eternity, 643.
wonderfully preserved, 572, 66.
short, and miserable, 638, 639.
and God good, 639.
the day of grace and hope, 685.
of a christian hidden, 354.
and riches, their vanity, 669.
short and feeble, 640, 671, 648.
Light, of the Jews and Gentiles, Christ, 655,
v. 4. 520.
and salvation by Christ, 203, 204, 179, 180,
of the world, 267, v. 5. 266, v. 5.
Light, in darkness, by God's presence, 393, 170,
v. 3, 4.
given to the blind, 128, 129.
Lion, (Satan) 273, v. 2.
conquered by the Lamb, 137, v. 3.
Judah'Sj 267, v. 4. 268, v. 4.
Living, their privileges above the dead, 637.
power and dying love of Christ, 136, v. 4.
Looking, within the veil, 356, 288.
ou Christ and mourning-, 384.
Long-suffering of God, 325, 324.
Longing, after God and his house, 291, 438—440.
for holiness, 178.
for comfort, 378, 173, v. 11, 12.
for heaven, 344, 394.
for the beatific vision, 434, 693.
Lord, of hosts, and Lord of lords,267, v.3.268,v.3.
our righteousness, 179, 180.
Lord's day, 435—446.
Lord's supper, Hymns, 533—557.
instituted, 533.
provisions at the, 549, 552.
our redeemer at the table, 547, 558.
a triumphal feast, 553.
the admiring guests, 545,
evangelical graces exercised at the, 557.
and baptism, 532.
LOVE, of God, to the righteous, and hatred
to the wicked, 397, 398.
in sending his son, 283, 224, 225.
better than life, 439, 440.
unchangeable, 133, 465, 269, 207, 495.
distinguishing, 128, 129, 130, 131.
of Christ to men, 197.
to sinners, 317.
to the church, 569.
in dying, 554.
in words and deeds, 569.
its strength, 570.
unchangeable, 289, 495.
unparalleled, 536.
shed abroad in the heart, 453.
its banquet, 560, 545.
to God and our neighbour, 106.
to God inconstant, 375.
pleasant and powerful, 310.
to Christ strong, 392.
to the unseen saviour, 312, 692, v. 7.
to Men, brotherly, 313.
to enemies, 317, 318, 475, v. 6.
and worship in a family, 313.
to the creature dangerous, 347.
and charity, 316.
and sympathy, 389, v. 5.
and hatred, 314.
peace and meekness, 389.
faith and joy, 312.
superior to knowledge, faith, and hope, 310.
Love, perfect in heaven, 692.
religion vain without it, 319.
Lovely carriage, 320.
Lusts of the flesh, conflict with, 177, 175, 637,
Luxury, punished, 462. [v. 3, 4.
and pardoned, 463.
Lydia's house, 529, v. 3.
Lying haced, 332, 412, v. 5.
M.
Madness, folly, and distemper of sin, 91.
MAGISTRACY, 615-620.
Magistrates, their authority from God, 617.
advice to them, 262, v. 9, 10. 263, v. 5, 6.
honour due to, 615.
qualifications and duties of, 616.
warned, 6 19, 620.
raised and deposed, 617.
Majesty of God, terrible, 16, 589, 28. See God,
Greatness.
Malice, and hatred discountenanced, 314,
against God, implacable, 491, v. 6.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Man, his wonderful formation, 30.
his dominion over the creatures, 20.
his fall and recovery, 199.
mortal, and Christ eternal, 649.
his vanity as mortal, 640, 641, 647, 646, 644.
saved, and angels punished, 130, 131.
Manna, rained down, 462, v. 1—4.
spiritual. 537, 275, v. 4.
Mariners'' psalm, 69, 70.
Marks, of implanted grace, 411, 336.
of the blessed man, 389.
of the children of God, 165.
of true fith, 280.
of aenuine holiness, 174.
of sincerity, 337, 437 at the pause.
Marriage, mystical, 480.
Mart//rdo)ii,'2S9, 192.
Martyrs glorified, 688, 689.
Mary, the virgin's song, 218.
Master of a family, 412.
Mediator, access "bv, to the throne of grace,
422, 267, V. 6. 268, v. 6.
Meditation, 398, 400, 581.
and retirement, 40S.
on the word, 103, 104.
on heaven, 286.
Meekness, 389, v. 3. 315, 314.
learned of Christ, 196.
Melancholy, reproved, 292.
and hope, 293.
r moved, 506.
Melckizedec, a tvpe of Christ, 519, v. 3, 4.
518,. v. 3.'
Members of a church characterized, 474—476.
Memorial of our absent Lord, 538, 533.
Memory, weak, 451.
Mercies, national, 604, 60S.
common and special, 76, 25, 26.
praise for spiritual and temporal, 25, 26.
innumerable. 560.
everlasting, 77, 469.
recorded, 473.
and judgment, 679.
and truth of God, 34, 75. 31.
goodness and truth, 35. 36.
truth, and grace, 77, 46, 2.
Mercy of God cause of salvation, 1SS, 224, 225.
Merit, human, disclaimed, 109.
Merit* of Christ, 145.
Message, of the angels, 215, 216.
of Christ, 224.
of the gospel, 187.
of gospel ministers, 123.
of John the Baptist, 520.
Messenger of the eovenaut, 269, v. .3. 270, v. 3.
Messiah, born, 218.
Je.-us the true. 261.
Michael's war with the dragon, 508.
Midnight thoughts, 561, 103, 104. 5-0.
Mighty God, Chri.-t the, 264, v. 3. 581.
Milk, of the word, desired, 165.
and wine, 195, v. 5.
Mind, carnal, 82.
spiritual, 4u9.
Ministers, commission of the apostolic, 114.
ordained, 47S, 477.
their message, 123.
their work, and encouragement, 114, v. i,
loved for their work's sake, 123. [4, 5.
Ministry, of anzels, 498, 227, 228.
of the gospel welcome, 123.
Miracles, at the birth of Christ, 220.
in the life, death, and resurrection, of
in the wilderness, 471. [Christ, 420.
Misery, and sin banished from heaven, 687.
and shortness of life, 638.
without God in the world, 456.
Misery of sinners, 398—401.
Misimprovement of time, 642.
Missionary meetings, hymns for, 514—524,
Morning, songs, 571— 573.
or evening, 574—576.
of a Lord's day, 435, See.
Morning star, Chrisr, 520, v. 8. 266, v. Ijj
Mortality, of man, 641, 669.
the effect of sin, 595.
and hope, 671.
and God eternal, 102, 644, 648.
and Christ's eternity, 649.
Mortijication, of sin, 151, 174, 94.
to the world, by the sight of God, 348, 173,
by the cross of Christ, 539.
to aid by the cross, 326.
by sight" of heaven, 34S.
Moses, Aaron, and Joshua, 472.
and Christ, their difi'erent works, 275.
disobedience to, punished, 1 17,
rod of, 459, v. 9.
death like his desired, 654, 656.
Mourning for sin, 363, 369, v. 2. 265, v. I,
Murmuring punished, 4G2.
Mysteries.) in the gospel, 11 8.
revealed, 12S,~129.
N\
Names and offices of Christ, 264 — 270.
Narrow way, 151, 94.
Nation, the honour and safety of it is the
prosperity of it, 605, 606. " [, hurch, 464.
blest and punisheU, 607.
where God resides, happv, 14.
National, deliverance, 606, 67, 614, 611 507.
desolations, the church's satetv, and triumph
in them, 499.
mercies and thanks, 604, 612, 608.
Naticity of Christ, 215—223.
Natu)-e, book of, and scripture, 99—101.
and grace, 82, 176, 66.
of man's frame, 56.
corrupt from Adam, 86.
of fallen man, sinful, 67, 82.
works of, to be dissolved, 646, 458, v. 3.
Neghct of religion dangerous, 635, 196.
Negligence complained of, 642.
Neighbour and God loved, 106.
New, covenant, promises, 200.
sealed, 535.
Neii', birth, 147.
creation, 147, 149, 82.
creature described, 165, 200, v. 6—10.
testament in the blood cf Christ, 535.
heart described and desired, 149, 200, r. 7
life, 352. [—10,
song, 273.
heaven and earth, 646, v. 5.
New England, psaim for, 607.
November the 5th, 611—613, 604.
NOW, God's immortal, 5, v. 4.
Now is the accepted time, 448, v. 5.
O.
Oath, of God, to Abraham and his seed, 459.
to David and Christ, 133.
and promise to his people, 135, 495.
solemn, to be regarded, 332, 47.5, v. i,
and promises of men broken, 599,
Obedience, to Christ, 117.
of faith, 260.
flowing from love, 310.
better'than sacrifice, 108.
cheerful and voluntarv, 355, 310.
evan?elical, 260, 165.
sincere, 336, 337, 159—162.
the highest wisdom, 58, v. 6.
Offence, not to be given toanv, 315.
Offices, and titles of Christ, 264—270*
of the Spirit, 342, 240.
Old Age, flourishing in religion, 483»
unconverted, 592.
and preparation for death, 595.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Old Age, prayer and song for, 597.
reflection and hope of, 596.
and the resurrection, 597, 672, 648.
Old man of gin crucified. 151, 174, 94.
Olive tree, wild and good, 528.
Omnipotence of God, 23.
our strength, 202.
and grace, 12.
Omnipresence of God, 10, 11.
Omniscience of God, 10, 11, 38, v. 3, 39, v. 4.
Oppression, complained of, 600.
punished, 598, 599. See Persecutors*
Ordinances, delight in, 441, 178, 173.
See Baptism and Lord's Supper.
Ordination of a minister, 478, 477.
Original sin, 82, 199.
Overcoming faith, prayed for, 651.
enjoyed, 652, 269.
Pain, comfort under, 388.
forgotten, when Christ is remembered, 548.
Paradise on earth, 301, 302, v. 7—10, 299.
Pardon, for the greatest sins, 163.
and sanctification by faith, 181.
bought at a dear price, 536, 544.
brought to our senses, 543.
holiness and comfort, 381.
of backsliding, 383, 464.
and direction, 346.
and repentance prayed for, 379.
aud confession, 159—161.
of original and actual sin, 85.
and peace through Christ, 142.
plentiful with God, 163, 157, 158.
and strength from Christ, 556, 179,180.
Parents, and children, 527,5-28.
convey not grace, 148.
PASSIONS, evil, lamented, 177.
subdued, 320, 637, v. 3.
holy, kiodied, 173.
Passover, Christ our, 143.
Pastures, spiritual, 166, 168.
of Christ, desired, 559, 266, v. 12.
Patience, under afflictions, 622.
and faith under dark providences, 71.
and prayer, in soul darkness, 293, 157, 158.
under the world's hatred, 402.
under persecutions, 401, 488.
recommended, 297.
of God producing repentance, 325, 324.
Pattern, Christ, the christian's, 226, 270, v. 5.
saints a, 356.
Peace, of the nations, 584, 50O.
ot conscience, 229.
and love, &c. 314, 315.
on earth and good will, 215, 216.
and holiness encouraged, 590.
with men desired, 364.
and pardon thro' Christ, 142.
and submission under trials, 330, 331.
trust and strength, 496.
Pearl of price, 98.
Perfection, of scripture, 101, 98.
of the christian religion, 116.
of Christ's righteousness, 156.
of holiness in heaven, 686, 667.
of happiness in heaven, 688—693.
Perfections of God, 37—42.
perfections of God, displayed in the gospel, 122.
shining in the cross, 542.
Persecuted saints, praying and pleading, 467—
their prayer and faith, 491. [490.
God their avenger, 24.
Persecution, courage, and perseverance under
it, 289, 360.
victory over, and deliverance from it, 493,
391,362.
Persecutors, punished, 361j 466, 407.
their foilv .493,
Persecutors, complained of, 487—491.
deliverance from them, 74, 598, 362.
PERSEVERANCE, of the saints, 162-166.
in duty, 202, 357.
in holiness, 186, 174.
under persecution and trials, 360.
the effect of truth and mercy, 104.
connected with all the graces, 389.
in grace desired, 176, v. 4.
of saints to glory certain, 207, 186, 339, 658,
Person, of Christ, 213, 212. [239.
and glories of Christ, 515, 481.
the blessed, 159, 160, 162, 389.
Pestilence, preservation in it, 627.
Pharisee and Publican, 296.
Physician, Christ, 91, 281.
Piety, instructions therein, 589. See Saint.
Pilgrimage, the Christian, 391.
Pisgah's mount, 654.
Pity, to the poor and afflicted, 305, 306,
in words and deeds, 305.
blessed and rewarded, 307—309.
of Christ, 554, 536, 136, V. 2.
Pleading, unJer afflictions without repining,
123,622.
the promises, 208.
under pain of mind, 329.
under persecution, 467—490.
Pleasures, of religion, 301, 302.
of a good conscience, 299.
danger of sensual, 454.
sinful, forsaken, 349, 350.
heavenly, aspired after, ib.
Pollution removed and prevented, 200, v. 4 — 8.
Poor, charitv to them, 305, 306,
friends of the, rewarded, 307—309.
Portion, God our only, 170, 171.
the best, 381.
of saints and sinners, 406, 404, 402.
Positive institutions, the use of, 532.
Potter and the clay, 126.
Poverty, of spirit, 389, 196.
confessed, 109, 691, v. 6, 7.
Power, of God, 23, 202.
and goodness, 12.
and majesty of God, 421, 28. 2, S.
and wisdom in Christ crucified, 122, 542.
and grace of Christ, 201.
of the Spirit in converting sinners, 342, 88,
of faith, 280, 269.
of grace and sin, 175.
of christians through Christ, 201.
of the gospel, 120, 121,516.
Powers of hell vanquished by Christ, 716, 553,160.
Practical, atheism. 44, 45, 67.
religion, 305, 280.
tendency of the gospel, 174.
PRAISE to God, our creator, 59, 60.
for creation and providence, 62, 80.
for creation and redemption, 139.
for daily preservation, 572, 576, 578.
for eminent deliverances, 509. 634.
for deliverance from death, 631, 634,
for private deliverances, 433.
general, 50, 2, 3, 24.
for the gospel, 124.
for health restored, 629, 630, 632.
for hearing prayer, 510, 512.
public, 634.
and public prayer, 432.
for protection, grace, and truth, 79.
for general pro\ idence,and special grace,75.
for rain, 582, 76,584.
to the Redeemer, 480, 481, 515, 516, 271, 273,
137, 249,276,278.
for redeeming gra. e, 136, 277, 224, 225,
for temporal blessings, 78, 584, 585,
for temptations overcome, 385,
for victory in war, 609.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Praise, imperfect on earth, 278, 258, v. 7.
from angels, 49.
from children, 588.
from all saints, 407, 452.
from all nations, 522—524.
from the creation, 51.
from all creatures, 53, 54.
universal praise, 53, 54.
to the Trinity, 694—712.
Prayer, in the name of Christ alone, 259.
answered, 380—382, 508, 431, 510.
in the church's distress, 487.
and faith of persecuted saints, 491, 402, 365.
and hope, 430.
and happiness, 427, 428.
for deliverance answered, 603.
heard, and Zion restored, 512.
and praise for deliverance, 509.
public, 428, 427.
and praise public, 432.
and pleading for pardon, 345.
for repentance and pardon, 379, 323.
in time of war, 602.
and hope of victory, ib.
Preaching, success of it desired, 451.
different success of it, 118.
unprofitable for want of faith, 451.
pleasing and profitable, 123.
baptism and the Lord's supper, 532.
Predestination, of Christ and his people, 125
sovereign and distinguishing, 126, 131.
Preparation, for death, 658, 595.
desired, 666.
for heaven, 659, 686.
PRESENCE, of God, in worship, 423.
light and darkness, 393.
our life, 392, 170, 171.
support in death, 654.
desired, living and dying, 396, 654, v. 4,
of Christ, on earth, 568.
in worship, 172, 173.
at his table. 558.
the life of the soul, 392.
light in darkness, no, v. 4.
makes death easy, 657, 655.
makes a heaven of heaven, 171, 392, v. 3.
Preserving grace, 184, 186.
Preservation, in public dangers, 627, 499, 307,
309.
by day and night, 64, 65.
of our lives, 66, 572, 576, 578.
of the soul, 339.
and restoring grace, 184.
from sin and death to the kingdom, 186.
and dissolution of this world, 646.
Presumpti n, and despair, 92, 93, 110.
dreaded, 437, v. 6, 7.
Pride, danger and mischief of it, 126, 129.
abased, 539, 127—129.
Pride, deprecated, 297.
and humility, 296, 196.
atheism, and oppression, punished, 598,
599.
and death, 669.
Priesthood, of Christ, 51, 142, 260, 518.
levitical, ending: in him, 261.
Priests and kings, christians made, 273, v. 7.
146, V. 2.
Prince of peace, 264.
Princes, vain, 35, 36, 338.
Privileges, of the gospel valued, 123.
of the living, 637.
Prison, of the body. 659.
of the grave, 665, 443.
of sin, 179, 180.
of hell, 685.
Prisoners of Satan released, 179, v. 4.
Prodigal son, 322.
Profession of sincerity and repentance, 335.
Professions insincere, 333, 334, 663, 684.
Profit hindered by weakness of faith, and by
ignorance and unbelief, 451, 118.
Promises, fulfilled in Christ, 218, 219.
of the covenant, 200, 134.
faithfulness of God in them, 209.
and truth of God unchangeable, 135,
our security, 134, 210.
interest in them desired, 209.
pleaded, 208.
and threatenings, 460.
Prophecies and types of Christ, 219.
Prophecy and inspiration, 97.
Prophet, Christ our, 269, v. 4. 270, T. 4.
priest and king, 265.
Prosperity, and adversity, 331.
dangerous, 410, 457.
of sinners vain, 456, 454.
Prosperous sinuers cursed, 401, 669,73.
Protection, from spiritual enemies, 353.
truth and grace, 79.
by day and night, 64, 65.
of the church, 496, 182.
Providence, of God directing human affairs, 27.
over afflictions and death, 67.
bereaving, adored, 331.
executed by Christ, 273, v. 4, 5.
its darkness, 71.
dark and frownine, attended with faith, 7K
prosperous and afilictive, 331.
Providence, its wisdom and equity, 74.
and creation, 62, 467—469.
general, and special grace, 75, 76.
and perfections of God, 75.
its mystery unfolded, 72.
recorded, 81, 470, 473.
in air, earth, and sea, 421, 61, 62, 78, 80, 69,
76.
Provisions, of the gospel, 195, 544, 552, 172, v»
3—5.
of God's house, 75, v. 5, 6.
of the Lord's table, 533, 545—547.
Prudence, christian, 320.
and zeal, 321.
Psalm, for soldiers, 601, 609, 610.
for old age, 596, 597.
for husbandmen, 582.
for a funeral, 648, 671, &c.
for the Lord's day, 442.
before prayer and sermon, 448.
for magistrates, 616.
for a master of a family, 412.
for mariners, 70.
for gluttons and drunkards, 463.
for New England, 607.
for the 5th of November, 611, 613.
for Great Britain, 584, 606.
morning and evening psalms, 571 — 581.
Public, praise, for private mercies, 116, 118.
for deliverance, 124.
worship, absence from it complained of, 42.
worship attended on, 122.
ordinances, their benefit, 128.
prayer and praise, 432, 84.
Publican and pharisee, 296.
Punishment, of sinners, 37, 397, 398, 400, 404.
of unbelievers, 285, 283, 117.
and sanation, 462, 4o0, 465.
See Affliction— Hell.
Purity, of heart, blessedness of it, 176, 389,
v. 8.
of heavenly bliss, 686.
Purposes, holy, 351.
Q.
Qualifications of a christian, or of a church
member, 474—476.
Quairelsome neighbours, 364.
Quickening grace, in regeneration, 147, v. i,
after regeneration desired, 377, 341.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Race, the christian, 357.
unsuccessful without God, 57], v. 4.
Rain from heaven, 583, 584, 47.
Ransom, Christ a, 246, 245.
Reading the scripture, 105, 304.
Reason, feeble and errove!in<r, 43.
carnal, humbled, 128, 129.
Recover;/, from the ruin or thefall, S2,i50,l99,infi.
praise for it, 138.
from sickness, 626, 630, 632. [145, 225.
Reconciliation of Cod aad sinners in Christ,
Redemption, by Christ, 179, 180.
by price, 536.
by price and pow-pr, 137.
and protection, 138.
praise for, 136, 277, 224, 225.
Refiner, Christ a, 266, v. 9.
Regeneration, its nature and author, 147.
longed for, 149, 86, v. 4, 5.
Rejoicing in God, 298—302.
Relative duties, 475, 416, 417.
Release by prayer, 380, 382, 512.
Reliance, on Go 1, the reason and happiness of
it, 35, 36.
on the promises desired, 210, 39, v. 9.
on Christ and the gospel, 181.
Religion, duties of it, 174, 151.
difficulty of it, 151.
pleasures of it, 301, 302, 299.
prospects of it, 301, 302, 656.
and justice, 475.
in words and deeds, 174, 475, 305.
vain without love, 319.
its supports, 174, v. 4.
christian, its excellence, 116.
revivals of it prayed for, 382, 513,515, 516.
enjoyed, 332, 512, 380.
flourishing in old aae, 483.
Religious, education, 589, 81.
parents convey not grace, 148.
Remembrance, of Christ,'538.
of former deliverances, 293, 358.
of all the way, 473.
Renovation desired, 86, 149.
Repentance, effected bv divine goodness,324, 325.
at the cross of Christ, 326, 327.
gives joy in heaven, 328.
confession and pardon, 159 — 162.
and prayer for pardon and health, 379.
Repentance," and faith in the blood of Christ,
383.
of the prodigal, 322.
Reprieve, none in death, 669, v. 3. 668, v. 2.
no pardon, 402, v. 7—10. 681, v. 2. 6S4, v. 2.
Reproach removed, 366, 402, 671, v. 4.
Reproof, brotherly and beneficial, 575.
Resignation, 131.
to affliction, 622, 329.
to the will of God, 297.
to bereaving Providences, 331.
Resolutions, holy, 351.
Rest, none on earth, 455.
promised by Christ, 196.
complete in heaven, 687.
Restoration, from the fall, 82, 150.
from backsliding, 383, 166—168.
from sorrows and sins, 184.
from sickness, 626, 630, 632.
of joy, 506.
of Sion, 512.
bypraver, 380, 382.
RESURRECTION, of Christ, 237, 238, 443.
and death of Christ, 237.
death and ascension of Christ, 238,241, 262.
ground of faith in him, 240, v. 3, 4.
gives hope of heaven, 239.
of the body, 652, 674, 675, 406.
hope of it, 673, 674, 406.
Resurrection, and death, 670.
of a saint, and death of a sinner, 668.
Retirement and meditation, 408.
Returning, sinner, 328.
backslider, 345, 383, 323, 84, 85, 37.
with self-abhorrence, 375.
Revelation, the scripture, evidence of its di-
vinity, 97.
of Christ to Jews and Gentiles, 123,482.
Revengf against our own sins, 326.
Reverence, <lne to God, 16.
in worship, 421, 447.
Revivals of religion, prayed for, 382, 515, 516.
enjoyed by. prayer, 382, 512, 380.
Revolution by King V\ ilham, 617.
Rewards, of duty and sincerity, 337.
impartial, ib. v. 5. 6.
of the righteous and the wicked, 402.
of liberality, 307—309.
Riches, of a christian, 390.
earthly, compared with grace, 605»
Riches, their vanity, 669, 456, 434.
Rich sinner, dying, 667, 456.
uue n vied, 456.
Righteous, their birth, 147, 165.
th.ir temper and character, 389, 165.
their conduct, 174, 280.
their company, 109, 511, 290, v. 3.
their raiment, 156, 195, v. 6, 7.
their happy end, 653— 655. [398, 401.
difference between the, and the wicked,
Righteousness, of Christ, valuable, 155.
our rohe, 156, 195, v. 6,7.
and strength in Christ, 154, 179, 180,203, 204.
internal, breathed after, 178.
and grace thirsed for, 389, v. 4.
our own, insufficient, 153.
renounced, 155, 188.
Robes, of righteousness, 156, 195, v. 6,7. 56A, V. 4.
white, 156, 688, 689.
Rock, of ages, 138, v. 3.
and cornerstone, Christ, 266, v. 10, 13.
smitten, a type of Christ, 459, v. 17, 18.
Red, of affliction, 624, 133, v. 1, 2. 329, V. 3.
benefit of it, 623, 624.
of Moses, 459, v. 9. •
Rome. See Babylon.
Rose, Christ compared to a, 266, v. 5.
Ruin, and restoration of man, 82.
of Babylon, 502, 503.
Ruins of Sion built again, 512.
Rulers, good, described, 616.
from God, 617.
advised, 241, 262, 263.
warned, 620.
S.
Sabbath, delightful, 441. See Lord's Day,
Sacrifice of Christ, an atonement, 230.
the noblest, 28?, 140.
all-sufficient, 141, 323, 84.
faith in the, 282.
praise for it, 142.
an i incarnation, 140.
and intercession, 142.
Safe, to land, 70. 69.
at home, 395.
in heaven, 687.
Safety, in God, 367.
in the covenant, 135.
of saints ill the hands of Christ, 207.
of believers, 138.
Safety, at the foot of the cross, 192.
of the church, 496, 497.
in public dangers, 627.
and delight in the church, 429.
and triumph of the church in national de-
solations, 499.
Saints, characters of, 165, 474.
beloved in Christ, 12*.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Saints, happy, and sinners miserable, 398.
and sinners, their difference, 397.
and sinners distinguished by the judge, 680.
the best company, 109.
communion of, 534.
patience and the world's hatred, 402.
God their avenger, 22.
God's care of them, 508.
safe in evil times, 600, 499.
secure in public diseases, 627, 628.
and sinner's portion, 405, 406.
dwell in heaven, 242.
punished and pardoned, 465. 380.
and saved, 462, 464.
chastised and sinners destroyed, 403.
their afflictions moderated, 183.
tried and preserved, 13, 182.
die but Christ lives, 649.
death and burial of, 662.
conducted to heaven, 473.
in the separate state, 660, 406.
judging the world, 407.
reward at last, 661, 394, 442.
in glory, 688, 689. [Righteous.
and sinners end, 401, 400, 404. See
Sacraments, their use, 532.
Salvation, jovful sound, 187.
by Christ, 193, 191, 203, 204.
in the cross, 192.
of the worst of sinners, 176.
of saints, 598, 191, v. 1.
by grace in Christ, 188, 190.
and God glorified, 193, 194.
and triumph, 298.
and defence in God, 387.
Sanctijication, 176.
by Christ, 179, 180.
through faith, 181.
desired, 181, 178.
evidence of it, 174.
and pardon, 200.
justification and salvation, 200.
Sanctified afflictions, 624, 403.
Sarah and Isaac, 18, v. 6, 7.
Satan, subdued, 294.
his temptations, 92, 93, 655, 374. See Devil,
Temptations.
his fiery darts, 395, v. 2.
Satisfaction of Christ, 144, 145, 555.
Sceptre, of the gospel, 481, v. 4. 515, v. 4.
of grace, 12, v. 4.
touching the top of it, 225, v. 5, 6.
Scoffers complained of, 599.
Scriptures, sacred, compared with the book of
nature, 10 1, 99, 436.
their perfection, 10 1.
their variety and excellence, 105, 98, 112.
instruction from them, 102.
reveal Christ, 97.
attended with the Spirit, 304, 359, v. 1. 451,
delight in the, !03, 624. [v. 5.
holiness and comfort from the, 104.
reading the, 304, 112, v. 6. 73, v. 6,
praise for the, 96.
Sea, God's dominion over the, 21.
Seal, of Christ's blood, 135, 535.
the oath of God a, 133.
Sealing of the Spirit, 343, 161, v. 2.
Seaman's song, 70.
Seasons of the year, 582—585.
Secret devotion, 408, 409, 508.
Secure sinner awakened, 1 10.
Seed, of the woman, 199, 219.
of the promise to Abraham, 18, v. 6,7.
of the word, 118.
of grace, 165, v. 5.
Seeking, God, 430, 73.
after Christ, 559.
and finding him, 563.
Self-confidence, vain, 201.
relinquished, 155.
Self-denial, commanded by Christ, 94, 151, 474»
Self-dedication, entire, 355.
joylul, 136, v. 5, 6.
Self-destruction , 198, v. 3.
Self-cxaynination, or evidences of grace, 411, 33S*
Self-flattery, 44, 45.
Self-righteousness, of the pharisee, 296.
insufficient, 153, 195.
renounced, 155, 158.
Senses assisting- faith, 532.
Sensual pleasures, forsaken, 349, 350,
dangerous, 347, 454.
Separate souls, heaven of, 406.
Serpent, brazen, 281.
Service of God the highest joy, 439, 440.
Shame, unchristian, 340.
Sheep, wandering from God's fold, 216, v. 1, 2.
desirous of restoration, 178, v. 5.
lost, restored, 246.
the weakest safe in Christ's hands, 207.
Shepherd, God, 166—168.
Christ, 246, 269, v. 6. 270, v. 6.
Shield, Christ a, 359, v. 1.
grace a, 201, v. 2.
Shipicreck prevented, 70.
Shortness of time improved, 645.
Sick-bed devotion, 62?, 632, 626, 370.
Sic/mess, healed, 626, 630, 632.
and recovery, 633.
Sight of God, in his house, 428.
of Christ in heaven, 344.
mortifies to the world, 348, 173.
of Christ beatific, 693.
makes death easy, 54G, 655.
Signs, of Christ's coming, 599, 222.
of implanted grace, 411.
Sin, of nature, 86, 87.
original, 32, 86.
original and actual, confessed and pardon*
ed, 84, 8.5.
and chastisement of saints, 461, 465.
indwelling, conviction of, 110.
against the law and gospel, 1 17»
evil of it, 89.
abounding, 599.
deceitful riess of it, 90.
custom in it, 88.
folly and madn- ss of it, 91.
the ruin of angels and men, 89.
the cause of Christ's death, 353, 384.
must be opposed, 151.
resolutions against it, 325, 326, 353.
prayer for victory over it, 161, v. 5. 353, v,
5. 325, v. 5.
crucified, 352.
pardoned and subdued, 161, 200, 176.
and misery banished from heaven, 687.
Sins of the tongue, 600, 589, 334.
Sinai, and SiorT, 486.
commands not saving, 472, 152.
Sincerity, 336, 160, 332.
or evidences of grace, 411.
professed, 335, 336.
proved and rewarded, 337.
and hypocrisy, 333.
and watchfulness, 437.
Sinner, man by nature and practice a, 87.
cursed and saint happv, 398, 404.
and saints portion, 405, 406, 397, 401, 681.
hatred of and saints patience, 402.
destroyed and saints chastised, 403.
the \ifest saved, 176.
death of the, terrible, 650.
rich, dying, 667.
aged, dying, 592.
Slander, complained of, 87, v. 5.
deliverance from it, 366, 364.
H10
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
SLAVERY, of Satan, release from by Christ,
of sin, freedom from by Christ, 352. [179.
deliverance from it desired, 110.
Sleep, sweet, 294, v. 5.
Sloth, spiritual, lamented, 370, 341.
Smiles of Christ desired, 388.
S7iow and frost, 584, 565.
Society, of sinners, avoided, 398, 400.
hated, 411.
of saints chosen, 109, 486, 411.
in heaven blessed, 690, 486.
Sodom, fire of, 16, 404, v. 5.
Soldier'* psalms, 601, 609, 610.
Son, of God, eternal, 267, v. 2. 268, v. 2.
of David, 715, 264, v. 3.
Song, of the angels. 215, 216.
of Moses and the Lamb, 503, 275.
of Hezekiah,633.
of Solomon, 558—570.
of Simeon, 655, 546.
Sons of God, their character and privileges, 165.
Sorrow, for sin, 324 — 327. See Repentance,
for the pious dead restrained, 662.
comfort under it, 388, 335.
SOUL, value of it, 664.
of a sinner on a death-bed, 661.
must leave the body, 665, 669.
forced into eternitv, 650.
sinking into hell, 592.
of a saint committed to Christ, 192
beautifully arrayed, 156.
in separate state, 660, 406, 35, 36, 452, 659.
Sovereignty, of God, 23, 42.
in bereaving providences adored, 331.
of grace, 128, 129.
Spear in the Redeemer's side, 252.
Spirit, given at Christ's ascension, 244.
miraculous gift of, 279.
water and blood, 541.
his offices and operations, 342.
his influences represented by the wind, 566.
witnessing and sealing, 343.
his work powerful ; nd gracious, 342, 88.
attending the word, 304, 359, v. 1. 451, v. 5.
earnest of heaven, 659, v. 3.
dwelling in the heart, 200, v. 9.
fruits of the, 165.
his teaching desired, 304, 84, v. 3.
breathed after, 341, 566.
Spiritual, apparel, 156.
blessings and punishments, 460.
duties, 174, 151.
deliverance, 138, 497, 395.
enemies overcome, 294, 359, 385, 676.
meat, drink, and clothing, 195.
roindedness, 409.
pilgrimage, 391.
race, 357.
warfare, 358, 359.
Spotless. God, 689, v. 3.
Christ, 567.
righteousness, 156.
church, 565, 156.
heaven, 686, 688.
Spouse, of Christ, is the church, 480.
her beauty, 565.
her request, 570.
Spring, of the year, 582, 583.
and summer, 5W2, 583, 80, v. 9—12.
summer and winter, 584, 585.
Sprinkling of blood, 143.
Star, Chi ist a, 266, v. 15.
at Christ's birth, 220, v. 2.
Storm and thunder, 586, 54, 467, 47.
improved, 587.
Storms of trouble, hope in, 395, 71.
Strait gate and way, 151, 94.
Strength, everlasting in God, 202, 357, 4fl«.
from Christ, 154.
Strength, for the weak, 201.
and peace, 496.
and righteousness in him, 203, 204, 179, 1 80.
Strength, repentance and pardon prayed for,379.
of divine grace, 184.
Submission, and deliverance, 330.
to afflictions, 622.
to dark providence, 71.
to bereaving dispensations, 331.
and humility, 2S7.
and pleading, 329.
encouraged and rewarded, 330. [196, v. 3, 4.
to Christ recommended, 241, v. 8—10. 263,
to death, 675, 658.
Substance of the levitical priesthood, 261.
Success, of the gospel, 99, 517, 264, v. 1, 4, 5.
to the word preached, desired, 451.
Sudden, death, 643.
and seasonable deliverance, 330.
Sufferings, of Christ, great, 249, 548.
and death of Christ, 233.
for Christ. 389, v. 8.
and kingdom of Christ, 262, 254, 516.
Sufficiency, of pardon, 163.
of grace, 201, 202.
Summer, 582, 583.
and winter, 584, 585.
Su7n?nons, ot the saint, 665.
of the sinner, 667.
■Sim, Christ a, 266, v. 16.
in darkness, 327, v. 4, 5.
of righteousness, 149, v. 3. 428, v. S.
imitation of its course desired, 571.
Superaboxcnding grace, 163.
Support, and counsel from God, 363.
and comfort in God, 362, 623.
for the afflicted and tempted, 369.
under trials, 388, 395, 289.
in prospect of death, 652.
Supremacy of God, 22.
Surety, Christ ours, 269, v. 7. 270, v. 7.
and sacrifice, Christ a, 141.
Sword, of the Redeemer, 481, v. 2, 3. 515, v. 3.
of the spirit, 373, v. 5. [516, v. 3.
the flamina, 540, v. 7.
Sympathy of Christ to the weak and tempted,
206, 388, V. 3. 536, V. 6.
T.
Table, of providence and grace, 166—168.
of grace, 172.
of the Lord's supper, 552.
Teachings of the Spirit and word, 304.
Temple, of God's grace, loved, 428.
Christ represented by a, 2G6, v. 14.
Temptations, of the world, 454.
conquered by faith, ib.
in sickness overcome, 625.
of the devil, 92, 93, 374, 395.
and desertions lamented, 373.
hope under sharp and long, 135.
strength and support under them, 294, 369,
overcome , 294, 365. [201, 202.
escape and deliverance from them, 294, 385,
362.
Templed, Christ's compassion to the, 206.
Tempter, Satan, 374.
the lying, to be trodden down, 294.
Tender conscience, 290.
Testament, or new covenant sealed, 535.
Thanks, public, for private mercies, 433, 634.
Thanksgiving, for victory, 608.
for national mercies, 604.
Threatening, the first, 199.
Threatenings and promises, 460.
Throne of grace, accessible by Chri6t, 422.
free to sinners, 158.
Thrones of judgment prepared for the saints,
407, v. 6—8,
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Thunder and storm, 586, 5 1, 467, 47.
improved, 587.
Timet misimproved, 642, 577, v. 2.
short, 639.
to be redeemed, 635.
end of it keot in view, 645.
Times evi', 403^ 404.
saints safety, and hope in them, 600, 599.
Title, a rlear one to heaven desired, 395.
Titles and offices of Christ, 264—270.
Tongue, sins of it, 600-
glory of the frame, 629, v. 6.
governed, 321, 590, 589.
Travels, of the Urae ices, ^3, 471.
of spiritual pilgrim-., 391.
Treachery complained of, 599, 600.
Treasure of a Christian, 390.
Tree or life 510.
an\i river of love, 552,
Trial, of our graces by afflictions, 13, 183.
of our hear.s, 411, 336. [395, 289.
Trials. See Afflictions, support under them, 388,
graje shining in them, 360.
Trials, removed hy prayer, 508,380.
Trinitv, the united three, 139, 699 712, 708.
praised, 691—712.
Triumph, of Christ over the church's enemies,
501,502, 496, V. 6,7.
of faith, 289.
over death, 652, 674.
for salvation, 298.
for national victory, 609.
and safety of the church in national deso-
lations, 499.
of saints at the last day, 407.
Troubles. See Afflictions, Temptations*
Tree, Christ compared to a, 266, v. 4.
of life, 552. •
Trumpet, of the gospel, 195.
of the archangel, 646, v. 5. 684, v. I.
Trust, in the Lord, 496, 157, v. 6, 7.
in the word, 209, 158, v. 4.
under afflictions, 67.
in the creatures vain, 338, 35, 36.
in Christ recommended, 283.
well founded, 339.
in view of death, 664, v. 6.
Truth, grace, and protection, 79, 32, 35, 36.
and mercy evidenced, 184, v. 3—7.
and sincerity, 332.
Tumult, deliverance from it, 367.
Types, of Christ, 261.
and prophecies, 219.
Unbelief, and impenitence, 285.
like the spear in Christ's side, 384.
danger of, 283.
lamented, 210, v. 5.
prayed against, 181.
destructive, 1^8.
punished, 450."
Canaan lost by it, 450.
and envy cured, 402.
Unchangeable, God and his covenant, 133, 37, 58.
love and grace, 135, 34.
promises, 209, 135, 495.
truth, 34, 135.
Uncharitableness and charity, 315.
Unconverted, state, 150.
old age, 592.
advice to the, 16, v. 4. 685, v. 6.
unfit for heaven, 686.
Unfruitfulness under the word, 451.
Unholy souls not fit for heaven, 686.
Union, of Christ and saints, 534.
to Christ desireu, 236, v. 6.
of faith and works, 280.
of Jews and Gentdes, 482.
of saints on earth and in heaven, 486.
UNITY, of God, one in three, 699, 712, 708.
of friends and kindred, 417.
of a family and of saints, 416.
of the church on earth and in heaven, 480.
Unseen saviour beloved, 312.
adored, 692, v. 7.
Unspeakable, love, 277.
joys, 312.
Use, of the moral law, no, 152.
of positive institutions, 532.
V.
Vain discourse, in company, 600.
none in heaven, 391, v. 11.
Value, of Ciirist and his righteousness, 155.
of the soid, 664.
of the saints, 109.
Vanity, of man, 647.
of man as mortal, 640, 641, 648, 644.
of life and riches, 669.
of youth, alluring, 593, 594.
of the world, 347, 455, 458.
of self-righteousness, 153, 155, 195.
Veil, looking within the, 356, 288.
Vengeance, and compassion of God, 28.
against the enemies of the church, 614, 407*
in hell, 685. [16.
VICTORY, national, hoped and prayed for,
over sin and hell, 359. [602.
over temptations in sickness, 625, 385.
over temporal enemies, 609.
thanksgiving for national, 608.
of Christ, over enemies, 501, 502.
over Satan, 716, 504,
over death and hell, 553.
and kingdom, 235.
of saints through Christ, 356.
in the spiritual warfare, 359.
and deliverance from persecution, 493.
over death and the grave, 651, 652.
our's, the praise God's, 359.
Vine, emblem of Christ, 266, v. 1.
Vinegar and gall offered to Christ, 282, v. 8.
Vineyard of God wasted, 467.
Virtue, shining in trials and afflictions, 306, 307,
of men f, tiling, 599, 600. [v. 4.
Virtues, < hristian, 389, 320, 151.
Vision of the Lamb, 274. See Sight,
Visit, waiting a gracious one, 172.
VOICE, of God, in the Law, 106.
in the gospel, 195.
in the promises, 209.
to his friends and enemies, 603, v. 4—6.
of Christ, or wisdom, 197, 198.
or his blood, 142.
the judge, 660.
Vows, paid in the church, 433, 431.
of holiness, 351.
and promises, broken by the wicked, 599,
holy, to be kept, 332.
W.
Waiting, for strength from God, 202.
for pardon and direction, 346.
for an answer to prayer, 382.
with earnest desire of deliverance and sal-
vation, 157, 158, 368.
for heaven, 396.
for Christ's second coming, 538.
for grace and salvation, 157, v. 4—8.
Walking by faith, 71, 659.
Wandering, from God, 375, 246, V. 1, 2.
and returning, 375.
Wants, spiritual, al: to be supplied, 200, 442.
War, prayer in time of, 602.
disappointments therein, 601.
victory in, 609.
spiritual, 359, 385.
Warfare, christian, 358, 340.
assistance and victory in it, 359, 385.
H 11
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Warnings, of God, to his people, 460.
to young sinners, 593.
to magistrates, 619, 620.
Washing, of justification and sanctification,
176, 200.
fKom sin, 188, 525.
in Christ's blood, 68S, 689, 525.
spiritual desired, 181.
Watchfulness, and prayer, 151, v. 5.
over the tongue, 321.
and sincerity, 437.
and brotherly reproof, 575.
Watchmen, spiritual, united, 123, v. 5.
gospel, 123.
Water, the spirit and the blood, 541.
Way, Christ so called, 266, v. 11.
to salvation, faith the, 284, 283.
to heaven, straight, 151.
Weak christians, not to be despised, 315.
encouraged by Christ, 206.
safe in his hands, 207.
shall be victorious, 270, v. 11, 12.
Weakness our own, and Christ's strength, 201.
Weather, and seasons various, 584, 585, 68.
stormy succeeded by calm, 69, 70.
thunder and lightning, 54, 467, v. 2.
clouds, winds, waves, and tempests, 55,
v. 4, 5.
summer and winter, 584, 585.
Welcome, to gospel ministers, 123.
to the Lord's day, 441.
sinners to return and be happy, 635, 195
—198.
White, robes, 156, 688, 689.
Christ's soul, 567.
saints made, 565.
Wicked, (See Sinner, Saint.)
difference between them and the righteous,
their way and end, 400, 401. [397.
Wickedness, of man by na.ure, 87.
or corruption of mauners, 599, 600.
or practical atheism, 45, 44.
Wilderness. See Jewish Church.
of this world, 391.
believers coming up out of it, 570, 487, v. l,
faith guiding thro' the, 287. [2.
Will, depraved, 82.
renewed, 517.
Wind, of divine influence, 566.
waves and tempest, 55, v. 4, 5.
and storms succeeded by a calm, 69, 70.
Wine and bread, Chrisi compared to, 266, v. 3.
Winter and summer, 584, 585.
WISDOM, of God, vast and unbounded, 38, v.
1—3.' 76. v. 3.
of God in his works, 58.
and equity of providence, 74.
and grace of the gospel, 122.
carnal humbled, 128, 129, 127.
Christ, the wisdom of God, 197, 542.
invitations of, to men, 197, 198.
Christ our, 179.
power and love in Christ, 118.
Wishes of the saints all gratified above, 405,
442, v. 7.
Witness, of the Spirit desired, 343, 541, v. 10.
the inward, to Christianity, 115.
Wonderful, Christ the, 264, v. 2.
WORD, Christ the, 212.
made flesh, 212.
the written, relish for it, 165, v. 1, 2.
read with desire and delight, 105, 304.
the preached, unprofitable through unbe-
lief, 451.
success of it desired, 451, v. 5. See Scripture.
Words, of promises, sweet, 210.
of performance, 209, 210.
and deeds of Ciirist, 569, 481, 515, 516,
and deeds of christians, 174, 475, 305, 159 —
Work, of creation, 55. [162.
of providence, 584, 585.
of creation and providence, 61, 62, 80.
of providence and grace, 53, 75—79.
of creation, providence, and grace, 68, 58,
436, 437.
of creation, providence, redemption, and
sahation, 467—469, 77.
of the Spirit, powerful and gracious, 342,68.
desiring it may he complete, 394.
of Christ and of the Spirit, 156.
Works, good, profit men, not God, 109.
not saving, 152, 472, v. 1.
World, its creation, 55.
its preservation, dissolution, and restora-
endofit, 458. [tion, 646.
unsatisfying, 349, 350, 170.
unworthy our delight, 458.
its temptations, 454.
crucifixion to it, by cross of Christ, 539.
by the sight of God, 348.
hatred of it and saint's patience, 402.
Worldly mind ednessj 'oily of, and prayer against,
Worship, of God beneficial, 428. [455, 341, v. 2.
delightful, 172, 173, 441, 426.
condescended to by God, 423.
accepted through Christ, 258, 259.
and order of the gospel, 485.
daily, 420, 410, .575.
in a family, 416.
public, longed for, 438—440, 424—427, 418,
place for it, 477, 478. [419.
absence from it, 42, 63.
Worship, reverential, 447, 421.
vain without sincerity, 333.
of heaven humble, 691.
Worth, of the soul, 6G4.
of Christ's righteousness, 155.
Wrath, and mercy of God, 29.
and mercy fro'm the judgment seat, 679.
and vengeance, 685. See God, Punishment.
Wrestling with doubts and fears. 356.
Y.
Yearly feasts at Jerusalem, 477.
Yoke, of Christ easy, 196.
of affliction, 624, v. 3.
of circumesion, 530, v. 2.
Youth, its ^ anity, 593, 594.
reminded of judgment, ib.
exhorted to remember their creator, 592.
an hopeful one falling short of heaven, 591.
Z.
ZEAL, of Christ, 299, 193.
scandalized, 231, v. 9.
inspiring the saints, 356.
christian, the extent of it, 355, v. 3, 4.
and prudence, 321.
and fortitude, 340.
in the christian race, 357.
for the gospel, 339.
for God, 355.
against sin, 326.
want of it lamented, 370.
excited, 637.
Zecharinh' 's song, 520.
Zion, its beauty and worship, 485.
citizen of it described, 474, 475.
its safety, 497.
and Sinai, 486.
the residence of God, 478, 477.
the joy of the saints, 418, 419.
the glory of the earth, 496. See Church.
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES,
VERY MUCH ENLARGED.
GENESIS.
1 55
2. 17 66
3. 1, 15, 17 199
3; 15 v 8, 140
v 5,78
3. 24 V7, 540
12,. 1,4 V4, 287
15. 18'. V 2—5, 459
17. 7 527
17.7, 10 529
17. 17 V6,7, 18
22. 6—14 330
22. 18 V 5, 218
26, 17 543
30.22, 21 71
EXODUS.
3. 10 v 9, 459
6. 6 470
7.9 v. 9, 459
7. 20, 21 v 10. ib.
8.6, 17, 24... v II. ib.
10. 13, 14 v 12, ib.
10.22 V. 10, lb.
12. 13, 22, 23, 27,
29, 143 V 13, 459
12. 35, 36 V 15, 459
13. 21 v 16, 459
V 5, 461
14. 21,470 V4, 461
14. 26, 27 V3, 275
15.1,6,10 608
15. 3 V 8,604
15. 8 V 4, 461
16.4, 14, 15 462
17. 6 V 17, 18,459
V 6, 461
19. 16—18.
19. 1
-30 .
112
, &C v 1, 260
30. « 472
34. 23, 24 477
LEVITICUS.
3, 2, 8 282
8. 12 478,477
9. 8 v 2, 260
14. 51 V 5, 84,
16.6,11,17,24, .
V 2, 260
16. 15 v 5, 260
NUMBERS.
10. 35, 36 477
11. 1,4, 10 v 7,
8, 461
11. 6—9, 31— 33.... ^62
20. 11 v 10, 266
V 17, 18, 459
20.28 472
21. 24—26, 35,
v 4, 467
23. 19 209
33. 38 472
DEUTERONOMY.
1.38 v 5, 472
3. 28 ■• ib.
5. 29.. V 5, 4.60
8. 15 V 10. 266
31, 3. 23 V 5, 472
32. 29. 30 460
32. 49, 50 654. 472
34. 1—8 654. 656
V 5, 275
V 4, 472
JOSHUA.
3. 13, 16 471
12, 7, &c v 4, 467
23. 14, 15 209
JUDGES.
13. 8 264
RUTH.
2. 12 v6, 44
1 SAMUEL.
12. 21 506. 507
15. 29 209
25. 29 V7, 268
V 7, 267
2 SAMUEL.
6. 15 243
23. 4 v 5, 266
V 5, 267
1 KINGS.
8. 27-30 423
8. 29, 30 v 14, 266
10. 8, 15—18 228
2 KINGS.
6. 17 49*
1 CHRONICLES.
6. 31 477. 478
15. 1 477. 476
16. 1 477. 476
2 CHRONICLES.
9. 7, 17—19 226
29. 23... 282
9. 19 .1 V 4, 38
11. 7—9 43
11.7—12 42
13. 15 71
14. 4 82
v 5, 396
19. 25—27 652. 674
,2. 5 v 5, 541
23. 9, 10 V 2, 3, 33
25. 5 V 6, 42
26. 11—14 42
37. 22 16
38. 7 v 3, 212
V 2, 89
41. 1, 21, 31. ...V 5, 21
PSALMS.
2. 6, 9 235
2. 10, 11 v 4, 5, 22
2. 12 V 4, 267
V 4, 268
3. 5, 6 576. 577
4. 6 577. 578
5. 3 572. 576
6. 6 V2, 356
9. 17 661
17- 14 456
19. 1—3 572
>71
124 613
126. 3 V 4, 88
139. 13—16 66
139. 23, 24........ 333
143. 8 577
147. 19, 20..
24. 7—10 v 3, 496
33. 4, 6, 8—10, 21 209
10. !
3...
1J8
3. 11 .
9. 6...
9. 13.,
.379, 296
...v 2, 30
V 5, 31
NEHEMIAH.
9. 7, 8 v4, 28?
9. 10 459
9. 11, 470 v 2, 31
9. 12 V 16, 459
9. 15 v 6, 461
JOB.
I. 6—13 v 5, 136
1. 21 331
2. 1—9 v 5, 138
3. 14, 15 667
4. 17—21 647
5. 6—8 67
9. 2—10 ^3
9. 12 v 4, 42
36. 9 v 5, 267
V 5, 268
16. 5, 6 497
48 497
48. 14 V 5, 269
49. 6— 10 667
49. 14 ..., 407
51. 5 82
51. 10 v 4, 94
55. 6 v 6, 349
55. 6—6 350
65. II v 4—7, 639
68. 17 498
68. 19 V 4—7, 639
72. 15, 17, 19.. v 4, 264
73. 21, 25, 571. v 5, 269
73. 25 170. 17J
77. 7—9 373
77. 10 71
77. 16—19 25
64. 10 441
85. 10 v 3, 211
V 2, 557
89. 14 v 7, 36
89- 48 666
90. 1, 2 5, 6
90. 9 642
103. 1,2 355
103. 19 22. 27
104. 4 227. 226
107.23—29 21
110. 3 88
111. 9 v 3, 218
1.6. 12 355
118. 24 441
119. 5 V 6, 98
119. 24. 98
U9, 2d .,.,.. 347
1 IS.,
51
PROVERBS.
3. 24 ..v 3, 5, 577. 578
6. 6—11 v 2, 370
8. 22-32 197
8. 34—36 198
9.5 547
17. 17 v6, 267
V 6, 268
18. 1 408
18. 24 V 6, 267
V 6, 268
ECCLESIASTES.
1. 2 455
8. 8 , 667
9. 4—6, 10 635
11. 9 593. 594
12. 1, 7 592
12. 14 593. 594
SOLOMON'S SONG.
1. 2—5, 12, 13,
17, 558
1.7 559
2. 1 v 5, 266
v 5, 301
2. 1—4,6,7 560
2. 3.s v J, 301
2. 3, 4 540
2. 8—13 561
2. 14, 16, 17 562
2. 16 300
3. 1-5 ... 563
3.2 564
4. 1, 10, 11,7, 9, 8 565
4. 12, 14, 15 566
5. 1 566
5. 9-12. 14—16.. 567
5. 10—16 v 18, 266
6. 1--.3, 12 568
7. 5, 6, 9, 12, 13 .. 569
8. 5—7, 13, 14.... 570
8. 6 v 3, 288
ISAIAH.
1. 25 v 9, 266
7. 14, 145 VI, 266
8. 20 ..V 5, 98
9. 2 203, 204
9. 2, 6,7 264
14. 12 v 3, 89
26. 1 138
26. 1—6 496
26. 8—20 603
26. 12 V 6, 151
28. 12 455
28. 16 479
V 13, 266
28. 20 153
32.2 192
H 12
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.
33.14 16
35.8 127
38. 9,8cc 633
40. 9, 10 123
40. 17 v6, 691
40.27—31 202
40. 28— 31 357
42. 21..., 141. 140
43. 25 163
44.22 163
45. 1, 5 v7, 609
45.7 , 574
45. 9 ...v 4, 42
45. 21—24 203, 204
45.24 154
48. 10 V 9, 266
49. 13—17 495
50. 10, 11 153
52,7—10 123
S3. 1—5, 10—12... 245
53.6—9, 12 246
53. 8 v 3, 212
53. 10, 11 V4, 254
55. 1, 2, 7.
55. 1, 2, 7 200
57. 15, 16 265
59. 20 v 5, 268
61. 10 156
,2,6,8,11
. .v S, 9, 607. 473 i 12. 50 v 6,267
v 6, 268
JOEL. 13. 16, 17. c 123
463 13. 45, 46 v 3, 98
■17 602 13. 49, 50 v 7, 228
14. 25 V 6, 250
16. 18 479
16, 24 94.
!3. 1—3 .
, 501
. 50 S
592
JEREMIAH.
2. 2 561
2. 6 391
8. 21, 22, 91, V 2, 121
9. 23, 24 127
14.22 V5, 47
23.6 179. 154
36. 2, 4, 17, 18, 22, 23,
25, 27—29, 32
v 2, 97
LAMENTATIONS.
1. 12 327
3. 23 574
EZEKIEL.
16.8 v3, 4,564
16. 63 145
S3. 30, 31 451
36. 25—27 200
36. 26 371
37.4, 10. V5, 188
V 2, 121
DANIEL.
2.21 617
2. 44 262. 211
3. 12, 16 v 4, 165
4. 34,35 42. 39
6. 13 V 4, 165
6. 10 410
7. 14 514
HOSEA.
2. 14 561
2. 19, 20 565
3.5 317. 132
6.3,4 375.465
6.6 108
7.11 375
10. 2 V 3, 347
11. 4 v4, 5, 642
V 3, 4, 408
13.9 181
AMOS.
4. 12 666. 659
5.21—25 108. 682
8. 9, 10 601
9.2,3 10
JONAH.
2. 2 380, 70
2. 3 292
2.4 631
V 14, 266
MICAH.
2.7 V 4, 425
2. 10 455
5.2 215
7. 7 157. 158
7. 18, 19 163.200
NAHUM.
1. 2—9 587
1. 15 123.351
HABAKKUK.
1. 2 376.374
1. 4 490
2. 4 283. 284
2. 12, 13 500
2. 14 514
3. 8—10, v 6—9, 470
471
ZEPHANIAH.
3. 12.... 376,292,329
3. 14—17 499.500
HAGGAI.
2. 7 v 5,6,218
ZECHARIAH.
2. 5 v 2,606
6, 13 V 4,518
12. 10 384. 326
13. 1 V 4, 181. 200
V8, 266
13. 9 V9, 266
13.7 251
MALACHI.
3. 1 v 3, 269
3. 3,4 v 9,266
4. 2 V 16, 266
V 3, 149
MATTHEW.
2. 1—11 220
3. 7 v2, 518
3. 9 148
4. 1—11 v 3, 226
4. 16 203.204
5 3—12 389
7- 12 107
7.13,14 94
V 1,6, 397
9. 12 91
11. 5 240
11.19 v6, 267
v 6, 268
11. 25—27.... 128. 129
11. 28—30 196 I
12.20 206 (18. 1.
17..4 301
17. 27 v 6, 250
18. 20 477, 478
19.27
19. 28 V 5—8, 407
21.9 444.445. 715
21. 15, 16 588
22. 17—21 615
22. 44 517
22. 37—40
. 12 V 5, 599
25. 31,32 V 7, 267
v 7, 268
25. 33 V 6, 400
25. 34,41,46 678
v 7, 8, 680
• 26—30 533. 535
26. 53 228
27. 29 v 6, 692
27. 35 252
27. 45 V4, 327
27.46 548
27.51—53 240
28. 1—8 443
28. 18, 20 114
28.19, 28 525
f^.7,8....
.V 2, i
MARK.
2. 17 ..
4.33...
5.1—16
9. 24 v. 3, 181
10. 14 527
10.21 591
10. 28 ..V 3, 4, 355
14. 22—26 533. 535
" 17 v 6,692
15. 24—45 252
15. 33 v 4, 327
15. 34 548
16. 2—6 443
16. 15—17
.... 22
V 5, 299
18. 10—14 296
18. 26 v 3, 4, 355
19. 10 V 4, 370
19.38, 40 715
21. 28 v 4, 677
22. 19, 20 533, 535
22. 39, 41 226
22. 43 227, 228
22. 44 548
23. 33—47 252
23. 34 ....V5, 251,554
24. 1—8 443
24. 26 235
3. 16—18.
16. 15—18.
279
LUKE.
1. 30—33
1. 46—50,54,55.,
1. 66,69,76—79..
2. 10—14
2. 13 498. 228
2. 25,28,36, 38... 220
2. 27—32 655, 546
3.4,5 ,.V4, 222
5. 4,6 v 6, 250
5.31 91
6. 12 226
7. 47, 48 V3, 111
10. 21 129
10. 21, 22 128
10.24 123
12. 16—21 456
13.24 151
14. 16, 17,21—23.. 544
14.17, 22,23 545
15.7, 10 328, 228
15. 11—24 322
16. 19—26
16. 20—22 662
16. 22 V 5, 227
.V 5, 151
JOHN.
1.1,3,14 212
1. 9 v 5,267
V 5, 268
1. 13 147
1. 16 v 1, 265
1. 17 117
1. 29—32, 36 520
1. 47 V 3, 162
2. 17 V 2, 226
3.3—8 147
3. 14—16 281
3. 15 HI
130
2S3
209
3. 34 v 5, 481
3. 36 285
4. 14 v 4, 98
4. 24 333
5. 25 121
5. 36 v 2, 97
5. 39 v2, 98
6. 31,35, 39 537
6. 32, 33, 48—51 . . 549
550, V. 4, 275
6. 55 236
6. 66 V 3, 94
7. 18 v 6, 140
8. 56 V 2,286
10.7, 9 v 12, 266
10. 10 224
10. 17, 18 V 4,251
10. 28, 29 207
12. 32 281. 141
13. 15 226
13. 15 V 5, 2C9
13, 23, 25 547
14. 2, 3 538
14.6 v 11, 266
V 5, 267
V 5, 268
14. 19 537
15. 1,5 T 6, 266
16. 14 V 7, 141
16. 16 538
17.4 ~ 235
V 4, 190
19. 2 V6, 692
19.30 235
19. 34 252. 541
20. 1 443
20. 20 543
20. 20,27 v 5, 553
20.28 V 10, 269
ACTS.
1 617
^15, 16, 19
1. 9 238
1. 11 240
2. 1—11 279
2.23—28 237
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.
2. 23—36 252
2. 38 525
2. 39 V3, 4, 528
3. 22 V2,219, V4, 269
4. 12 120
V 3, 116
4. 24—28 262
4. 32 V 7, 545
7.37 v 2, 219
8. 4 V 5, 114
8.33 V 3, 212
12. 7 .
13. 26 .
1S7
.V 2, 544
14. 15—17 324
16. 14, 15,33 529
16. 31 Ill
17. 30 ., 325
20. 24 395
26. 28 94
ROMANS.
1.16 121,120,339,551
1.28 v3, 4, 460
2.4 324. 325
2.5 V 2,
3. 10—18 ..v 4, 5,
3. 19 --22 152
3. 20 Ill
4.6—8 162. 160
4. 19, 20.. .v 6, 7, 18
4. 20, 21 210
5. 6, 8 277
5. 8 130
5.12—14 86
5. 12—21 83
6. 1, 2,6 352
6. 3—6 526
6.9 V 5, 6, 252
7. 8,9, 14, 24.... 110
7. r
7. 29 639
9. 27 151
\<h 4 V 10, 266
.0. 16, 17 534
10. 31 V 6, 165
10. 32 315
11. 1 V 4, 356. 226
11.23—26 533. 550
13. 1—3 319
13. 2—7, 13 316
13. 10, 12 434
15. 3 553
15.55—57 651
2 CORINTHIANS.
1. 12 ,.. 299
1. 20 209
2.11 92
2. 16 118
4. 17, 18 288
5. 1, 5—8 659
5. 7 287
V 3, 71
177
151
343
1 71
1 55.3
, 289
219
10. 131. 539
...165. 136
149
15, 19....
8. 1
8. 13
8. 14, 16....
8. 28
8. 32
6. 33-39...
8. 56
9.21—23,20 126
10. 4 219
10. 18 99. V 5, 114
11. 2 465
11. 16, 17.
11. 25, 26 465
12. 14 v 6, 475
13. 1—7 615
14. 17, 19 315
15.5
v 5,
15. 8 527
15. 13 282
16.20 294
V 7, 435
1 CORINTHIANS.
1. 18,24 12
1. 23, 24 118. 542
1. 26—31 127
1. 30 179. 180
2.7 ...V 3, 122
2.9, 10 686
3.6, 7 118
3. 11 v 13, 266
3. 21 390. 636
4. 12 V 6, 475
5.7 143
6. 3 v 5—8, 407
6. 10, 11 176
5. 14 1
5. 14, 15...
5. 17
5. 19
9. 15 277-225
10. 17 127
11. 2 564
11. 14 V 3,
12.7, 9,10
12. 9, 10 V4, 556
v 6, -"
GALATIANS.
2. 20 V5, 267
V 5, 268
V 5, 542
3. 10, 11, 22.
3. 13, 14 554
..VI, 285
3.7—9 .......... 155
4. 8 332,320, 340
COLOSSI ANS.
1. 9—13 342
1. 14 555
1. 16 212
4.4 .
3 9:
5. 17 .
175
2 13.
142
2. 9 v 14, 266
2. 12 526
2. 14, 15 352. 716
2. 15 199
3. 3 354. 392
3.4 674
3. 5.
3. 16
1 THESSALONIANS.
4. 13—17 675
4. 16 V 8, 228
5. 10 553
1 TIMOTHY.
1. 11 122
1. 13 V 3, 4, 545
2. 1—3 ..... 615
2.5 422
V 6, 267
9. 26.
9. 27 .
140. HI
.... 613
219
10.1—12 261
,140. 141
10. 12 v 8, 269
10. 19, 20 422
10. 28 117
11. 1, 3, 8,10 286
12. 1--4 356
12. 2
.... 281
v 5, 190
12. 15 V 6, 87
12. 18—23 486
12.24 142
1?. 29 24
13.7, 8 649
13. 10, 15 v6, 445
JAMES.
1. 26 v 5, 151
2. 10 Hi
2. 17—20,26 280
6.16 V 2,
2 TIMOTHY.
1.9, 10 190
1. 12 339. 395
2. 1 v 4, 556
3.5 94
3. 15, 16 96
3. 16, 17 97
4. 6—8, 18 658
639
1 PETER.
-5 239
v 9, 266
312. 282
235
, 536
19 .
2.21 v 5, 269
2. 21,22 226
2.24 141. 140
4. 5, 6 v 9, 10, 165
4.6 ~
5. 2—6 530
14 v3, 106
1. 19 .
3. 5—]
3. 7—
, 616
1 458
5. 22, 23 557
6.7, 8
6. 14 539,281,551, 192
EPHESIANS.
1. 3—6
1.7 555
1. 13, 14 343
1. 17—20 342
2. 1, 5 V 2,
2. 12 456
150
2. 20 v 13, 266
3. 9, 10 212
3. 16—21 453
4. 8 244
4. 15 v 7, 266
4. 17—19
4. 30—32 314
5. 23 v 7, 266
5. 25 553
5. 27 565
6. 16.. .v 2, 395
PHILIPPIANS.
1.23 665
2. 2 314
2. 6—8 212
2. 6..... v 5, 211
2. 7, 8 ,
2. 9— Jl 692
2. 10—13
2. 13 v 6, 538
3.3—7
HEBREWS.
1. 1, 2 96
1. 3 v 2, 267
1. 5 V4, 211
1. 6 .» 217
1. 7 227.228
1. 10—12 649
1. 14 227, 228, 498
2. 5-- 9 250. 95
2. 9 235
2. 10 V 11, 269
2. 14—18
3. 3, 5, 6 117
3. 7—11 449. 4"0
5. 13
1 JOHN.
163
2. 1 V9, 269
2. 16 454
2.19 94
2. 20, 27 V 4, 167
3. 1-
3. 5 .
141
4. 2 .
451
4.7 449, 450
4. 15, 16 206
5. 7 206
5. 12—14 451
6 11, 12 356
6. 17- -19
7. 22 V 7, 269
7. 23—27 260
7. 1, 3, 21, 23—25 518
7.25 v 2, 265
9. 7, 12,24,25.... 260
9. 11, &C v 3, 269
9, 14, 26 536
1
3. 8 v 6, 190
5. 4, 5 454
5.6, 8 541
5. 10 115
JUDE.
6 130.131
24. 25 186
REVELATION.
1. 5—7 146.554
1. 10 444. 445
2. 7 540
2. 26, 27 407
2. 28 v 5, 546
3. 21 v 6- -8, 407
4. 4, 10, 11 691
5. 5—11 v4, 267
V 4, 268
5. 6—9 274
5. 6, 8—12 273
5. 11—13 271
5. 12 272
6. 2 V 10. 269
6. 14- 17.... r 4, 5, 29
INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.
6.15, 16 V4, 267
V 4, 268
V 5, 587
7. 9, 15 V 3, 556
7. 13—17 688. 689
7. 16, 17 521
11. 15 676
12. 11 ....«• 356
12.7—12 504i 17. 6 503 21.5—8 66*
12.12 92. 93 18. 20,21 305 21.27 68*
14. 10, 11 678, 19. 13 V 3, 268 22. 1, 2, 14 552
14. 13 653 ; 19. 16 V 3, 267 22. 2 V 4,266
15.3 275. 503 ' v 3, 268 22. 2, 14 540
15.3,4 V 10, 269 ' 20. 15 V 4, 5, 388 22. 16 V 4, 15, 266
16. 19 503 21. 2—4 521 122. 20 146
THE END.
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PREFACE
TO THE TENTH EDITION.
A HE good acceptance and success with which the former Edi-
tions of this Volume have been blessed, demand my warmest and
most unfeigned gratitude to the God of Providence and Grace, with
whom are the issues of all our endeavours to promote his glory.
The first edition of the Selection consisted of five hundred and
eighty-eight Hymns, three hundred of which ha 1 never appeared in
any collection for public worship before. About one hundred and
fifty of them, as the preface announced, were originals. Some of
these, on different subjects, I had the pleasure of composing ; others
were the productions of several eminent persons — the flower of that
denomination of Christians to which it is my honour to belong. These
were handsomely communicated for the selection; and many of them,
according to the forms of law, were regularly assigned to me, in my
own right and as my sole property ; of which my reverend friends,
Dr. John Ryland, now of Bristol ; Mr. Job David of Frome ,* and
Mr. Thomas Dunscombe of Yeovil — are yet living witnesses. This
statement is given to prevent all future illicit republications of any
of the original parts of this work.
In the preface to the former Editions, I expressed my fear, " Not-
withstanding this addition of above five hundred Hymns to Dr. Watts's
Hymns and Psalms, that all of them together would not furnish a suf-
ficient variety for every subject of consideration which might arise in
the course of the christian ministry." Time, general use of the Hymns,
and a frequent recurrence to the Index of their subjects, have since
united to prove that these apprehensions were not altogether unfounded
or problematical ; and that there was reason for intimating, " that
too great a variety of evangelical Hymns, for public worship, is a thing
scarcely conceivable. M
The truth is, respecting the Selection at least, that with all its
di rersity of subjects, even considered as an Appendix to Dr. Watts,
it has been found rather deficient than redundant. Hence, on mature
deliberation, and with the advice and assistance of some of my most
respectable brethren in the ministry, and other distinguished friends, I
have enlarged this edition, by the insertion, under proper heads, of
more than sixty Hymns. The far greater part of these are entirely
iriginah, and are duly placed under the protection of the law.
To distinguish those in the enlargement, which are my own com-
positions, would neither add the embellishments of piety or poetry to
them, nor, perhaps, answer anv other valuable end. It may suffice to
' A2
iv PREFACE.
say, that, with no inconsiderable attention, I hare endeavoured to intro-
duce hymns on such subjects as were not to be found in the volume,
and on heads which are interesting and popular ; I mean of general
use, and therefore of the greatest consequence. A few are inserted on
the Trinity, on the Divinity of Christ, and on the Work of the Holy Spirit.
But the greater part of the additions consists of Hymns adapted to
Village Worship, to Monthly Prayer Meetings for the Spread of the Gospel,
to Missionary Meetings, and to the chapter of Hymns before and after
Sermon; — a chapter this, which there was but little danger of protracting
to an undesirable length. The sections on Affliction, Death and Judgment,
have also received some enlargement ; and so have the Indexes, both
of scriptures and of subjects.
This new edition, which I hope competent judges will find to be an
improved one, I present, with the utmost respect and affection, to my
fellow-labourers, to the churches, and to the individuals, of different
denominations, both at home and abroad, who have either statedly or
occasionally used the former copies.
And now, with all the solemnity of an entire dedication, I commit
the volume to Thy care, patronage, and special blessing, O Thou in-
finitely beautiful and bountiful Being ! to whom I am, of all the sons
of Adam, peculiarly indebted ; beseeching thee, for the sake of my
crucified and ascended Redeemer, to grant, " That, however weak and
" contemptible this work may seem in the eyes of the children of the
" world, and however imperfect it really may be, as well as the author
'.' of it unworthy, it may, nevertheless Ike before, thee, and, through a
" divine power, be mighty" to lessen the miseries, and to increase the
holiness and bliss of multitudes " in distant places, and in generations
" yet to come ! Impute it not, O God, as a culpable ambition, if I de-
" sire, that whatever becomes of my name, this work may be propagated
" far abroad, that it may reach to those who are yet unborn, and teach
" them thy name, and thy praise, when the author has long dwelt in the
M dust : that so, when he shall appear before thee in the great day of
" final accounts, his joy may be increased, and his crown brightened,
" by numbers before unknown to each other and to him ! But if this
" petition be too great to be granted to one who pretends no claim to
" hope for being favoured with the least, give him to be, in thine al-
" mighty hand, the blessed instrument of converting and saving one
" soul ; and if it be but one, and that the meanest and weakest of all
" the human race, though it should be amidst a thousand disappoint-
" ments with respect to others, yet it shall be the subject of immortal
" songs of praise to thee, O blessed God, for and by every soul, whom,
" through the blood of Jesus, and the grace of thy Spirit, thou hast
" saved ; and everlasting honours shall be ascribed to the Father, to
" the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, by the innumerable company of
" angels, and by the general assembly, and the church of the first-born
" in heaven. Amen !"
JOHN RIPPON.
No. 1 1 , Grange Road.
TABLE
TO FIND ANY HYMN BY THE FIRST LINE.
Hymn and Page
A DEBTOR to mercy alone - - 223
""■ A fullness resides - - - - 150
A good high priest is come - - 190
Adam our father and our head 36
Afflicted saint to Christ draw near - - 123
Ah I shall soon be dying - 2d Part 550
Ah ivretched souls who strive in vain - 334
Alas ichat hourly dangers rise - - 320
All hail incarnate God - - - 430
Allhail the poicer of Jesus name - - 177
Almighty Father gracious Lord 37
Almighty maker God - - - - 345
Almighty maker of my frame - 543
Am I a soldi'r of the cross - - 226
Amid the splendours of thy state 2d Part 12
And art thou rith us gracious Lord - 124
And be it so that till this hour - - - 230
And ran my heart aspire io high - - 276
And did the holy and the just - 465
And have I Cltrist no love to thee - - 252
And is the gospel peace and love - - 166
Aloud ice sing the wond'rous grace - - 258
And must I part nit h all I have - - 281
And tall th' eternal King - - 298
And will the Judge descend - 572
And will th' offended God cgain - - 299
Ang'ls roll the rock away - - 142
Another sic days work is done - - - 348
Arise my tenderest thoughts arise 42
Ascend thy throne almighty King - - 370
As on the cro.'s the Saviottr hung 80
As showers on meadows nwly mown - 209
Ashamed of Christ my soul disdain - - 260
Assist us Lord thy name to praise - - 32c
Astonished and dhtress'd
At anchor laid ten otefrom
Attend my ear my heart r'jcice
Attend ye children of your God
Awake awake the sacred song
Awake awake thou mighty arm
Awake my soul in joyful lays
Awake my soul stretch every nerve - - 302
Awake our drowsy souls - 349
Awake our souls and bless his name - - 155
Awake sweet gratitude and sing - - 153
Awake ye saints and raise your eyes - - 5Z6
Away my unbelieving fear ... 266
Awhile remained the doubtful 2d Part 541
B
Backsliders who your misery feel - - 176
Before thy throne eternal King - - 424
Begone unbelief 290
Behold long wished for spring is come - 500
Behold t^ expected' time draws 1st Part 419
Behold the leprous Jew - 102
Behold the sin atoning Lamb - 179
Behold the sons the heirs of God
2d Part 212
- 573
4th Part 420
22y
Hymn and Page
Beset with snares on every hand - - 297
Bless'd be the tie that binds ... 254
Blessed Jesus source of grace divine - - 208
Blessed is the man whose heart expands - 523
Blessed men uho stretch their willing - 292
Blessed are the sons of God - 94
Blessed Redeemer how divine ... 242
Blow ye the trumpet blow - - - 57
Children of the heavenly King - - 210
Christ our passover is slain - 186
Christ the Lord is risen to-day - - 141
Co if every pious heart - 489
Come gracious Spirit heavenly dove - 207
Cone gv.ilti/ souls and flee aivay - - 376
Come holy Spirit come - 2d Part 211
Come humble sinner in whose breast - 355
Come let me love or is my mind - - 251
Come Lord and help us to rejoice - - 232
Come Lord and warm each languid heart 583
Come see on bloody Calvary - 478
Come sinners suit h the mighty God - - 114
Cone tlton fount of every blessing - - 509
Come thou long expected Jesus - - 162
Co.ue thou soul transforming Spirit - 368
Come ireury souls with sin distressed - 117
Come ye sinners poor and wretched - 115
Com" ye that fear the Lord ... 437
6mm ye that' love the Saviours name - 175
Compared with Christ in all beside - - 204
iunt be the man for ever curst *- 52
D'V °f judgment day of wonders • - 577
Dead be my heart to allbeloio - - 402
Dear friend of friendless sinners heeir - 266
Dear Lord and shall thy spirit rest - 213
Dear Lorel and will thy pardoning love - 446
Dear Lord though bitter is the cup - 264
Dear Lord why should I doubt 2 Part 288
Dear refuge of my tceaiy soul - - 316
Dear Saviour make me ivise to see - - 244
Dear Saviour we are thine - 81
Dear Saviour when my thoughts recall - 272
Dear Shepherd of thy people hear - - 340
Dearest Saviour help thy servant - - 365
Death with his dread commission seaVd - 539
Deep are the wounds which sin has made 16S
Deluded souls who think to find - - 400
Depraved minds on ashes feed - -» - 158
Descend celestial Dove - 468
Drsc end holy Spirit the dove - - - 214
Did Christ o'er sinners weep - 367
Dismiss us uith thy blessing Lord - - 388
Do not I love thee O my Lord ... 425
Dost (hou my profit seek - - 510
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A TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES.
Hymn and Page
Earth has engrossed my love too long - 588
Empty'd of earth I fain would be 1st Part 212
Encompass' d with clouds of distress - 220
Enquire ye pilgrims for the way - - 405
Enslaved by sin and bound in chains - 70
Eternal God almighty cause - - - 2
Eternal God enthroned on high - - 524
Eternal power whose high abode - - 26
Eternal source of every joy ... 50s
Eternal Spirit source of light - - - 211
Eternal Wisdom thee we praise - - 29
Eternity is just at hand - 548
Exalted Prince of Life we oicn - - 269
Exert thy power thy rights maintain 2 Pt 418
Fair Sion's King we suppliant bov) • - 417
Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss - 218
Faith His a precious grace - 2d Part 217
Father at thy call I come - - - 270
Father divine thy piercing eye - 332
Father God who seest in me 76
Father how wide thy glory shines - - 112
Father is not thy promise pledged 2d Part 419
Father of all thy care ive bless - 335
Father of faithful Abraham hear 1st Part 422
Father of glory to thy name 22
Father of mercies bora thine ear - - 426
Father of mercies in thy house - - 407
Father of mercies in thy word 46
Father of mercies send thy grace - - 257
Father Son and Holy Spirit - 1st Part 397
Father whatever of earthly bliss - - 319
For a season call'd to part ... 515
Forgiveness ' 'tis a joyful sound 87
Frequent the day of God returns - - 350
From whence this fear and unbelief - 221
From winter's barren clods - 499
Give glory to God ye children of men - 396
Glorious things of thee are spoken 1st Pt 418
Glory to God on high - - 387
Glory to God who reigns above - - 185
Glory to th' eternal King - - 10
Glory to thee my God this night - - 496
Go favoured Britons and proclaim 4th Pt 418
Go forth ye saints behold your 4th Part 421
Go said the voice of heavenly 5th Part 418
Go teach the nations and baptize - - 454
God in the Gospel of his Son 54
God is a name my soul adores 23
God moves in a mysterious way 34
God of eternity from thee - - 544
God of my life to thee belong - - - 511
God with us O glorious name - - 174
Grace 'tis a charming sound - 2d Part 111
Gracious Lord incline thine ear - - 296
Great author of the immortal mind - 24
Great Father of [mankind - - - 406
Great former of this various frame - 5
Great God amid the darksome night - 199
Great God my Maker and my King - 18
Great God note condescend ... 336
Great God of providence thy ways - 35
Great God of wonders all thy ways - 85
Great God oppress' d with grief and fear - 330
Great God the nations of the earth - 420
Great God thy watchful care ue bless - 339
Great God 'tis from thy sovereign 1st Pt 111
Great God to thee Vll make - 2nd Pt 231
Great God to thee my evening song - 495
Great God we in thy courts appear - 452
Great God ice sing that mighty hand - 510
Great God what hosts of angels stand - 307
Great God where'er we pilch our tent - 333
Gnat Leader of thine Israel's host - 317
_ ^ „ Hymn and Page.
Great Ruler of the earth and skies - 531
Great Spirit of immortal love - - 250
Guide me O thou great Jehovah - - 557
Hail mighty Jesus how divine
Hail thou once despised Jesus
Happy beyond description he
Happy the man who finds the grace
Happy the man whose cautious steps
Hark for 'tis God's own Son that calls
Hark the glad sound the Saviour comes
Hark the herald angels sing
Hark the voice of love and mercy
Hark 'tis our heavenly Leader's voice
Hasten 0 sinner to be wise - 2d Part
He comes he comes to judge the world
He dies the friend of sinners dies
He lives the great Redeemer lives
Hear gracious God my humble moan - _.
Hear gracious Sovereign from thy throne - 210
Heaven has confirm' d the great decree - 565
Help and salvation Lord I crave 2d Part 296
- 130
- 71
328
116
578
474
152
308
Here at thy table Lord we meet
Here Lord my soul convicted stands - 50
Holy and reverend is the name 17
Holy, holy, holy, Lord - 2d Part 22
Holy wonder heavenly grace ... 347
How are thy servants bless d O Lord - 36
How charming is the place - 341
How did the powers of darkness rage - 314
How firm a founda. ye saints of the Lord 128
How free and boundless is the grace - 362
Hoio gracious and how wise - 2d Part 542
Hoio great hoio solemn is the work - - 453
How great hoio terrible that God - - 570
How happy are we 62
How happy is the pilgrim's lot - - 300
How hast thou Lord from year to year - 502
How keen the tempter's malice is - - 155
How long O God has man been 2d Part 421
Hoio long shall death the tyrant reign - 569
How long shall earth's alluring toys - 546
How long thou faithful God shall I - 364
How lovely how divinely sweet - - 343
How many years has man been driven - 421
How oft alas this wretched heart - - 86
Hoio precious is the book divine 43
How shall I my Saviour set forth - - 151
How shall the sons of men appear - - 377
How soft the icords my Saviour speaks - 517
How various and houineio ... 547
How vast the blessings how divine 2d Part 284
Humble souls who seek salvation - - 445
J ask'd the Lord that I might grow -
I come the great Redeemer cries
I hear the counsel of a friend 3d Part
I'm in a world of hopes and fears 3d Part
Immanuel sunk with dreadful woe 2d Part
I my Ebenezer raise -
J would but cannot sing -
If duty calls and suffering too 2d Pa t
If God is mine then present things 2d Part
If Lord in thy fair book of life 2d Part
If secret fraud should dwell' - - -
indulgent God to thee I raise - 3d Part
Infinite excellence is thine - - -
In Jordan's tide the Baptist stands -
In songs of sublime adoration and 2^'cise
In sweet exalted strains -
In the floods of tribulation - 1st Part
In thee thou all sufficient God
Is there in heaven or earth who can 2d Pt
In vain Apollos' silver tongue
In vain the giddy world inquires
In what confusion earth appears
A TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES.
Vll
Hymn and Pt-'ge
IsJrsus mine I'm now prepared - - 378
Israel in ancient days - 53
It is the Lord enthroned in light - • 279
Jehovah speaks seek ye my 'fate 2d Part 1 14
Jesus and shall it ever be - - 451
Jesus at thy command - - - 304
Jesus commissioned from above - - 184
Jesus full of ull compassion - - - 295
Jesus I love thy charming name - - 173
Jesus how precious is thy name - - 192
Jesus I sing thy matchless grace - - 172
Jesus immutably the same - - - 200
Jesus is our great salvation - 108
Jesus let thy pitying eye - - - 313
Jesus lover of my soul - - - 305
Jesus mighty King in Sion - - - 449
Jesus my all to heaven is gone - - 201
Jesus my Lord how rich thy grace - 433
Jesus my love my chief delight - - 171
Jesus my Saviour and my God - - 106
Jesus O word divinely sweet - 475
Jesus our souls delightful choice - - 219
Jesus siyice thou are still to-day - - 189
Jesus th' eternal Son of God - 55
Jesus the heavenly lover gave - - 159
Jesus the Lord our souls adore - - 167
Jesus the spring of joys divine - - 196
Jesus thy blood and righteousness - 84
Jesus we claim thee for our own - - 178
Jesus we hang upon the word - - 206
Jesus when faith, with fixed eyes - - 477
K
Keep silence all created things 9
Kind are the tvords that Jesus speaks - 125
Kindred in Christ for his dear sake - 514
King of Salem bless jny soul - - - 183
Let avarice from shore to shore - - 45
Let ocean's waves tumultuous rise 1st Part 217
Let others boast their ancient line - 91
Let party names no more ... 255
Let Sion's watchmen all awake - - 410
Let those who bear the christian name - 282
Lift up your joyful eyes and see 3d Part 422
Light of those whose dreary dwelling - 162
Like Israel Lord am I - - 2d Part 298
Lo he comes with clouds descending - 576
Lo he Cometh countless trumpets - - 575
Lo wisdom stands ivith smiling 2d Part 121
Look down O Lord with pitying eye 371
Look from on high great God - 2d Pt 361
Look up ye saints direct your eyes - 27
Lord am I thine entirely thine - - 490
Lord arid am I yet alive - - - 16
Lord at thy feet ive sinners lie - - 235
Lord at thy' table I behold - 482
Lord didst thou die but not for me - 287
Lord dismiss us u-ith thy blessing • - 369
Lord dost thou sheiv a corner stone - 163
Lord God Omnipotent to bless 1st Part 382
Lord hast thou made me know thy ways 105
Lord how delightful 'tis to see 2d Part 351
Lord how large thy bounties are - - 119
Lord how shall wretched sinners dare - 527
Lord I am pa in'd but I resign - - 538
Lord I am vile what shall I say - - 493
Lord I cannot let thee go ... 354
Lord if thou thy grace impart - - 237
Lord let me see thy beauteous face 2d Part 299
Lord must I die 6 let me die 3d Part 550
Lord of hosts how lovely fair - - 342
Lord shall we part with gold for dross - 401
Lord shed a beam of heavenly day 2d Part 268
Lord thou hast bem thy cf/ifdrens God - 4
Lord thou hast bid thy people pray - 536
Lord thou with an vnerring beam - 8
Lord thy pervading knowledge strikes - 23
Hymn and Page
Lord' lis an infinite delight - 555
Lord 'twas a time ofwond'rous love 2d Pt 216
Lord we come before thee now - - 363
Lord when I read the traitor's doom - 580
Lord when our raptur'd thought surveys 32
Lord when we see a saint of thine - 55*
Lord with a griev'd and aching heart - 236
Loud let the tuneful trumpet sound - 58
m
199
5-20
416
303
20^
126
67
May the grace of Christ our Saviour
Met hinks the last great day is come
Mighty God while angels bless thee
'Mong all the priests ofJeivish race
Mortals awake with angels join 2d Part
Must all the charms of nature then
My brethren from my heart beloved
My captain sounds the alarm of war
My God assist me while I raise
My God hoic chearful is the sound
My God the covenant of thy love
My God thy bonndless'loveice 2d Part 297
My God what silken cords are 1st Part 216
My grac so weak my sin so strong 2d Pt 215
My gracious Redeemer I'll love - - 253
My grateful tongue immortal King - 25
My rising soul with strong desires - 97
My Saviour let me hear thy voice - 89
My sorrows like a food - 88
My soul with joy attend - - 103
My thoughts that often mount 1st Part 550
My timt-s of sorrow and of joy - - 276
My waken'd soul extend thy wings 2d Pt 570
N
No more dear Saviour icill I beast - - 481
No strength of nature can suffice - 51
Not all the nobles of the earth - - 95
Not by the Luvs of innocence - 225
Not unto us but thee alone - 1st Part 384
Noic begin the heavenly theme - 69
Now far above the starry skies - - 479
Now from the altar of our hearts - - 497
Note 'let a true ambition rise - - - 519
Noio let our cheerful eyes survey - - 154
Now Itt our drooping hearts revive - 566
Now let our faith grow strong and rise - 480
Now let our hearts conspire to raise - 522
Noio let our souls on wings sublime - 323
Now let our voices join ... - 039
Now let the feeble all be strong 1st Part 306
Now let us raise our cheerful strains - 147
Now may the God of peace and love - 390
Now Lord the heavenly seed is sown - 372
Now while the gospel-net is cast - - 366
O
O'er the gloomy hills of darkness - - 428
O for a closer walk with God - 98
O for a sweet inspiring ray ... 587
O God my sun thy blissful rays - - 231
O God of love, with cheering ray 2d Part 551
0 God of Zionfrom thy throne 2d Part 427
O Lord I would delight in thee - - 248
O Lord, my best desires fulfil - - 277
O Lord, my God, whose' sovereign love - 68
0 my distrustful heart - - 64
O my soul ichat means this sadness - - 318
O that I knew the secret place - - 99
0 that the Lord indeed - - 381
0 the immense th' amazing height - 503
0 thou before whose gracious throne - 413
0 thou that hast redemption wrought - 327
O thou who didst thy glory leave - - 74
0 what stupendous mercy'shines - - 246
O ye immortal throng - 146
Of all the joys we mortals know - - 249
Oft have I turned my eye within - - 311
On Britain long a favour' d ide - - 538
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A TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES.
Hymn and Page
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand - - 584
On Sion his most holy mount - 56
On what has note been sown ... 373
On wings of faith mount up - 585
Once as the Saviour pass'' 'd along - - 78
Our Father whose eternal sivay - - 358
Our God ascends his lofty throne - 408
Our heavenly Father calls 96
Our Lord is risen front the dead - - 145
Our Saviour alone - 383
0 Zion afflicted with wave - 3d Part 427
Patience 0 what a grace divine - - 263
Peace His the Lord Jehovah's hand - 563
Poor weak and worthless tho' I am - 170
Praise God from whom all blessings flow 395
Praise the Saviour all ye nations - - 432
Praise to our Shepherd's gracious name - 101
Praise to the Lord of boundless might - 243
Praise to the Lord who bows his ear - 532
Praise to the Lord whose mighty hand - 533
Praise to thy na vie eternal God - - 322
Prepare me gracious God - - - 561
Proclaim saith Christ my wonoVrous grace 469
Prostrate dear Jesus at thy feet - - 271
Proud Babylon yet waits her doom 3d Pt 418
R
Raise thoughtless sinner raise thine eye 49
Rejoice the Lord is king - - - 149
Rejoice the Saviour reigns - 2d Part 422
Religion is the chief concern - 1st Part 284
Repent the voice celestial cries - - 267
Return my roving heart return - - 329
Rise my soul ana stretch thy wings - 301
Rock of ages shelter me - - - 195
Salvation O melodious sound - - 113
Salvation thro' our dying God - - 109
Saviour divine we know thy name - 194
Saviour of men and Lord of love - - 133
Saviour visit thy plantation - 1st Part 427
Say who is she that looks abroad - - 403
Searcher of hearts before thy face 1st Part 268
See Feliv clothed with pomp and power - 380
See gracious God before thy throne - 525
Xca Imtii vitrlf ■tnintpr'x ic.11 hand - - 507
- 505
- 494
Hymn and Page
See how rude winter's icy hand
Sre how the little toiling ant -
Seee how the mounting sun
See hoiv the willing converts trace - 450
See Israel s gentle Shepherd stand - 337
See Lord thy witling snhjtcts bow - 139
Self-destroy'" for help I pray - - 379
Shall atheists dare insult the cross - 61
Shall Jesus descend from the shies - 73
Shepherd of hrat I bend thine ear • 409
Shepherd of Israel thou dost keep - - 411
Should bounteous n -lure kindly pour - 259
Shout for the blessed Jesus reigns - - 429
Since Jesus freely did appear - - 513
Si iful and blind and poor - - - 369
Sing to the Lord above - - - - 431
Sinner O why so thoughtless grown - 581
Sinners t:e voice of God regard - - 116
Sin m rs yon are now a idres. ei 2d Part 1 1 5
So fair a face bed ew'd with tears - - 484
Sons we are thro'' God's election - - 65
Sovereign of all the worlds on high - 92
Sovereign of l'<fe J own thy hand - - 542
Sovereign ruler of the skies - - - 545
Sprinkled with reconciling flood - - 357
Stay thou ius"lted Spirit stay - - 215
Stern winter throws bis icy chains - 506
Stretch'd on the cross the Saviour dies - 137
Sweet was the time when first J felt - 315
That God who made the worlds on high - 47
The Bible is justly esteem'd - 205
Temptations trials doubts and 2d Part 286
The blessed Spirit like the wind 2d Part 207
The deluge at th' Almighty's call - - 104
The fabric of nature is fair - 2d Part 540
The fountain of Christ - - - 168
The God of Abram praise 66
The God of love will sure indulge - 564
The great Redeemer we adore - - 443
The holy eumich when baptiz'd - - 47 1
The house now to be builaed to 3d Part 421
The icy chains that bound the earth - 496
The joyful morn my God is come - - 346
The King of heaven his table spreads - 486
The Lord, on mortal worms looks down - 423
The Lord who rules the world's affairs • 434
The Lard will happiness divine - - 275
The love of the Spirit I sing 2d Part 206
The mighty frame of glorious grace - 148
The mighty God will not despise - - 273
The moment a sinner believes - - 222
The peace which God alone reveals - 391
The righteous Lord supremely great - 238
The Saviour calls let every ear - - 120
The spring great God at thy command - 501
The wandering star and fleeting wind • 310
The wondering nations have beheld - 404
Thee Father ive bless - - - 107
Thee we adore eternal Word 1st Part 129
There is a fountain fill'd with blood - 169
There's joy in heaven and joy on earth - 438
There is no path to heavenly bliss - 202
Thine earthly sabbaths Lord we love - 352
This God is the God we adore - - 385
Thott art O God a Spirit pure - 3
Thou dear Redeemer dying Lamb - 386
Thou God of glorious majesty - - 549
Thou Lord my safety thou my light - 344
Thou only centre of my rest ... 537
Thoh '.only Sovereign of my heart - - 440
Thou very pjschal Lamb - - 180
Thrice happy soul? who born from - 225
Thro' all the changing scenes of life - 285
Thro' all the various shifting scene - 33
Thus Augur breath' d his warm desire - 2n2
Thus far my God hath led me on - 324
Thus it became the Prince of grace - 444
Thus was the great Redeemer plunged - 448
Thus we commemorate the day - - 476
Thy life I read my dearest Lord • - 556
Thy mercy my God is the theme of 15
Thy nanus how infinite they be m - 6
Thy presence everlasting God • - 516
Thy presence gracious God afford - 361
Thy sire and her who brought thee - 48
Thy way O God is in the sea - - 245
Thy ways O Lord with wise design - 31
'Tis a point I long to know - - 250
'Tisfinish'd so the Saviour cried - 72
'Tisfinish'd'tis done the Spirit is fled - 560
'Tis my happiness below - 2d Part 30G
'Ti.< religion that can give - 2d Part 377
To Christ the Lord let every tongue - 161
To distant lands thy gospel send - 374
To Father Son and Holy Ghost - 393
To Father Son and Holy Ghost 2d Part 397
To God my Saviour and my King - 82
To God the universal King - - 1
To him who on the fatal treee 2d Part 383
To Jesus our exalted Lord - - -487
To our Redeemer's glorious name - 488
To praise the ever bounteous Lord - 504
; To the eternal Three - - 394
; To thee aluighty God we bring - - 534
j To thee let my first offerings rise - 491
i To thee who rei^n'st supreme above - 52«*
A TABLE OF THE FIRST LINES.
Hymn and Page
Unclean unclean and full of sin
Unite my roving thoughts unite
Into thine altar Lord - - -
W
Wait O my soul thy Maker's will
We bless W eternal Source of light
What art possessions fame and power
What hath God wrought might Israel
What heavenly man or lovely God
What is our God or what his name
What jarring natures dwell within
What mean these jealousies and fears
What scenes of horror and of dread
What shall the dying sinner do
What strange perplexities arise
What various hindrances we meet
What wisdom majesty and grace
Whatever to thee our Lord belongs
When Abram full of sacred awe
When Abram's servant to procure
When any turn from Zion's way
When at a distance Ix>rd we trace
When blooming youth is snatched
When by the tempter** wiles betray'd
When darkness long has veiVd my
When death appears before my sight
When first the God of boundless grace
When I the holy grave survey
When Jesus dwelt in ynortal clay
When Jesus for his people dy\l 3d Part
When Israel's grieving tribes complain
When Israel thro' the desert passJd ■
When O dear J(sus when shall I
When Paul was parted from his friends
When shall thy lovely face be seen
When sins and fears prevailing rise
When some kind shepherd from his fold
When the Eternal boics tie skies
When thou my righteous Judge shalt
Where'er the blustering north 2d Part
Where is my God does he retire
Where shall we sinners hide our heads
Where two or three with sweet accord
Wherewith 0 lord shall I draw near
Hymn and Page
While carnal men with all their might - 293
While my Redeemer's near - - 197
While o'er our guilty land O Lord - 528
While on the verge of life I stand - 5"> t
While sinners who presume to bear - 375
Who is the trembling sinner icho 2d Part 376
Who shall condemn to endles flames - 63
Why 0 my soul why weepest thou - 274
Why should a living man complain - 312
Why should our mourning thoughts delight 568
Why flow these torrents of distress - 562
Why sinks my weak desponding mind - 233
With heavenly power O Lord defend - 415
With humble heart and tongue - - 521
With melting heart and weeping eyes - 294
With tears of anguish I lament - - 39
With, thee great God the stores of light - 492
y
Ye dying sons of men - - - 118
Ye glittering toys of earth adieu - 167
Ye hearts with youthful vigour warm - 518
Ye humble saints proclaim abroad - 19
Ye humble souls approach your God - 12
Ye humble souls complain ho more - 234
Ye humble souls rejoice - 260
Ye humble souls that seek the Lord - 144
Ye little flock whom Jesus feeds - - 127
Ye messengers of Christ - 3d Part 420
Ye mourning saints whose streaming tears 5-58
Ye prisoners of hope - 198
Ye saints of every rank with joy 2d Part 384
Ye scarlet-colour7 d sinners come - 121
Ye servants of the Lord - - 325
Ye servants of your God his fame - 7
Ye sons of men with joy record - - 30
Ye that pass by behold the man
Ye trembling souh dismiss your fears
Ye virgin soids arise
Ye icorlds of light that roll so near
Ye wretched hungry starting poor
Yes I would love thee blessed God
4th Pt
136
288
541
160
473
247
132
Yes there are joys that cannot die
Yonder amazing sight I see
Your harps ye trembling saints
GENERAL CONTENTS.
GOD ••• from Hymn 1 to 26
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 27 . 37
TALL OF MAN 38 . 42
SCRIPTURE, Properties of it 43 . 46
Moral and ceremonial Law 47 . 53
Gospel * 54 . 61
Doctrines and Blessings 62 . 113
Invitations and Promises .....*«..... 114 . 128
CHRIST, his Incarnation and Ministry 129 . 135
Sufferings and Death • 136 . 139
Resurrection and Ascension* 140 . 146
Exaltation and Intercession .......«••• 147 • 155
Characters, placed alphabetically 156 . 205
SPIRIT, his influences ...» 205 . 216
Graces of the, placed alphabetically 217 . 293
CHRISTIAN LIFE 328 . 294
WORSHIP, Private 329 . 332
Family....* 333 . 337
Public .....♦.••.••.••• 338 . 345
Lord's Day 346 , 352
Before Prayer 353 . 258
Before Sermon 359 , 37I
After Sermon, and Doxologies 372 . 397
WORLD 398 . 402
CHURCH, described, formed, $c 403 . 406
Ordinal Ions, §c «.eoo 407 , 4]2
Pastors, Deacons, People 413 t 41?
Associations and Missions • 418 . 43]
Collections for Poor Churches 432 # 4ag
Church Meetings • * • 437 . 441
BAPTISM 442 . 471
LORD'S SUPPER 472 . 400
TIMES AND SEASONS 491 . 542
TIME AND ETERNITY 543 . 5 1C
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION 550 . 569
JUDGMENT 570 . 579
BELL AND HEAVEN- » 580 . 568
HYMNS.
GOD.
HYMN I. L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Addison's, Tune I.
A Song of Praise to God,
1 npO God. the universal King,
x Let all mankind their tribute bring;
All that have breath, your voices i-aise,
In songs of never-ceasing praise.
2 The spacious earth on which we tread,
And wider heavens stretch'd o'er our head,
A larsre and solemn temple frame
To celebrate it's Builder's fame.
3 Here the bright sun, that rules the day,
As thro' the sky he makes his way,
To all the world proclaims aloud
The boundless sov'reignty of God.
4 When from his courts the sun retires,
And with the day his voice expires,
The moon and stars adopt the song,
And thro' the night the praise prolong.
5 The list'nins earth with rapture hears
The harmonious music of the spheres ;
And all her tribes the notes repeat,
That God is wise, and good, and great.
His is the gift to know the song,
As well as sing, with tuneful tongue.
O L. M. Williams's Psalms.
Old Hundred 100.
The Unity of God. Deut. vi. 4.
1 TTTERNAL God! Almighty Cause
-*-* Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown;
All things are subject to thy laws,
A!l things depend on thee alone.
2 Thy glorious Being singly stands,
Of all within itself possest,
3 To thee alone ourselves we owe ;
Let heaven and earth due homage pay;
All other gods we disavow,
Deny their claims, renounce their sway.
4 Spread thy great name thro' heathen lands :
Their idol deities dethrone;
Reduce the world to thy command ;
And reign, as thou art,God alone.
3 L. M.
Paul's 246. Fawcett 1S4.
The Spirituality of God, John iv. 24.
T^HOU art, O God ! a spirit pure,
A Invisible to mortal eyes;
Th' immortal, and the eternal king,
The great, the good, the only wise.
2 Whilst nature changes, and her works
Corrupt, decay, dissolve, an i die,
Thy essence pure no change shall see,
Secure of imraortalitv.
3 Thou great invisible ! what hand
Can draw thy image spotless fair?
To what in heaven, to what on earth,
Can men the immortal king compare J
4 Let stupid heathens frame their gods
Of gold, and silver, wood and stone;
Ours is the God that made the heavens;
Jehovah he, and God alone.
5 My soul, thy purest homage pay,
In truth and spirit him adore;
More shall this please than sacrifice,
Than outward forms delight him more.
4 L. M. Steele.
Bab. Streams 23. Angel's Hymn GO. Gould's 272.
The Eternity of God, and Jlan's Mortality,
Psalm xc.
1 T ORD, thou hast been thy children's God,
-Lj All-powerful, wise, and good, and jttst,
In every age their safe abode,
Their hope, their refuge, and their trust.
2 Before thy word gave nature birth,
Or spread the starry heavens abroad,
Or form'd the varied face of earth,
From everlasting thou art God.
3 Great Father of eternity,
How short are ages in thy sight !
A thousand years how swift they fly !
Like one short silent watch of night!
4 Uncertain life, how soon it flies !
Dream of an hour, how short our bloom!
Like spring's gay verdure now we rise,
Cut down ere night to fill the tomb.
5 Teach us to count our short'ning days,
And, with true diligence, apply
Our hearts to wisdom's sacred ways,
'Hiat we may learn to live and die.
6 O make our sacred pleasures rise
Jn sweet proportion to our pains,
'Till e'en the sad remembrance dies,
Nor one uneasy thought complains.
7 [Let thy almighty work appear
With power and evidence divine ;
Ana may the bliss thy servants share
Continued to their children shine.
8 Thy glorious image, fair imprest,
Let all our hearts and lives declare ;
Beneath thy kind protection ble-t,
May all our labours own thy care !j
5 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Ansel's Hymn 60. Paul's 246.
The Immutability of God, and the Mutability
of the Creation, Psalm cii. 25 — 28.
i r^ REAT Former of this various frame,
VJ Our souls adore thine awful name ;
And bow and tremble while they praise
The Ancient of eternal days.
2 Thou, Lord, with unsurpris'd survev,
SawVt nature rising yesterday ;
And, as to-morrow, shall thine eye
See earth and rtars in ruin lie.
A 5
6,
THE BEING AND
S, 9
3 Beyond an angel's vision bright,
Thou dweil'st m self-existent light;
Which shines, with undiminish'u ray,
While suns and worlds in smoke decay.
4 Our days a transient period run,
And change with every circling sun;
And, in the firmest state we boast,
A moth can crush us into dust.
5 But let the creatures fall around ;
Let death consign us to the ground;
Let the last general flame arise,
And meit the arches of the skies;
6 Calm as the summer's ocean, we
Can all the wreck of nature see,
While grace secures us an abode,
Unshaken as the throne of God.
6 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Bedford 91. Abridge 201. Farringdon 267.
The Infinite.
\ HPHY names, how infinite they be !
■*- Great Everlasting One !
Bound! ss thy might and majesty,
And unconiin'd thy throne.
2 Thy glories shine of wondrous size,
A"nd wondrous large thy grace;
Immortal day breaks from thine eyes,
And Gabriel veils his face.
3 Thine essence is a vast abyss
Which angels cannot sound,
An ocean ofinfinities
Where all our thoughts are drown'd.
4 The mysteries of creation lie
Beneath enlighten'd minds ;
Thoughts can ascend beyond the sky,
And fly before the winds;
5 Reason may grasp the massy hills,
And stretch from pole to pole ;
But half thy name our spirit fills,
And ovenoads our soul.
6 In vain our haughty reason swells,
For nothing's found in thee
But bounJless Incon eivables,
And vast Eternity.
7 L. M. Merrick's Psalms.
Wareham 117. Ailie Street 241. Wells 10 2.
Omnipotence ; or, the Power and Providence
of God, Psalm cxxxv.
1 \7"E servants of your God, his fame
L in songs of highest praise proclaim;
Ye who, on his commands intent,
The courts of Israel's Lord frequeut.
2 Him praise — the everlasting King,
And merry's unexhausted spring:
Haste, to "his name yov.r voices rear;
What name like his the heart can cheer?
3 Thy greatness, Lord, my thoughts attest
Wi.h awful gratitude impress'd,
"Nor know, among the seats divine,
A power that shall cont nd with thine:
4 O thou, whose all-disposing sway
The heavens, the earth, and seas obey;
Whose might throuuh all extent extends,
Sinks thro' all depth, all heigh! transcends;
3 From earch's low margin to the skies,
Now bids the pregnant vapours rise ;
The lightning's pallid sheet expands;
And glads with show'rs the furrow'd iands;
6 Now, from thy storehouse, built on high,
Permits tf.e imprisosi'd winds to fly;
And, guided bv thy will, to sweep
TW' surface of the foaming deep:
7 Him praise — the everlasting King,
And mercy's unexhausted spring :
Haste, to his name your voices rear;
What name like his the heart can cheer?
8 C M.
Charmouth 28. Ellenborough 170.
The Omnipresence and Omniscience of God,
Psalm cxxxix.
1 T ORD ! thou with an unerring beam,
*-* Surveyest all my powers;
My rising steps are watch'd by thee ;
By thee, my resting hours.
2 My thoughts, scarce struggling into birtlt,
Great God, are known to thee :
Abroad, at home, still I'm inclos'd
With thine immensity.
3 To thee, the labyrinths of life
In open view "appear;
Nor steals a whisper from my lips
Without thy list'ning ear.
4 Behind I glance, and thou art there;
Before me, shines thy name;
And 'tis thy strong Almighty hand
Sustains "my tender frame.
5 Such knowledge mocks the vain essays
Of my astonish'd mind ;
Nor can my reason's soaring eye
It's towering summit find.
PAUSE.
6 Where from thy Spirit shall I stretch
The pinions of my flight?
Or where, through nature's spacious range*
Shall I elude thy sight?
7 Scal'd I the skies, the blaze divine
Would overwhelm my soul :
Plung'd I to hell, there'should I hear
Thine awful thunders roll.
8 If on a morning's darting ray
With matchless speed 1" rode,
And flew to the wild lonely shore,
That bounds the ocean's flood ;
9 Thither thine hand, all-present God I
Must guide the wondrous way,
And thine Omnipotence support
The fabric of my clay.
10 Should I involve myself around
With clouds of tenfold night,
The clouds would shine like blazing noon
Before thy piercing sight.
11 ( The beams of noon, the midnight hour,
' Are both alike to thee :
' O may I ne'er provoke that power
• From which I cannot flee !'
9 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Abridge 301. Canterbury 199.
Divine Sovereignty ; or, God's Dominion and
Decrees.
1 T7EEP silence, all created things;
■*•*• And wait vour Maker's nod ;
Mv soul stand's trembling, while she sings
The honours of her God.
2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown,
Hang on his firm decree:
He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.
3 Chain'd to his throne, a volume lies,
With all the fates of men,
With every angel's form and size,
Drawn by th' eternal pen.
4 His providence unfolds the book,
And makes his rouncils shine ;
Each opening leaf, and ev'ry stroke
Fulfil? some deep design.
10, 11, 12
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
12, 13
5 Here he exalts neglected worms
To sceptres and a crown :
And there the following page he turns,
And treads the monarch down.
6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why;
Nor God the reason gives ;
Nor dares the favourite angel pry
Between the folded leaves.
7 My God, I would not long to see
My fate with curious eye*;,
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise :
8 In thy fair book of life and grace,
O may I find my name
Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord the Lamb !
10 7s. B. Francis.
Cookham 36. Alcester 213.
The Majesty of God.
1 pLORY to the eternal Kinar,
y-r Clad in majesty supreme !
Let all heaven his praises sing,
Let all worlds his power proclaim.
2 Through eternity he reigns
In unbounded realms of light;
He the universe sustains
As an atom in his sight.
3 Suns on suns, through boundless space,
With their systems move or stand ;
Or, to occupy their place,
New orbs rise at his command.
4 Kingdoms flourish, empires fall,
Nations live, and nations die,
All forms nothing, nothing all —
At the movement of his eye.
5 O, let my transported soul
Ever on his glories gaze ;
Ever yield to his controul,
Ever sound his lofty praise !
11 L. M. Beddome.
Ulverston 179. Islington 40. Gould's 27!
The Wisdom of God.
1 \yAIT, O my soul, thy Maker's will;
vv Tumultuous passions, all be still !
Nor let a murmuring thought arise ;
His ways are just, his councils wise.
2 He in the thickest darkness dwells,
Performs his work, the cause conceals ;
But, though his methods are unknown, •
Judgment and truth support his throne.
3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas,
He executes his firm decrees;
And by his saints it stands confest,
That what he does is ever best.
4 Wait then, my soul, submissive wait
Prostrate before his awful seat;
And, 'midst the terrors of his rod,
Trust in a wise and gracious God.
12 rFirst Part) C. M. Stede.
Liverpool 63. Exeter 4.
The Goodness of God, Nahum, i. 7.
1 \7"E humble souls, approach your God
x With songs of sacred praise,
For he is good, immensely good,
And kind are all his ways.
2 All nature owns his guardian care,
In him we live and move ;
But nobier benefits declare
The wonders of his love.
3 He gave his Son, his only Son,
To ransom rebel worms;
'Tis here he makes his goodness known
In its diviner forms.
4 To this dear refuge, Lord, we come ;
'Tis here our hope relies;
A safr defence, a peaceful home,
When storms of trouble rise.
5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard,
The sou's who trust in thee;
Their humble hope thou wilt reward,
With bliss divinely free.
6 Great God, to thy Almighty love,
What honours shall we raise ?
Not all the raptur'd songs above
Can render equal praise.
12 (Second Part.) C. M.
Staughton 264. Liverpool 83.
God is Love, 1 John, iv. 8.
1 A MID the splendours of thy stale,
Jrx My God, thy love appears
With the soft radiance of the moon
Among a thousand star-.
2 Nature through all her ample round
Thy boundless power proclaims,
And, "in melodious accent, speaks
The goodness of thy names.
3 Thy justice, holiness, and truth,
Our solemn awe excite;
But the sweet charms of sovereign grace
O'envhe'-m us with delight.
4 Sinai, in clouds, and smoke, and fire,
Thunders thy dreadful name ;
But Sion sings, in melting notes,
The honours of the Lamb.
5 In all thy doctrines and commands,
Thy councils and designs, —
In ev'ry work thy hands have fram'd,
Thy love supremely shines.
6 Amrels and men the news proclaim
Throuah earth and heaven above,
The joyful, the transporting news,
Th.it' God the Lord is Love !
13 L. M. Medley.
Derby 169. Rothwell 174. Portugal New 263.
The Loving-Kindness of the Lord, Ps. lxiii. 7,
1 A WAKE, my soul, in joyful lays,
-*■*■ And sing thy great Redeemer's praise^
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving-kindness, O how free !
2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall,
Yet lov'd tye notwithstanding all;
He sav'd me from my lost estate,
His loving-kindness, O how great!
3 Tho' num'rDus hosts of mighty foes,
Tho' earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul alon?,
His io^hg-kindness, O how strong !
4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gather'd thick and thunder'd loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving-kindness, O how good!
5 Often I feel my sinful heart
Prone from my Jesus to depart;
But tho' I have him oft forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.
f> Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must failj
O ! may my last expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing~in death.!
A 7
14, 15, 16
THE BEING AND
17, 18, 19
7 Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day ;
And sing1, with rapture and surprise,
His loving-kindness in the skies.
14 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Michael's 119. Brighthelmstone 208.
The Grace of God ; or, Divine condescension.
1 VI7"HEN the Eternal bows the skies
vv To visit earthly things,
With scorn divine he turns his eye«
From towers of haughty kings.
2 He bids his awful chariot roll
Far downward from the skies
To visit every humble soul,
With pleasure in his eyes.
3 Why should the Lord, that reigns above,
Disdain so lofty kings ?
Sav, Lord, and why such looks of love
IJpon such worthless things]
4 Mortals, be dumb ; what creature dares
Dispute his awful will !
Ask no account of his affairs,
But tremble and be still.
5 Just like his nature is his grace,
All sov'reign and all free ;
Great God, how searchiess are thy ways !
How deep thy judgments be !
15 lis. S .
Geard 156. Broughton 172.
The Mercy of God. Psalm lxxxix. 1.
J npHY mercy, my God, is the theme of my
song,
The joy of my heart, and the boast of my
tongue ;
Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last,
Hath won my affections, and bound my soul
fast.
2 Without thy sweet mercy I could not live
here,
Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair;
But thro' thy free goodness, my spirits revive,
And he that first made me, still keeps me alive.
3 Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,
Which wonders to feel its own hardness de-
part-
Dissolv'd by thy goodness, I fall to the ground,
And weep to the praise of the mercy 1 found.
4 The door of thy mercy stands open all day
To the poor and the needy, who knock by the
way ;
No sinner shall ever be empty sent back,
Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus's sake.
5 Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from heil ;
Itsglories I'll sing, and its wonders Til tell :
'Twi.f Jesus, my friend, when he hung on the
tree,
Who open'd the channel of mercy for me.
H Great Father of mercies ! thy goodness I own,
And the covenant love of thy crucified son :
All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper di-
vine
Seals mercy and pardon and righteousness
mine !
16 7.>=.
Firth's 146.
The Long-suffering ; or, Patience of God.
J T ORD, and am I yet alive,
-Lj Not in torments, not in hell!
Still doth thy good Spirit strive! —
With the. chief of sinners dwell !
Tell it, unto sinners tell,
I am, 1 am out of hell !
2 Yes, I still lift up mine eves,
Will not of thy love despair ;
Still in spite of sin I rise,
Still I bow to thee in prayer. Tell it, Sec.
3 O the length and breadth of love!
Jesus, Saviour, can it be?
All thy mercies height I prove,
All the depth is seen in me. Tell it, &c.
4 See a bush, that burns with fire,
Unconsum'd amid the flame !
Turn aside the sight t' admire,
I the living wonder am. Tell it, &c.
5 See a stone that hangs in air!
See a spark in ocean live !
Kept alive with death so near,
I to God the glory give :
Ever tell — to sinners tell,
I am, I am out of hell.
17 CM.
Bedford 91. Abridge 201.
The Holiness of God, Isaiah viii. 13.
1 TJOLY and reverend is the name
xx Of our eternal King :
Thrice holy Lord, the angels cry ;
Thrice holy, let us sing.
2 Heaven's brightest lamps with himcompar'd,
How mean they look and dim !
The fairest angels have their spots,
When once compar'd with him.
3 Holy is he in all his works,
And truth is his delight;
But sinners and their wicked ways
Shall perish from his sight.
4 The deepest reverence of the mind
Pay, O my soul, to God ;
Lift with thy hands a holy heart
To his sublime abode.
5 With sacred awe pronounce his name
Whom words nor thoughts can reach;
A broken heart shall piease him more
Than the best forms of speech.
6 Thou holy God ! preserve my soul
From all pollution free ;
The pure in heart are thy delight,
And they thy face shall see.
18 L. M. Beddome.
Green's Hundred 89. Old Hundred 100.
The Justice and Goodness of God.
1 riREAT God, mv maker, and my king,
^ Of thee I'll speak, of thee I'll sing ;
All thou hast done, and all thou dost,
Declare thee good, proclaim thee just:
2 Thy ancient thoughts, and firm decrees,
Thy threat'nings and thy promises,
The joys of heaven, the" pains of hell,
WThat angels taste, what uevils feel;
3 Thy terrors, and thine acts of grace,
Thy threat'ning rod and smiling face,
Thy wounding, and thy healing word,
A vvorld undone, a world restor'd :
4 While these excite my fear and joy,
While these mv tuneful lips employ ;
Accept, O Lord, the humble song, '
The tribute of a trembling tongue.
IP L. M. A
Portugal 97. Paul's 246. Wells 102.
The Truth and Faithfulness of God,
Numb, xxiii. 19.
I "Y"E humble saints, proclaim abroad
•*■ The honours of a faithful God ;
How just and true arc all his ways!
How much above your highest praise!
20, 21
PERFECTIONS OF GOD.
22
2 The words his sacred lips declare
Of his own mind the image bear;
What should him tempt from frailty free,
blest in his self-sufficiency ?
3 He will not his great self deny ;
A God all truth can never lie':
As well might he his being quit
As break his oath, or wore! forget.
4 Let frighted rivers chantre their course,
Or backward hasten to their source ;
Swift thro' the air let rocks be buil'd,
And mountains like the chad' be whirl'd ;
5 Let suns and stars forget to rise,
Or quit their stations in the skies;
Let heaven and earth botli pass away,
Eternal truth shall ne'er decay.
6 True to his word, God gave his Son
To die for crimes which men had done :
Blest pledge ! he never will revoke
A single promise he has spoke.
20 L« M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Wareham 117. Kingsbridge 68.
God supreme and self-sufficient.
1 vy HAT is our God, or what his name,
vv Nor men can learn, nor angels teach ;
He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame,
Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach.
2 The spacious worlds of heavenly light,
Compar'd with him, how short they fall !
They are too dark, and he too bright;
Nothing are they, and God is all.
3 He spoke the wondrous word, and lo !
Creation rose at his command;
Whirlwinds and seas their limits know,
Bound in the hollow of his hand.
4 There rests the earth, there roll the spheres,
There nature leans, and feels her prop :
But his own self-suificience bears
The weight of his own glories up.
5 The tide of creatures ebbs an1 flows,
Measuring their changes by the moon :
No ebb his sea of slory knows ;
His age is one eternal "noon.
All nature dwell upon the sound,
But we can ne'er fulfil the praise.
21 C. If. Dr. S. Stennctt.
Gainsborough 29. Brighthelmstone 208.
yiercy and Truth met together ; or, the Har-
mony of the Divine Perfections,
Psalm lxxxv. 10.
1 YI7HEN first the God of boundless grace
YV Disclos'd his kind design
To rescue our apostate race
From mis'ry, shame, and sin ;
2 Quick, thro' the realms of light and bliss,
The joyful tidings ran ;
Each heart exulted at the news,
That God would dwell with man.
3 Yet, 'midst their joys, they paus'd awhile;
And ask'd, with strange" surprise,
' But how can injur'djustice smiie,
* Or look with pitying eyes?
4 ' [Will the Almighty deign again
' To visit yonder "world ;
4 And hither bring rebellious men,
1 Whence rebels once were hurl'd ?
5 * Their tears, and groans, and deep distress,
4 Aloud for mercy call :
4 Hut ah ! must truth and righteousness
4 To mercy victims fall V
6 So spake the friend6 of God and man,
Delighted, yet surpris'd,
Eager To know the wondrous plan
That wisdom had devis'd.J
7 The Son of God attentive heard,
And quickly thus reply'd,
* In me let mercy be rever'd,
4 And justice satisfy'd.
8 ' Behold! my vital blood I pour
4 A sacrifice to God ;
4 Let angry justice now no more
4 Demand the sinner's blood.'
9 He spake, and heaven's high arches rune
With shouts of loud applause ;
He dy'd !' the friendly ange s sung,
Nor cease their rapturous joys.
22 C. M. Dr. Watts's Sermons.
Irish 171. Braintree 25.
The Doctrine and Use of the Trinity,
Eph. ii. 18.
1 "PATHER of glory ! to thy name
-*■ Immortal praise we give,
Who dost an act of grace proclaim,
And bid us rebels live.
2 Immortal honour to the Son,
Who makes thine anger cease ;
Our lives he ransom'd "with his own,
And dy'd to make our peace.
3 To thy almighty Spirit be
Immortal glory given,
Whose influence "brimrs us near to thee,
And trains us up for heaven.
4 Let men, with their united voice,
Adore th' eternai God,
And spread his honours and their joys
Through nations far abroad.
5 Let faith, and love, and duty join,
One general song to raise ;
Let saints in earth and heaven combine
In harmony and praise.
22 7a.
Stoel 16-1. Alcester 213. Mitcham 28?.
To the Trinity.
OLY, holy, holy Lord !
Self-existent Deity,
By the hosts of heaven ador'd,
Teach us how to worship thee ;
Only uncreated mind,
Wonders in thy nature meet ;
Perfect Unity combin'd
With Society complete.
2 All perfection dwells in thee,
Now to us obscurely known,
Three in one, and one in three,
Great Jehovah, God alone !
Be our all, O Lord divine !
Father, Saviour, Vital Breath !
Body, spirit, soul be thine,
Now, and at, and after death !
3 Glorious thou in holiness,
Father didst thy rights maintain ;
Truth and grace at once express,
When thy only Son was slain :
Here is deepest wisdom seen;
Here the richest stores of grace ;
Mildest love, and vengeanee~keen ;
O how bright their mingled rays !
4 Fearful thou in praises too,
Loving Saviour, slaughter'd Lamb !
We with joy and reverence view
All thv glorv, all thy shame ! —
B 2
W.
23, 24 THE BEING AND PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 25, 26
Be thy death the death of sin,
Be thy life the sinner's plea;
Save me, teach me, rule within, —
Prophet, priest, and kin? to me.
5 Wonder-working Spirit, thine
Th' efficacious grace we sing; —
Set on as thy seal divine,
Safely to thy kingdom hring;
Mortify sin, root and deed,
Daily strengthen every grace;
Send us, urge us on with speed,
And let glory crown the race !
23 L. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Paul's 246. Angel's Hymn 60.
The Incomprehensibility of God.
1 /~iOD is a name my soul adores —
^ Th' almighty Three, the eternal One !
Natnre and grace, with all their powers,
Confess the infinite unknown.
2 From thy great self thy being springs;
Thou art thy own original,
Made up of uncreated things,
And self-sufficience bears them all.
3 Thy voice prodic'd the seas and spheres,
Bid the waves roar and planets shine ;
But nothing like thyself appears
Through all these spacious works of thine.
4 Still restless nature dies and grows ;
From change to change the creatures run :
Thv being no succession knows,
And all thy vast designs are one.
5 Thrones and dominions round thee fall
And worship in submissive forms ;
Thy presence shakes this lower ball,
This little dwelling-place of worms.
6 How shall affrighted mortals dare
To sing thv glory or thy grace?
Beneath tliy feet we lie so far,
And see but shadows of thy face !
7 Who can behold the blazing light?
Who can approach consuming flame ?
None but thy wisdom knows thy might,
None but thy word can speak thy name.
24 L. M. N
Lebanon 79. Mark's 65.
The moral Perfections of the Deity imitated,
Matt. v. 48.
1 pREAT author of the immortal mind!
^-T For noblest thoughts and views designed,
Make me ambitious "to express
The image of thy holiness.
2 While 1 thy boundless love admire,
Grant me to catch the sacred fire ;
Thus shall mv heavenly birth be known,
And for thy child thou wiit me own.
3 Father, I see thy sun arise
To cheer thy friends and enemies;
And, when ihy rain from heaven descends,
Thy bounty both alike befriends.
4 Enlarge my soul with love like thine ;
Mv moral powers by grace refine;
So shall I feel another's woe,
And cheerful feed an hungry foe.
5 I hope for pardon, thro' thy Son,
For all the crimes which I have done ;
O may the grace that pardons me
Constrain me to forgive like thee !
2,5 L. M. Merrick's Psalms,
Gloucester 12. Bromley 104.
The divine Perfections celebrated, Ps. Ixxxix.
cxlv.
1 "IVTY grateful tongue, immortal King !
-LTX Thy mercy shall for ever sing ;
My verse to time's remotest day,
Thy truth in sacred notes display.
2 O say, what strength shall vie with thine?
What name among the saints divine,
Of equal excellence possess'd,
Thy sov'reignty, great God, contest?
3 Thee, Lord, heaven's hosts their leader own;
Thee, might unbounded, Thee alone,
With endless majesty has crovvn'd;
And faith unsully'd vests thee round.
4 The heaven above and earth below,
Thee, Lord, their great possessor know :
By thee, this orb to being rose,
And all that nature's bounds inclose.
5 From thee, amid the aerial space,
The north and south assume their place }
'Tis thine the ocean's rage to guide,
And calm at will its swelling tide.
6 O bless'd the tribes, whose willing ear
Awakes the festal shout to hear;
Wiio thankful see, where'er they tread,
Thy favouring beams around them spread.
7 How shall they joy, from day to day,
Thy boundless mercy to display,
Thy righteousness, indulgent Lord,
With holy confidence record!
8 O wise in all thy works ! thy name
Let man's whole race aloud proclaim ;
And grateful, thro' the length of days,
In ceaseless songs repeat thy praise.
25 L. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems,
Rothwell 174. Chard 175.
God exalted above all Praise.
1 INTERNAL Power ! whose high abode
■L' Becomes the grandeur of a God ;
Infinite lengths, beyond- the bounds
Where stars revolve their little rounds.
2 The lowest step around thy seat
Rises too high for Gabriel's feet ;
In vain the tall arch-angel tries
To reach thine height with wond'ring eyes*
3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do ?
We would adore our Maker too ;
From sin and dust to thee we cry,
The Great, the Holy, and the High!
1 Earth from afar has heard thy fame,
And worms have learnt to lisp thy name ;
But O, the glories of thy mind
Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.
5 God is in heaven, but man below ;
be short our tunes ; our words be few:
A sacred reverence checks our songs,
And praise sits silent on our tongues.
27, 28,29, 30, 31
CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.
27 L. M. Needham,
Rochford 22. Wells 102. China 300.
A Summary View of the Creation, Gen. i.
1 T OOK up, ye saints! direct your eyes
Xj To him who dwells above the skies ;
With vour glad notes his praise rehearse
Who form'd the mighty universe.
2 He spoke, and, from the womb of night,
At once sprang up the cheering light :
Him discord heard ; and, at his nod,
Beauty awoke, and spoke the God.
3 The word he gave, th' obedient sun
Began his glorious race to run :
Nor silver moon, nor stars delay
To glide along the eethereal way.
4 Teeming with life, — air, earth, and sea,
Obey th' Almighty's high decree !
To every tribe he" gives their food,
Then speaks the whole divinely good.
la man the last, in him the best,
The maker's image stands confest.
6 Lord, while thy glorious works I view,
Form thou my 'heart and soul anew ;
Hore bid thy "purest light to shine,
And beauty "glow with charms divine !
28 C.M.
Crowle 3. New York 33. Stephen's 292.
The Creation of man; or, God the Searcher of
the Heart, Psalm cxxxix.
1 T ORD ! thy pervading knowledge strikes
■*-* Through nature's inmost gloom,
And in thy circling arms I lay
A slumberer in the womb.
2 Thee will I honour, for I stand
A volume of thy skill ;
Stupendous are thy works, and they
My contemplations fill !
3 Thine eye beheld me when the speck
Or' entity began;
And o'er my form, in darkness fram'd,
Thy rich embroid'ry ran :
4 Th' unfashion'd mass by thee was seen ;
My structure, in rhy'book,
Was" plann'd before thy curious mould
The future embryo took.
5 How precious are the streaming jovs
That from thy love descend !
Would I rehearse their numbers o'er,
Where would their numbers end !
6 Not ocean's countless sands exceed
The blessings of the skies ;
With night's descending shades thev fall,
With morning splendours rise.
7 ' Thine awful glories round me shine,
• My flesh proclaims thy praise :
' Lord ! to thy works of nature join
1 Thy miracles of grace.'
29 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems.
Devizes 14. Tiverton 109.
A Song to Creating Wisdom.
t TTTERNAL Wisdom, thee we praise!
-^ Thee the creation sinsrs !
With thy lov'd name, rocks, hills, and seas,
And heaven's high palace rings.
2 Thv hand how wide it spread the sky!
How glorious to behold !
Ting'd with a blue of heavenly dye,
And starr'd with sparkling gold.
3 Thy glories blaze all nature round,
And strike the gazing sight,
Thro' skies, and seas, and solid ground,
With terror and delight.
4 Infinite strength, and equal skill,
Shine thro'~the worlds abroad,
Our souls with vast amazement fill,
And speak the builder God.
5 But still the wonders of thy grace
Our softer passions move ;
Pity divine in Jesus' face
We see, adore, and love.
30 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Martin's Lane 67. Langdon 217.
God's Goodness to the Children of men,
Psalm cvii. 31.
1 VE sons of men, with joy record
-1- The various wonders of the Lord ;
And let his power and goodness sound
Thro' all \our tribes the earth around.
2 Let the high heavens your songs invite,
Those spacious fields of brilliant light ;
Where sun and moon, and planets roll ;
And stars that glow from pole to pole.
3 Sin?, earth, in verdant robes array'd, —
Its herbs and flower.', its fruit and* shade;
Peopled with life of various forms,
Of fish, and fowl, and beasts, and worms.
4 View the broad sea's maiestic plains,
An • think how wide its Maker reigns;
Tint band remotest nations joins,
And on ea; h wave his goodness shines.
3 But Oh ! that brighter world abo- e,
Where lives and feigns incarnate love !
God's onl. Son, in flesh array'd,
For man a heeding victim made.
«j Thither, my soul, with rapture soar!
There, in the 'an i of praise, adore ;
The cheme demands an angel's lay —
De:u.tnJs an ever as ing day.
31 L.M.
Rothwell 171. Virginia 234.
Providence ; or, Gol working all Things afier
the Coun-il of h s oun Will.
i nnTY ways, O Lord! with wise design,
A Ar- fram'd upon thy throne above.
And every dark and bending line
Meets in "the centre of thy love.
2 With feeble light, and half obscure,
Poor mortals thy arrangements view ;
Not knowing that the least are sure,
And the mysterious just and true.
3 Thy flo^k, thy own peculiar care,
Though now "they seem to ream uney'd,
Are led or driven only where
They best an i safe-t may abide.
4 They neither know nor trace the way;
But," trusting to thy piercing eye,
5 My favour'! soul shall meekly learn
To lay her reason at thy throne ;
Too weak thy secrets to discern,
I'll trust thee" for mv guide alone*
"A 9
32, 33 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 34, 35, 36
32 C M. Steele.
Staughton 264. Abingdon 42. Prov. Coll. 10.
Creation and Providence.
* Creation's beauties o'er,
All natare joius to teach thy praise,
And bid our souls adore.
2 Where'er we turn our gazing- eyes,
Thy radiant footsteps shine;
Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise
And speak their source divine.
.1 The living tribes of countless forms,
In earth, and sea, mid air,
The meanest flies, the smallest worms,
Almighty power declare.
4 Thy wisdom, power, and goodness, Lord,
In all thy works appear:
And, O I let man thy praise* record, —
Man, thy distinguished care !
5 From thee, the breath of life he drew ;
That breath thy power maintains ;
Thy tender mercy, ever new,
His brittle frame sustains.
6 Yet nobler favours claim his praise,
Of reason's light possess'd;
By revelation's brightest rays
Still more divinely bless'd.
7 Thy providence his constant guard,
When threat'ning woes impend,
Or will the impending dangers ward,
Or timely succours lend.
• On us that Providence has shone
With gentle smiling rays ;
O, may our lips and lives make known
Thy goodness and thy praise !
33 L. M.
Kingsbridge 88. Green's Hundred 89.
Providence equitable and kind, Psalm cvii.
1 '■pHItO' all the various shifting scene
-■■ Of life's mistaken ill or good,
Thy hand, O God ! conducts unseen
The beautiful vicissitude.
2 Thou givest with paternal care,
Howe'er unjustly we complain,
To each their necessary share
Of joy and sorrow, health and pain.
When most secure, the coming hour,
If thou see fit, may blast them all.
4 When lowest sunk with erief and shame,
Fill'd with affliction's bitter cup,
Lost to relations, friends, and fame,
Thy powerful hand can iaise us up.
5 Thy powerful consolations cheer,
Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetch'd sigh,
Thy hand can dry the trickling tear
That secret wets" the widow's eye.
6 AH things on earth, and all in heaven,
On thy eternal will depend ;
And ail for greater good were given, ,
And all shall in thy glory end.
7 This be my care; to all beside
Indifferent let my wishes be;
' Passion be calm, and dumb be pride,
' And fix'd, O God, my soul on thee.'
34 C. M. Cowper.
Gainsborough 29. Follett 181.
The Mysteries of Providence ; or. Light shining
out of Darkness.
1 f^.OD moves in a mysterious way
VJ His wonders to perform ;
He plants his footr-teps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
2 Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failin? skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sov'refgn will.
3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with inercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
4 Ju !ge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his erace;
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.
5 His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.
6 Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain ;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.
35 C. M. Beddome.
Bedford 91. Stamford 9.
Mysteries to be explained hereafter, John xiii. 7.
1 rjREAT God of providence ! thy ways
^ Are hid from mortal sight ;
Wrapt in impenetrable shades,
Or cloth'd with dazzling light.
2 The wondrous methods of thy grace
Evade the human eye ;
The nearer we attempt t' approach,
The farther off they fly.
3 But in the world of bliss above
Where thou dost ever reign,
These mysteries shall be all unveil'd,
And not a doubt remain.
4 The Sun of righteousness shall there
His brightest beams display,
And not a hovering cloud obscure
That never-ending day.
36 C. M. Addison.
Irish 171. Exeter 4.
The Traveller's Psahn.
1 T-JOW are thy servants bless'd, O Lord
ri How sure is their defence !
Eternal wisdom is their guide,
Their help omnipotence.
2 In foreign realms, and lands remote,
Supported by thy care,
Thro' burning climes they pass unhurt,
And breathe in tainted air.
3 When by the dreadful tempest borne
High on the broken wave,
They know thou art not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.
4 The storm is laid, the winds retire,
Obedient to thy will :
The sea, that roars at thy command,
At thy command is still.
5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths,
Thy goodness we'll adore;
We'll praisfe thee for thy mercies past,
And humblv hope for more.
B3
37, 38, 39
THE FALL.
40,41
6 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life,
Thv sacrifice shall be :
And "death, when death shall be our lot,
Shall join our souls to thee.
S? C M. Steele.
James's 163. Elim 151. Staughton 264.
Praise for the Blessings of Providence and
Grace, Psalm exxxix.
1 A LMIGHTY Father, gracious Lord,
-^ Kind guardian of my days,
Thy mercies let my heart record
In songs of grateful praise.
2 In life's first dawn, my tender frame
Was thy indulgent care,
Long ereT could pronounce thy name,
Or breathe the infant prayer."
3 [Around my path what dangers rose !
What snares spread all my road !
No power could guard me from my foes,
But my preserver, God.
4 How many blessings round me shone,
Where'er I turn'd my eye !
How many past, almost unknown,
Or unregarded by ! ]
5 Each rolling year new favours brought
From thy exhau-tiess store ;
Put ah ! in vain my labouring thought
Would count thy mercies o'er.
6 While sweet reflection, thro' my days,
Thy bounteous hand would trace,"
Still dearer blessings claim thy praise,
The blessings of thy grace.
7 Yes, 1 adore thee, gracious Lord !
For favours more divine ;
That I have known thy sacred word,
Where all thy glories shine.
8 Lord, when this mortal frame decays,
And everv weakness dies,
Complete the wonders of thy grace,
And raise me to the skies.
9 Then shall my joyful powers unite
In more exalted lays,
An I join the happy sons of light
In everlasting praise.
THE FALL.
38 L. M. Dr. WattsU Lyrics.
Wareham 117. Babylon Streams 23.
Original Sin; or, the first and second Adam.
1 A DAM, our father and our head,
xx Transgress'd, and justice doom'dus dead:
The fiery law speaks all despair,
There's no reprieve nor pardon there.
2 Call a bright council in the skies ;
Seraphs, the mighty and the wise,
Speak ; are you strong to bear the load,
The weighty' vengeance of a God ?
3 In vain we ask ; for all around
Stand silent thro' the heavenly ground ;
There's not a glorious mind above
Has half the strength or half the love.
4 But O ! unmeasurable grace !
Th' eternal Son takes Adam's place ;
Down to our world the Saviour fiies,
Stretches his arms, and bleeds, and dies.
5 Amazing work ! look down, ye skies,
Wonder and gaze with all your eyes !
Ye saints below, and saints above,
All bow to this mysterious love.
39 C. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Walsal 237. Lu.llow 84.
Indwelling Sin lamented.
1 TyiTH tears of anguish I lament,
*v Here at thy feet, my God,
My pa«sion, pride, and discontent,
And vile ingratitude.
2 Sure there was ne'er a heart so base,
So false as mine has been ;
So faithless to its promises,
So prone to every sin !
3 My reason tells me thy commands
Are holy, just, and true;
Tell* me whate'er my God demands
is his most righteous due.
4 Reason I hear, her counsels weigh,
And all her words approve;
But still I find it hard t' obey,
And harder yet to love.
5 How long, dear Saviour, shall I feel
These struggles in my breast ?
When wilt thou bow my stubborn will,
And give my conscience rest!
6 Break, sov'reign grace, O break the charw*
And set the captive tree :
Reveal, Almighty God, thine arm,
And haste to rescue me.
40 S. M.
Wirksworth 158. Stoke 207.
The evil Heart, Jer. xvii. 9. Matt. XV. 19.
1 ASTONISHED and distress'd,
■**■ I turn mine e>es within ;
My heart with loads of guilt opprest
The 6eat of every 6in.
2 What crowds of evil thoughts,
What vile affections there !
Distrust, presumption, artful guile,
Pride, envy, slavish fear.
3 Almightv king of saints,
These tyrant lusts subdue ;
Expel the darkness of my mind,
And all my powers renew.
4 This done, my cheerful voice
Shall loud hosannas raise ;
My soul shall glow with gratitude,
My lips proclaim thy praise.
41 L. M. Cruttenden.
Gould's 272. Kingsbridge 86. Virginia 234,
Sin and Holiness.
1 \\7HAT jarring natures dwell within —
>v Imperfect grace remaining sin !
Nor thus can reign, nor that prevail,
Tho' each by turns my heart assail,
B 4
43, 44
SCRIPTURE.
42, 45, 46
12 Now I complain, and groan, and die I
Now raise mv songs or triumph high;
Sing a rebellious passion slain,
Or mourn to feel it live again.
;; One happy hour beholds me rise,
Borne upward to my native skies,
Whiie faith assists my soaring flight
To realms of joy and worlds of light.
4 Scarce a few hours or minutes roll,
Ere earth reclaims my captive soul ;
I feel its sympathetic force,
And headlong urge my downward course.
5 How short the joys thy visits give !
How long thine absense, Lord, I grieve!
What clouds obscure my rising sun,
Or intercept its rays at noon !
6 [Again the Spirit lifts his sword,
And power divine attends the word ;
I feel the aid its comforts yield,
And vanquish' d passions quit the field.]
Great God, assist me thro' the fight,
Make me triumphant in thy might;
Thou the desponding heart canst raise, —
The victory mine, and thine the praise.
42 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Ulverston 179. Babylon Streams 23.
The Effects of the Fall lamented, Ps. cxix.
136, 158.
1 A RISE, my tenderest thoughts, arise ;
JrX- To torrents melt my streaming eyes ;
And thou, my heart, with anguish feel
Those evils which thou canst not heal.
2 See human nature sunk in shame ;
See scandals pour'd on Jesr.s' name ;
The father wounded thro' the Son ;
The world abus'd ; the soul undone.
3 See the short course of vain delight
Closing in everlasting night —
In flames, that no abatement know
Tho' briny tears for ever flow.
4 My God, I feel the mournful scene ;
My bowels yearn o'er dying men ;
And fain my pitv would reclaim
And snatch "the firebrands from the flame.
5 But feeble my compassion proves,
And can but weep where most it loves ;
Thy own all-saving arm employ,
And turn these drops of grief to joy.
SCRIPTURE.
THE PROPERTIES OF IT.
43 C. M.
Michael's 119. Sprague 166.
The inspired Word, a System of Knowledge and
Joy, Psalm cxix. 105.
1 TJOW precious is the book divine,
J-A By inspiration given !
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine
To guide our souls to heaven.
2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts
In this dark vale of tears ;
Life, light, and joy, it still imparts,
And quells our rising fears.
3 This lamp, through all the tedious night
Of life, shall guide our way ;
Till we behold the clearer light
Of an eternal day.
44 L. M. Bed dome.
Portugal 97. Mark's 65.
The Usefulness of the Scriptures.
1 \\THEN Israel thro' the desert pass'd,
vv A fiery pillar went before
To guide them thro' the dreary waste,
And lessen the fatigues they bore.
2 Such is thy glorious word. O God !
Tis for our light and guidance given ;
It sheds a lustre ail abroad,
And points the path to bliss and heaven :
3 It fills the soul with sweet delight,
And quickens its inactive powers ;
It sets our wandering footsteps right ;
Displays thy love, and kindles ours :
4 Its promises rejoice our hearts ;
Its doctrines are divinely true ;
Knowledge and pi asure it imparts ;
It comforts and instructs us too.
5 Ye British isles, who have this word, —
Ye saints, who feel its saving power, —
Unite your tongues to praise the Lord,
A&d his distinguish'd grace adore.
45 C. M. Dr. S. Siennett.
Staughton 264. New York 33. Prov. Coll. 10.
The Riches of Goofs Word.
1 T ET avarice, from shore to shore,
*-* Her fav'rke God pursue ;
Thv word, O Lor .1, we value more
Than India or Peru.
2 Here, mines of knowledge, love, and joy,
Are open'd to our sight ;
The purest gold without alloy,
And gems divinely bright.
3 The counsels of redeeming grace
These sacred leaves unfold ;
And here, the Saviour's lovely face
Our raptur'd eyes behold.
4 Here, light descending from above
Directs our doubtful feet:
Here, promises of heavenly love
Oar ardent wishes meet.
5 Our numerous griefs are here redrest.
Ami all our wants supply'd ;
Nought we can ask to make us blest
Is in this book denied.
G For these inestimable gains,
That so enrich the mind,
O may we search with eager pains,
Assur'd that we shall find !
46 C. M. Steele.
Michael's 119. Evans's 190. Suffolk 315.
The Excellency and Sufficiency of the Holy
Scriptures.
1 T? \THER of mercies ! in thy word
r What endless glory shines !
For ever be thy name ador'd
For these celestial lines.
2 Here, may the wretched sons of want
Exhaustless riches find ;
Riches above what earth can grant,
And pasting; as the mind.
47, 48
MORAL LAW.
49, 50, 51
3 Here, the fair tree of knowledge grows,
And vields a free repast ;
Sublimer sweets than nature knows
Invite the longing taste.
4 Here, the Redeemer's welcome voice
Spreads heavenly peace around ;
And lit'-, and everlasting joys,
Attend the blissful sound."
5 O may these heavenly pages be
My ever dear delight ;
And'stiil new beauties may I see,
And still increasing light !
6 Divine instructor, gracious Lord !
Be thou for ever near :
Teach me to love thy sacre:! word,
And view my Saviour there !
THE MORAL LAW, &C
47 C. M. Dr. Gibbons.
Salem 139. Braintree 25.
Our Duty to God, Exod. xx. 3—12.
1 'pHAT God, who made the worlds on high,
-*• And air, and earth, and sea,
Own as thy God ; and to his name,
In homage bow the knee.
2 Let not a shape, which hands have wrought
Of wood, or clav, or stone,
Be deem'd thy God ; nor think him like
Aught thou 'hast seen or known.
3 Take not in vain the name of God ;
Nor must thou ever dare
To make thy falsehoods pass for truth,
By his dread name to swear.
4 That day on which he bids thee rest
From toil, to pray and praise —
That day keep holy to the Lord,
And consecrate its rays.
5 O may that God, who gave these law*,
Write them on every heart ;
That all may feel their living power,
Nor from his paths depart !
43 C. M. Dr. Gibbons.
Worksop SI. Gainsborough 29.
Our Duty to our Neighbour.
1 rpHY sire, and her who brought thee forth,
■*- With all thy mind and miuht,
Tear, love, and' serve; so shall thy days
Be numerous, calm, and bright.
2 The blood of man thou shalt not shed,
Its voice will pierce the sky ;
And thou by the just iaws of heaven,
For the dire crime shalt die.
3 To thine own couch thou shalt not take
A wife but her thine own :
Vast i-; tiie guilt, and on thine head
Heaven darts its vengeance down.
4 Thou shalt not, or from friend or foe,
Take aught by force or stealth;
Thy goods^ thv stores, must grow from right,
Or~God will curse thy wealth.
5 No man shalt thou, by a false charge,
Or crush or brand with shame ;
Dear as thine own, so wills thy God,
Must be his life and name.
6 Thv soul one wish shall not let loose
For that which is not thine ;
Live in thy lot, or small or great,
For God" has drawn the line.
< Hvmn 47, ver. 5, may be added here.]
49 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Gr'.-en's Hundred 69. Fawcett 184.
The Sinner found wanting, Dan. v. 27.
nc eye >
1 T) USE, thought'ess sinner! raise thil
LX Behold the balance lifted high .
There shall God's justice be displayed,
And there thy hope and life be we'igh'd.
2 See, in one scale, his perfect la v !
Mark with what forc^ its precepts draw ;
Wouldst thou the awful test sustain,
Thy works, how light— thy thoughts, how \ tin
3 Behold ! the hand of Cod appears
To trace those dreadful character* ;
1 Tekd ! — thy sou! is wanting found,
' And wrath snail smite thee "to the ground !'
4 Let sudden fear thy nerves unbrace;
Confusion wild o'erspread thy face ;
Thro' all thy thoughts, let anguish roll,
And deep repentance meit thy soul.
5 One only hope may yet prevail, —
Christ hi the scripture turns the scale ;
Still doth the gospel publish peace,
And shew a saviour's righteousness.
6 Jesus, exert thy power to save,
Deep on this heart thy truth engrave ;
Great God, the load of guilt remove,
That trembling lips may sing thy love.
SO L- M.
Babylon Streams 23. Kingsbridge S8.
The practical Use of the moral Law to the con-
sinner.
1 TJERE, Lord, my sou! convicted stands
1-L Of breaking all thy ten commands:
And on me.iustiy might's t thou pour
Thy wrath in one eternal shower.
2 But, thanks to God ! its loud alarms
Have warn'd me of approaching harms;
And now, O Lord, my wants I see ;
Lost and undone, I come to t ee.
3 I see my fig-leaf righteousness
Can ne'er thy broken law redress:
Yet, in thy gospel plan, I see
There's hope of pardon e'en for me.
4 Here I behold thy wonders, Lord ! —
How Christ hath," to thy law, restor'd
Those honours, on th' atoning day,
Which guilty sinners took away.
5 Amazing wisdom, power, and love,
Displayed to rebels from above !
Do thou, O Lord, my faith increase
To love and trust thy plan of grace.
51 C ML Coicper.
Bnrford 19S. Workshop 31.
Illegal Obedience followed by Evangelical.
1 ^O strength of nature can suffice
■^ To serve the Lord aright:
And what s. e has she misapplies,
For want of clearer light.
2 How long beneath the law I lay
In bondage and distress !
I toil'd, the precept to obey ;
But toil'd without success.
3 Then, to abstain from outward sia
Was more than I could do ;
Now, if I feel it's power within,
I feel I hate it too :
4 Then, all my servile works were done
A righteousness to raise;
Now, freely chosen in the Son,
I freely choose his ways,
A 10
52, 53
THE GOSPEL.
54, 55, 56
5 ' What shall I do]' was then the word,
' That I mav worthier grow ?
' What shall f render to the Lord V
Is my inquiry now,
6 To see the law by Christ fulfill'd,
And hear his pardoning voice,
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
52 L. M. Dr. Watts'* Lyric Poems.
Paul's 246. Green's Hundred 89.
The Law and Gospel ; or, Christ a Refuge.
1 ' /^URST be the man, for ever curst,
^ ' That doth one wilful sin commit :
* Death and damnation for the first,
* Without relief, and infinite.'
2 Thus Sinai roars, and round the earth
Thunder, and fire, and vengeance flings ;
But Jesus, thy dear gasping breath
And Calvary say gentler things ;
3 ' Pardon, and grace, and boundless love,
' Streaming along a Saviour's blood ;
' And life, "and joys, and crowns above,
' Obtain'd by a dear bleeding God.'
4 Hark, how he prays (the charming sound
Dwells on his dying lips) ■ Forgive!1
And every groan and gaping wound
Cries, ' Father, let the rebels live !'
5 Go, you that rest upon the law,
And toil and seek salvation there ;
Look to the flame that Moses saw,
And shrink, and tremble, and despair;
6 But I'll retire beneath the cross,—
Saviour, at thy dear feet I'll lie;
And the keen sword, that justice draws,
Flaming and red, shall pass me by.
53 148th. Cowpcr.
Eagle Street 16. Grove 125.
The Ceremonial Laic, Heb. iv. 2.
1 TSRAEL, in ancient days,
■*• Not only had a view
Of Sinai in a blaze,
But learn'd the gospel too ;
The types and figures were a glass,
In which they saw the Saviour's face.
2 The paschal sacrifice,
And blood-besprinkled door,
Seen with enlighten'd eyes,
And once apply'd with power,
Would teach the need of other blood
To reconcile an angry God.
3 The lamb, the dove, set forth
His perfect innocence,
Whose blood of matchless worth
Should be the soul's defence ;
For he, who can for sin atone,
Must have no failings of his own.
4 The scape-goat on his head
The people's trespass bore,
And, to the desert led,
Was to be seen no more :
In him our Surety seem'd to say,
' Behold, I bear your sins away/
5 Dipt in his fellow's blood,
The living bird went free:
The type, well understood,
Express'd the sinner's plea ;—
Describ'd a guilty soul enlarg'd,
And by a Saviour's death discharg'd.
6 Jesus, I love to trace,
Throughout the sacred page,
The footsteps of thy grace,
The same in every age !
O grant that I may faithful be
To clearer light vouchsaf'd to me.
B5
THE GOSPEL.
54 L. M. Bcddome.
Portugal 97. Langdon 217.
The Gospel of Christ.
1 QOft* in the gospel of his son.
Makes his eternal councils known;
'Tis here, his richest mercy shine.*,
And truth is drawn in fairest iines.
2 Here, sinners of an humble frame
May taste his grace and learn his name;
'Tis writ in characters of blood,
Severely just, immensely good.
3 Here, Jesus in ten thousand ways
Hi9 soul-attracting charms displays,
Recounts his poverty and pains,
And tells his love in melting strains.
4 Wisdom its dictates here imparts,
To form our minds, to cheer our hearts;
Its influence makes the sinner live,
It bids the drooping saint revive.
5 Our raging passions it controuls,
And comfort yields to contrite souls;
It brings a better world in view,
And guides us all our journey thro'.
6 May this blest volume ever lie
Close to my heart, and near my eye,
Till life's last hour ray soul engage,
And be my chosen heritage !
55 C. M. Dr Gibbons.
Irish 171. Cambridge New 74.
The Gospel worthy of all Acceptation,
1 Tim. i. 15.
1 JESUS, th' eternal Son of God,
° Whom Seraphim obey,
The bosom of the Father leaves,
And enters human clay.
2 Into our sinful world he comes,
The Messenger of grace,
And on the bloody tree expires,
A victim in our place.
3 Transgressors of the deepest stain
In him salvation find :
His blood removes the foulest guilt,
His Spirit heals the mind.
4 Our Jesus saves from sin and hell ;
His words are true and sure,
And on this rock our faith may rest
Immoveably secure.
5 O let these tidings be receiv'd
With universal joy,
And let the high angelic praise
Our tuneful powers employ !
6 ' Glory to God, who gave his son
* To bear our shame and pain !
' Hence peace on earth, and grace to men,
' In endless blessings reign.'
56 C.M.
Wiltshire 110. Oxford 177.
The Gospel a Feast. Isaiah xxv. C.
1 r\^i Sion, his mpst holy mount,
x^ God will a feast prepare,
And Israel's sons and Gentile land*
Shall in the banquet share.
2 Marrow and fatness are the food
His bounteous hand bestows ;
Wine on the lees, and well refiu'd,
In rich abundance flows.
3 See to the vilest of the vile
A free acceptance given !
See rebels, by adopting grace,
Sit with the heirs of heaven !
57, 5S
THE GOSPEL.
59, 60y 61
4 The pain'd, the sick, the dyings now
To ease and health restor'd,
With eager appetites partake
The plenties of the board.
5 But O what draughts of bliss unknown,
What danties shall be given,
When, with the myriads round the throne
We join the feast of heaven !
6 There joys immeasurably high
Shall overflow the souf,
And springs of life that never dry,
In thousand channels roll.
57 148th. Altered by Toplady.
Portsmouth New 144. Jubilee New 197.
Suffolk 315.
The Jubilee.
1 "DLOW ye the trumpet, blow
J-' The gladly solemn sound I
Let all the nations know,
To earth's remotest bound,
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, honT\
2 Exalt the Lamb of God,
The sin-atoning Lamb ;
Redemption by his blood
Thro' all the" lands proclaim :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, 6cc.
3 [Ye, who have sold for nought
The heritage above,
Shall have it hack unbought,
The gift of Jesus' love :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c]
4 Ye slaves of sin and hell,
Your liberty receive ;
And safe in Jesus dwell,
And blest in Jesus live :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c.
5 Ye bankrupt debtors, know
The sovereign grace of heaven ;
Though sums immense ye owe,
A free discharee is given :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, &c.
6 The gospel trumpet hear,
The news of pardoning grace;
Ye happy souls draw near,
Behold'vour Saviour's face :
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, <&c.
7 Jesus, our great High Priest,
Has full atonement made ;
Ye weary spirits, rest;
Ye mournful souls, be glad !
The year of Jubilee is come ;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.
58 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Gloucester 12. Derby 169. China 300.
The Gospel Jubilee, Psalm lxxxix. 15.
1 T OUD let the tuneful trumpet sound,
J-J And spread the joyful tidines round;
Let every soul with transport hear,
And hail the Lord's accepted year.
2 Ye debtors, whom he gives to know
That you ten thousand^talents owe,
When humble at his feet you fall,
Your gracious God forgives them all.
3 Slaves, that have borne the heavy chain
Of sin and hell's tyrannic reign,
To liberty assert your claim,
And urge the great Redeemer's name.
4 The rich inheritance of heaven,
Your joy, your boast, is freely giv'n;
Fair Salem your arrival waits,
With golden streets, and pearly 2 Ate-.
5 Her blest inhabitants no more
Bondage and poverty deplore :
No debt, but love immensely great;
Their joy still rises with the debt.
6 O happy souls, that know the sound.
Celestial light their steps surround,
And shew that jubilee begun,
Which thro' eternal years shall run.
59 C. M. Dr. S. Stenneit.
Oxford 177. Hammond 22G.
The glorious Gospel of the blessed God,
1 Tim. i.'li.
1 "VyHAT wisdom, majesty, and grace,
' ' Thro' all the gospe! "shine !
Tis God that speaks, and we confess
The doctrine most divine.
2 Down from his starry throne on high,
Th' almighty Saviour comes ;
Lays his bright robes of glory by,
And feeble flesh assumes.
3 The mighty debt, that sinners ow'd,
Upon the cross he pays :
Then thro' the clouds ascends to God,
'Midst shouts of loftiest praise.
4 There he our great High Priest appear?
Before his Father's throne ;
Mingles his merits with our tears,
And pours salvation down.
5 Great God, with rev'rence we adore
Thy justice and thy grace;
And on thy faithfulness and power
Our firm dependence place.
60 L. M. Dr. Watts' s Sermons.
Gould's 272. Mark's 65. Ul version 179.
The Gospel is the Power of God to Salvation,
Rom. i. 16.
1 YyHAT shall the dying sinner do
>v That seeks relief for all his woe?
Where shall the guilty conscience find
Ease for the torment of the mind?
2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven,
Or form our natures fit for heaven ?
Can souls, all o'er defil'd with sin,
Make their own powers and passions clean
3 In vain we search, in vain we try,
Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh;
'Tis there that power and glory dwell
Which save rebellious souls from hell.
4 This is the pillar of our hope,
That bears our fainting spirits up ;
We read the grace, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.
5 Let men or angels dig the mines
Where nature's golden treasure shines;
Brought near the doctrine of the cross,
All nature's gold appears but dross.
6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain
Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
We'll meet the scandal and the shame,
And sing and triumph in his name.
61 C. M. Dr Watts's Sermont.
London 180. Follett 181.
A rational Defence of the Gospel.
1 CHALL atheists dare insult the cross
0 Of our incarnate God !
Shall infidels revile his truth,
And trample on his blood !
62
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
63, 64, 6 j
2 What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults !
May not the works of sovereign grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts !
8 What if Ills gospel bid us strive
With flesh, and self, and sin !
The prize is most divinely bright
That we are calPd to win.
4 Whac if the men despis'd on earth,
Still of his grace partake !
This but confirms his truth the more;
For so the prophets spake.
None should reproach the Saviour's name;
His laws are pure and clean.
G Then let our faith be firm and strong,
Our lips profess his word;
Nor ever shun those holy men
Who fear and love the Lord.
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES AND BLESSINGS.
62 5, 6. Toplady's altered.
Bourton 50. Haughton 68.
Everlasting Love, Electing Grace, and Personal
Holiness.
1 W°W happy are we,
*■*• Our election who see,
And venture, O Lord, for salvation on thee !
In Jesus approv'd,
Eternally lov'd,
Upheld by thy power we cannot be mov'd.
2 'Tis sweet to recline
On the bosom divine,
And experience the comforts peculiar to thine:
While, born from above,
And upheld by thy love,
With singing and triumph to Sion we move.
3 Our seeking thy face
Was all of thy grace,
Thy mercy demands and shall have all the
No sinner can be [praise ;
Beforehand with thee,
Thy grace is preventing, almighty, and free.
4 Our Saviour and friend
His love shall extend,
It knew no beginning, and never shall end:
Whom once he receives
His Spirit ne'er leaves,
Nor ever repents of the grace that he gives.
5 This proof we would give
That thee we receive ;
Thou art precious alone to the souls that be-
Be precious to us ! [lieve :
All beside is as dross,
Compar'd with thy love and the blood of thy
cross.
PART THE SECOND.
5 Yet one thing we want,
More holiness grant !
For more of thy mind and thy image we pant
Thine image impress
On thy favourite race ;
O fashion and polish thy vessels of grace !
7 Thy workmanship we
More fully would be;
Lord, stretch out thine hand, and conform us
to thee :
While onward wc move
To Canaan above,
Tome fill us with holiness, fill us with love.
8 Vouchsafe us to know
More of thee below ;
Thus fit us for heaven, and glory bestow;
Our harps shall be tun'd,
The Lamb shall be crown'd,
Salvation to Jesus thro' heaven shall resound,
63 L. M. Beddome.
Kingsbridge 88. Lewton 30.
The Consequences of Election, Rom. viii. S3—3&,
1 \yHO shall condemn to endless flames
,T The chosen people of our God !
Since in the book of life their names
Are fairly writ in Jesus' blood.
2 He, for the sins of all the elect,
Hath a complete atonement made ;
And justice never can expect
That the same debt should twice be paid.
3 Not tribulation, nakedness,
The famine, peril, or the sword;
Not persecution, or distress,
Can separate from Christ the Lord.
4 Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor heighi
Nor powers below, nor powers above;
Nor present things, nor things to come,
Can change his purposes of love.
5 His sovereign mercy knows no end,
His faithfulness shall still endure ;
And those who on his word depend
Shall find his word for ever sure.
64 148th. L. H. C.
Bethesda 112. Eagle Street 16. Hinton 266.
Eternal and unchangeable Love, 2 Tim. 12. — -
Chap. ii. 13. — Phil. i. 6.
1 O MY distrustful heart,
^ How small thy faith appeara !
But greater, Lord, thou art
Than all my doubts and fears:
Did Jesus once upon me shine I
Then Jesus is for ever mine.
2 Unchangeable his will,
Tho' dark may be my frame;
His loving heart is still
Eternally the same :
My soul thro' many changes goes;
His love no variation knows.
3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on,
And perfectly perform,
The work thou hast begun
In me a sinful worm ;
'Midst all my fears, and sin and woe,
Thy Spirit will not let me go.
4 The bowels of thy grace
At first did freely move :
I still shall see thy face,
And feel that God is love :
Myself into thy arms I cast,
Lord, save, O save my soul at last.
65 8. 7. 4.
Lewes 63. Painswick 162.
The godly Consideration of Election in ChMst
comfortable.
1 CON& we are thro' God's election,
•^ Who in Jesus Christ believe :
By eternal destination,
Sovereign grace we here receive:
Lord, thv mercy
Does both grace and glory gire.
2 Every fallen soul, by sinning,
Merits everlasting pain -}
But thy love, without beginning,
Has restor'd thy sons again:
Countless Millions
Shall in life, through Jesus, reign.
00,
COVENANT OF GRACE.
67,68
3 Pause, my soul, adore and wonder!
A*.k, ' O why such love to me i*
Grace hath put me in the number
Of the Saviour's family :
Hallelujah !
Thanks, eternal thanks to thee !
1 Since that love had no beginning,
And shall never, never cease ;
Keep, O keep me, Lord, from sinning !
Guide me in the way of peace !
Make me walk in
All the paths of holiness.
u When I quit this feeble mansion,
And mv soul returns to thee;
Let the power of thy ascension
Manifest itself in me :
Thro' thy Spirit,
Give the" final victory !
6 "When the angel sounds the trumpet ;
When my soul and body join ;
When my Saviour comes to judgment,
Bright'in majesty divine ;
Let me triumph
In thy righteousness as mine.]
7 When in that blest habitation,
Which my God has fore-ordain'd ;
When, in glory's fulls possession,
I with saints' and angels stand;
Free grace only
Shall resound thro' Canaan's land.
66 6. 8. 4. Olivei:
Leoni 90.
The Covenant God.
I rrHE God of Abram praise,
x Who reigns enthron'd above;
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love f
Jehovah, great I AM !
By earth and heaven confest,
I bow, and bless the sacred name
For ever bless'd.
8 The God of Abram praise,
At whose supreme command,
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At his right hand :
I'd all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and pow er :
Aud him my only portion make,
My shield arid tower.
3 The God of Abram praise,
Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide me, all my happy days,
In all his ways:
He calls a worm his friend,
He calls himself my God!
And he shall save me to the end,
Thro' Jesus' blood.
4 He bv himself hath sworn;
I on his oath depend ;
• I shall, on eagles wings upborne,
To heaven ascend ;
I shall behold his face,
I shall his power adore ;
And sing the wonders of his grace
For evermore !
PART THE SECOND.
j Tho' nature's strength decay,
And earth and hell withstand,
To Canaan's bounds I urge my way
At God's command :
The wat'ry deep I pass,
W ith Jesus iu mv view,
knd thro' the howfing wilderness
My way pursue.
6 The goodly land I see
With peace and plenty blest;
The land of sacred liberty
And endless rest ;
There milk and honey flow,
And oil and wine abound;
And trees of life for ever grow,
With mercy crowu'd.
7 There dwells the Lord our king,
The Lord our righteousness !
Triumphant o'er the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace :
On Sion's sacred height
His kingdom still maintains ;
And glorious, with his saints in light,
For ever reigns.
8 The ransom'd nations bow
Before the Saviour's face,
Joyful their radiant crowns they throw
O'erwhelm'd with grace :
He shews his scars of love;
They kindle to a flame,
And sound through all the worlds above,
* The slaughter'd Lamb !'
9 The whole triumphant host
Give thanks to God on hisrh,
' Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!'
They ever cry :
Hail Abram's God and mine I
I join the heavenly lays ;
All might and majesty are thine,
And endless praise.
67 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Missionary 257. Worksop 31. Stephen's 20?,
Support in God's Covenant under Trouble,
2 Sam. xxiii. 5.
1 TV/TY God, the covenant of thy love
x x Abides for ever sure ;
And, in its matchless grace, I feel
My happiness secure.
2 What, tho' my house be not with thee
As nature could desire !
To nobler joys, than nature gives,
Thy servants all aspire.
3 Since thou, the everlasting God,
My Father art become ;
Jesus, my guardian and my friend,
And heaven my final home;
4 1 welcome all thy sov'reign will,
For all that will is love ;
And, when I know not what thou dost,
I wait the light above.
5 Thy covenant the last accent claims
Of this poor faultering tongue ;
And that shall the first notes employ
Of my celestial song.
63 112th. Bentleyys Collection.
Scarborough 203. Claybury 310.
Pleading the Covenant, Psalm lxxiv. 20.
1 r\ LORD, my God ! whose sovereign love
XJ Is still the ame, nor e'er can move,
Look to the covenant, and see,
Has not thy love been shewn to met
Remember me, my dearest friend,
And love me always to the end.
2 Be with me still, as heretofore,
And help me forward more and more;
My strong, my stubborn will incline
To be obedieut still to thine :
O lead me, by thy gracious hand,
And guide me safe to Canaan's land.
B
69, 70,71
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
T2, 73
69 79.
Feversham 220. Bath Abbey 147.
Cottage 302.
Redeeming Love.
1 "^OW begin the heavenly theme,
xy Sing aloud in Jesus' name !
Ye, who his salvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming- love.
2 Ye, who see the Father's grace
Beaming in the Saviour's face,
As to Canaan on ye move,
Praise and bless redeeming love.
3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears;
Banish all your guilty fears ;
See your guilt and curse remove,
Cancell'd by redeeming love.
4 Ye, alas ! who long have been
Willing slaves to death and sin,
Now from bliss no longer rove,
Stop and taste redeeming love.
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redeeming love.
6 Then his Spirit leads us home,
When we to his glory come,
We shall all the fulness prove
Of our Lord's redeeming love.
From their cursed empire drove —
Mighty in redeeming love.
8 Hither, then, your music bring,
Strike aloud each cheerful string
Mortals, join the host above,
Join to praise redeeming love.
70 L. M. Sleek.
Winchester 137. Rothwell 174.
Redemption by Christ alone, 1 Pet. i. 18, 19.
1 "pNSLAV'D by sin, and bound in chains
-Lj Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doom'd to everlasting" pants,
We wretched guilty captives lay.
2 Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace;
Nor the whole" world's collected store
Suffice to purchase our release ;
A thousand worlds were all too poor.
3 Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God,
An all-sufficient ransom paid :
Invalu'd price ! his precious blood
For vile rebellious traitors shed.
4 Jesus the sacrifice became
To rescue guilty souls from hell :
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb
Beneath avenging justice fell.
5 Amazing goodness ! love divine !
O may our grateful hearts adore
The matchless grace ; nor yield to sin,
Nor wear its cruel fetters more !
6 Dear Saviour, let thy love pursue
The glorious work it has begun ; ^
Each secret lurking foe subdue,
And let our hearts be thine alone.
71 8. 7. 4. F
Westbury 51. Calvary 297.
Finished Redemption.
1 TJARK ! the voice of love and mercy
*-*■ Sounds aloud from Calvary !
See it rends the rocks asunder,
Shakes the earth, and veils the sky !
* It is finish'd ."
Hear the dying Saviour cry !
2 It is finish'd ! — O what pleasure
Do these charming words aftord !
Heavenly blessings without measure
Flow to us from Christ the Lord.
It is finish'd ! —
Saints, the dying words record.
3 Finish'd all the types and shadows
Of the ceremonial law [
Finish'd all that God had promis'd ;
Death and hell no more shall awe.
It is finish'd ! —
Saints, from hence your comfort draw.
4 [Happy souls, approach the table,
Taste the soul-reviving fo d ;
Nothing half so sweet and pleasant
As the Saviour's flesh and blood.
It is finish'd! —
Christ has borne the heavy load.]
5 Tune your harps anew, ye Seraphs,
Join to sing the pleasing theme ;
All in earth, and all in heaven,
Join to praise Immanuel's name.
Hallelujah !
Glory to tbe bleeding Lamb!
72 L. M. Dr. S. Stejwett.
Leeds 19. Rochford 22.
[Verses 1. 2, and 6, of this Hymn, are set to
the Tune called Salvation 277.]
// is finished, John xix. 30.
1 ""PIS finish'd ! so the Saviour cry'd
x And meekly bow'd his head "and dy'd:
'Tis finish'd — jes, the race is run,
The battle fought, the victory won.
2 'Tis finish'd — all that heaven decreed,
And all the ancient prophets said,
3 'Tis finish'd — Aaron now no more
Must stain his robes with purple gore ;
The sacred veil is rent in twain.
And Jewish rites no more remain.
4 'Tis finish'd — this my dying groan
Shall sins of every kind atone :
Millions shall be Vedeem'd from death,
By this my last expiring breath.
5 'Tis finish'd — Heaven is reconcil'd,
And all the powers of darkness spoil'd:
Peace, love, and happiness again
Return, and dwell with sinful men.
6 'Tis finish'd — let the joyful sound
Be heard thro' all the nations round :
'Tis finish'd— let the echo fly
Thro' heaven and hell, thro' earth and sky.
73 8s. D. Turner.
Limefield 94.
Gratitude to God for Redemption,
Eph. i. 7, 11.
1 CHALL Jesus descend from the skies
° To atone for our sins by his blood,
And shall we such e-oodness despise,
And rebels still be to our God 1
2 [No brute could be ever so base !
Shall man thus ungrateful then prove?
Forbid it, O God of all grace !
Forbid it, thou Spirit of love !
3 The devils would laugh us to scorn,
For folly so shameful as this :
O let us to God then return,
Sure never was goodness like his.l
74,75
ATONEMENT.
76,77
4 He sav'd us, or we bad been lost,
Nor comfort, nor hope had e'er known;
Yet he knew this salvation would cost
No less than the blood of his Son.
5 Thro' him we forgiveness shall find,
And taste the sweet blessings of peace ;
If, contrite and humbly resign'd,
We trust in his promised "grace,
d This world, then, with all its gay joy
That its thousands has snar'd and undone,
May tempt but shall never destroy
"Whom Jesus has mark'd for his' own.
7 While here through the desert we stray,
Our God shall be all our delight;
Our pillar of cloud in the day,
And also of fire in the night:
6 Till, the Jordan of death safely pass'd,
T^ e land on the heavenly shore,
Where we the hid manna "shall taste,
Nor hunger nor thirst any more.
9 And there, while his glories we see,
And feast on the joys of his love,
We chang'd to his likeness shall be,
And then shall all gratitude prove.
74 6. 8. 6. Toplady.
Chatham 59. Hinton 266.
Christ's Atonement.
1 r\ THOU, who didst thy glory leave
" Apostate sinners to retrieve
From nature's deadly fall, —
If thou hast bought me with a price,
My sins against me ne'er shall rise ;
For thou hast borne them all.
2 And wast thou punish'd in my stead?
Didst thou without the city bleed
To expiate my stain !
On earth my God vouchsaf'd to dwell,
And made of infinite avail
The sufferings of the man.
3 Behold him for transgressors given !
Behold th' incarnate King of heaven
For us, his foes, expire !
Amaz'd, O earth ! the tidings hear !
He bore, that we might never bear
His father's righteous ire.
4 Ye saints, the man of sorrows bless,
The God, for your unrighteousness,
Deputed to atone :
Praise, till, with all the ransom'd throng,
■ Ye sing the never-ending song,
And see him on his throne.
75 8. 7. L. H. C.
Tabernacle 239. Trowbridge 21.
Gratitude for the Atonement.
1 TJAIL! thou once despised Jesus,
±A Hail ! thou Galilean king!
Thou didst suffer to release us ;
Thou didst free salvation bring :
Hail ! thou agonizing Saviour,
Bearer of our sin ann s'..ame ! *
By thy merits we find favour;
Life is given t >ro' thy name.
2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed,
All our sins on thee were laid ;
By almighty love anointed,
Thou hast full atonement made:
All thy people, are forgiven
Thro' the virtue of thy blood ;
Open'd is the gate of heaven;
Peace is made 'twixt man and God.
3 Jesus, hail ! enthron'd in glory,
There for ever to abide !
All the heavenly host adore thee,
Seated at thy father's side :
There for sinners thou art pleading ;
There thou dost our place prepare ;
Ever for us interceding,
Till in glory we appear.
4 Worship, honour, power, and blessing,
Thou art worthy to receive ;
Loudest praises, without ceasing,
Meet it is for us to give :
Help, ye bright angelic spirits !
Bring your sweetest, noblest lays !
Help to sing our Saviour's merits ;
Help to chant Immanuel's praise.
76 79.
Deptford 124. Firth's 146.
Pleading the Atonementt Psalm lxxxiv. 9.
1 T^ATHER, God, who seest in me
A Only sin and misery,
Turn to thy anointed one,
Look on thy beloved Son;
Him, and then the sinner, see ;
Look thro' Jesus' wounds on me.
2 Heavenly Father, Lord of all,
Hear and show thou hear'st my call!
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow,
Smile on me a sinner now !
Now the stone to flesh convert,
Cast a look and melt my heart.
3 Lord, I cannot let thee go,
Till a blessing thou bestow ;
Hear my Advocate divine,
Lo ! to his, my suit I join ;
Join'd with his, it cannot fail :
Let me now with thee prevail !
4 Turn, from me, thy glorious eyes
To his bloody sacrifice, —
To the full atonement made,
To the utmost ransom paid :
And, if mine, thro' him thou art,
Speak thy mercy to my heart.
5 Jesus, answer from above,
Is not all thy nature love?
Pity from thine eye let fall ;
Bless me whilst on thee I call:
Am I thine, thou Son of God 1
Take the purchase of thy blood.
6 Father, see the victim slain,
Offer'd up for guilty men :
Hear his blood-prevailing cry ;
Let thy bowels then reply !
Then thro' him the sinner see;
Then, in Jesus, look on me!
77 C. M. Toplady's Collection.
Missionary 257. Cambridge New 74. FollettI81.
Efficacious Grace, Psalm xlv. 3 — 5.
1 XT AIL ! mighty Jesus, how divine
xx Is thy victorious sword !
The stoutest rebel must resign
At thy commanding word.
2 Deep are the wounds thy arrows give,
They pierce the hardest heart ;
Thy smiles of grace the slain revive,
And joy succeeds to smart.
3 Still gird thy 6word upon thy thigh j
Ride with majestic sway :
Go forth, sweet Prince, triumphantly,
And make thy foes obey.
B2
78,79
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
80, 81, 82
4 And when thy victories are complete,
When all the chosen race
Shall, round the throne of glory, meet
To sing thy conquering grace ;
5 O may my humble soul be found
Among that favour'd band !
And I, with them, thy praise will sound
Throughout Iiumanuel's land.
78 L- M
Kingsbridge 88. New Sabbath 122. ;
The Conversion of Zaccheus, Luke xix. 1— 10.
1 f)NCE, as the Saviour pass'd along,
K-^ Zaccheus fain the Lord would see ;
Of stature small, to 'scape the throng,
He ran before and climb'd a tree.
2 As the omniscient Lord drew nigh,
Upwards he look'd and saw him there;
' Zaccheus, hasten down, for I
' Must be thy guest to-day ; prepare,
3 ' T) day,' the pardoning Saviour cries,
' Salvation to thy house" is come,
' On wings of sovereign love it flies ;
« Go, tell the blissful news at home.'
4 Lord, look on souls that gaze around,
To every listening sinner speak ;
Now may thy ancient love abound ;
From every seat a captive take.
5 Sinners, make haste our God to meet;
Come to the feast his love prepares ;
' The lost are sought and sav'd,' — how sweet !
And, * not the righteous/ Christ declares.
6 Sav, what are you come out to view,
Jesus who once for sinners died 1
O hear the Saviour's voice to you,
* Cast sinful, righteous self aside.'
7 Lerd, wilt thou stoop to be my guest?
Dost thou invite thee to my home ?
Welcome, dear Saviour, to my breast,
To-day let thy salvation come.
7 9 C. M.
Staughton 264. New-York 33.
The Lost Sheep found ; or, Joy in Heaven en
the Conversion of a Sinner, Luke, xv. 3, 4.
1 TTITHEN some kind shepherd from his fold
vv Has lost a straving sheep,
Thro' vales, o'er hills, he anxious roves,
And climbs the mountain's steep ;
2 But O the joy! the transport sweet !
When he the wanderer finds ;
Up in his arms he takes his charge,
And to his shoulder binds.
3 Homeward he hastes to tell his joys,
And make his bliss complete :
The neighbours hear the news, and all
The joyful shepherd greet.
When the poor wretch, with broken heart,
His sins and errors mourns !
5 Pleas'd with the news, the saints below
In songs their tongues employ;
Beyond the skies the tidings go,
And heaven is fill'd with joy.
6 Well-pleased, the Father sees and hears
The conscious sinner weep ;
Jesus receives him in his arms,
And owns bim for his sheep.
7 Nor angels can their joys contain,
But kindle with new fire ;
* A wandering sheep's return'd,' they sing,
And strike the sounding lyre.
80 C. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Wantage 204. Bangor 231.
The converted Thief, Luke xxiii. 42.
1 AS on the cross the Saviour hung,
■L*' And wept, and bled, and dv'd,
He pour'd salvation on a wretch
That languish'd at his side.
2 His crimes, with inward grief and shame,
The penitent confess'd ;
Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ,
And thus his prayer address'd :
3 * Jesus, thou Son and heir of heaven !
1 Thou spotless Lamb of God !
' I see thee bath'd in sweat and tears,
' And weltering in thy blood.
4 ' Yet quickly, from these scenes of woe,
' In triumph thou shalt rise,
' Burst through the gloomy shades of death,
' And shine above the skies.
5 * Amid the glories of that world,
' Dear Saviour, think on me,
' And in the vict'ries of thy death
' Let me a sharer be.'
6 His prayer the dying Jesus hears,
And instantly replies,
To-day thy p'arting soul shall be
* With me in Paradise.'
81 S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
New Eagle Street 55. Ryland 48.
Vital Union to Christ in Regeneration ,
1 Cor. vi. 17.
1 T)EAR Saviour, we are thine
±J By everlasting bonds:
Our names, our hearts, we would resign,
Our souls are in thy hands.
2 To thee we still would cleave
With ever-growing zeal;
If millions tempt us Christ to lea^e,
O let them ne'er prevail.
3 Thy Spirit shall unite
Our souls to thee our head ;
Shall form us to thy image bright,
That we thy paths may tread.
4 Death may our souls divide
From these abodes of clay ;
But love shall keep us near thy side
Thro' all the gloomy way.
5 Since Christ and we are one,
Why should we doubt or fear?
82 L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Rochford 22. Langdon 217.
Praise to God for renewing Grace.
1 T^O God my Saviour and my King
■*■ Fain would my soul her "tribute bring:
Join me, ye saints, in songs of praise,
For ye have known and felt his grace.
2 Wretched and helpless once I lay,
Just breathing all my life away;
He saw me welt'ring in my blood,
And felt the pity of a God:
3 With speed he flew to my relief.
Bound up mv wounds, and soofh'd my grief;
Pour'd joys divine into my heart,
And bade each anxious tear depart.
4 These proofs of love, my dearest Lord !
Deep in my breast I wiM record :
The life, which I from thee receive,
To thee, behold, I freely give.
£4, 85
PARDON.
86, 87
5 My heart and tongue shall tune thy praise,
J lii'o' the remainder of my days :
And, when I join the powers above,
My ioul shall better sing thy love.
83 L. M.
Babylon Streams 23. Paul's 246.
Human righteousness insufficient to justify,
Mi* h. vi. 6—8.
1 vmiEREWFiH, O Lord, shall I draw near
*v Or bow myself before thy face J
How, in thy purer eyes, appear 1
V. hat shall" I bring to gain thy grace ?
2 Will gifts delight the Lord most high?
Will multiply'd oblations please !
Thousands of rains his favour buy !
Or slaughtered millions e'er appease? —
3 Can these assuage the wrath of God?
Can these wash out my guilty stain !
Rivers of oil, or seas of blood f —
Alas ! they all must flow in vain.
4 "What have I then wherein to trust?
I nothiDg have, I nothing am ;
Excluded is my every boast,
My glory swallow'd up in shame.
5 Guilty, I stand before thy face ;
Mv sole desert is hell and wrath:
'Twere just the sentence should take place: —
But, O I plead my Saviour's death I
6 I plead the merits of thy Son, f
Who died for sinners on the tree ;
1 plead his righteousness alone,
0 put the spotless robe on me.
84 L. M.
Leeds 19. Lewton 30.
Imputed righhteousness, Jer. xxiii. G.
Isa. xlv. 24.
1 TESUS, thy blood and righteousness
** My beauty are, my glorious dress ;
'Midst riamiii? wor!d's,~in these array'd,
W ith joy shall I lift up my head.
2 V* hen, from the dust of death, I rise
To take my mansion in the skies ;
E'en then shall this be all my plea,
1 Jesus hath liv'd and dy'd for me.'
3 Bold shall I stand in that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall' lay ?
While, thro' thy blood, absolv'd I am"
From sin's tremendous curse and shame.
4 Thus Abraham, the friend of God.
Thus all the armies bought with blood,
Saviour of sinners, thee proclaim I
Sinners — of whom the chief I am.
5 This spotless robe the same appears
"When ruin'd nature sinks in years :
No age can change its glorious hue ;
The robe of Christ is ever new.
6 O let the dead now hear thy voice !
Bid, Lord, thy banish'd ones rejoice ;
Their beauty 'this, their glorious dress,
Jesus, the Lord our righteousness.
85 112th. President Davies.
New Haven 248. Hoxton 121.
The pardoning God, Micah vii. 13.
1 rj.REAT God of wonders ! all thy ways
yj Are matchless, godlike, and divine ;
But the fair glories of thy jrrace
More godlike and unrivall'd shine :
Who is a pardoning God like thee !
Or who has grace so rich and free ?
2 Crimes of such horror to forgive,
Such guilty daring worms to spare ;
This is thy grand prerogative,
And none shall in the honour share:
W ho is a pardoning God like thee !
Or who has grace so rich and free ?
3 Angels and men resign their claim
To pity, mercy, love, and grace,
These glories crown Jehovah's name
With an incomparable blaze:
Who is a pardoning God like thee ?
Or who has grace so rich and free*
4 In wonder lost, with tremblingjoy,
We take the pardon of our God,"
Pardon for crimes of deepest dye ;
A pardon seal'd with Jesus' blood:
V ho is a pardoning- God like thee !
Or who has grace so rich and free!
5 O may this strange, this matchless grace,
This godlike miracle of love,
Fill the wide earth with grateful praise,
And all the angelic choirs above :
Who is a pardoning God like thee ?
Or who has grace so rich and free ?
86 CM. Steele.
Ludlow 84. Brighthelmstone 208.
Pardoning Love, Jer. iii. 22. Hos. xiv. 4,
1 T40W oft, alas ! this wretched heart
xx Has wander'd from the Lord !
How oft my roving thoughts depart,
Forgetful of his word !
2 Yet, sov'reign mercy calls, * Return:'
Dear Lord, and may I come !
My vile ingratitude I mourn ;
O take the wanderer home.
3 And canst thou, wilt thou yet fonrive,
And bid mv crimes remove !
And shall a pardon'd rebel live
To speak thy wondrous love !
4 Almighty grace, thy healing power
How glorious, how divine !
That can to life and bliss restore
So viie a heart as mine.
5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet,
Dear Saviour, I adore;
O keep me at thy sacred feet,
And let me rove no more.
87 L. M. Dr. Gibbons.
Milbank 113. New Sabbath 122. Lewton CO,
Divine Forgiveness, Luke vii. 47.
1 -CORGFVTNESS! 'tis a jovful sound
x To malefactors doom'd to die ;
Publish the bliss the world around;
Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky !
2 'Tis the rich gift of love divine ;
>Tis full, out-measuring every crime :
Unclouded shall its glories shine,
And feel no change by changing time.
3 O'er sins unnumber'd as the sand,
And like the mountains for their size,
The seas of sovereign grace expand,—
The seas of sovereign grace arise.
4 For this stupendous love of heaven
What grateful honours shall we show?
Where much transgression is forgiven
Let love in equal ardours glow :
5 By this inspir'd, let all our days
^ ith various holiness be crown'd;
Let truth and goodness, praver and praise,
In all abide, in all abound. "
88, 89, 90
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 91, 92, 93
88 S. M. Dr. Watts's Lyrics.
Wirksworth 158. Broderip's 252.
Confession and Pardon, 1 John i. 9. Pro v.
xxviii. 13.
1 TV/TY sorrows like a flood,
±yx Impatient of restraint,
Into thy bosom, O my God !
Pour out a long- complaint,
2 This impious heart of mine
Could once defy the Lord,
Could rush with violence on to sin
In presence of thy sword.
3 How often have I stood
A rebel to the skies,
And yet, and yet, O matchless grace !
Thy thunder silent lies.
4 Oh, shall I never feel
The meltings of thy love!
Am I of such hell-harden'd steel
That mercy cannot move t
5 O'ercome by dying- love,
Here at thy cross I lie,
And throw my flesh, my soul, my all ;
And weep, and love, and die.
6 ' Rise,' says the Saviour, ' rise !
' Behold my wounded veins !
* Here flows x sacred crimson flood
4 To wash away thy stains.'
7 See, God is reconcil'd !
Behold his smiling face !
Let joyful cherubs clap their wings,
And sound aloud his grace.
89 C M. Br. Doddridge.
Bath Chapel 26. Salem 139.
Pardon spoken by Christ, Matt. ix. 2.
1 ]VTY Saviour, let me hear thy voice
iVJ- Pronounce the words of peace !
And all my warmest powers shall join
To celebrate thy grace.
2 With gentle smiles call me thy child,
And speak my sins forgiv'n ;
The accents mild shall charm mine ear
All like the harps of heaven.
3 Cheerful, where'er thy hand shall lead,
The darkest path I'll tread ;
Cheerful I'll quit these mortal shores,
And mingle with the dead.
4 When dreadful guilt is done away,
No other fears we know ;
That hand, which scatters pardons down,
Shall crowns of life bestow.
90 L. M. Stogdon.
Virginia 234. Kingsbridge 88.
God ready to forgive; or, Despair sinful.
1 Y\7HAT mean these jealousies and fears]
»v As if the Lord was loth to save,
Or lov'd to see us drench'd in tears,
Or sink with sorrow to the grave.
2 Does he want slaves to grace his throne I
Or rules he by an iron rod ?
Loves he the deep despairing groan 1
Is he a tyrant, or a God ?
3 Not all the sins which we have wrought,
So much his tender bowels grieve,
As this unkind injurious thought,
That he's unwilling to forgive.
4 What tho' our crimes are black as night,
Or flowing like the crimson morn,
ImmanuePs blood will make them white
As snow thro' the pure aether borne.
5 Lord, 'tis amazing grace we own,
And well may rebel worms surprise ;
But, was not thy incarnate Son
A most amazing sacrifice 1
6 * I've found a ransom,' saith the Lord,
* No humble penitent shall die:'
Lord, we would now believe thy word,
And thy unbounded mercies try !
91 8, 6, 8. Cruttendm.
Ewell 80. Francis 200. Weston Favell 27.
Adoption, 1 John iii. 1—3.
1 T ET others boast their ancient line,
±-A In long succession great ;
In the proud list, let heroes shine,
And monarchs swell the state ;
Descended from the King of kings,
Each saint a nobler title sings.
2 Pronounce me, gracious God ! thy son,
Own me an heir divine ;
I'll pity princes on the throne,
When I can call thee mine :
Sceptres and crowns unenvied rise,
And lose their lustre in mine eyes.
And wait till thou thy child shalt raise,
And seat me near thy throne :
No name, no honours here I crave,
Well »leas'd with those beyond the grave.
4 Jesus, my elder brother, lives ;
With him I too shall reign ;
Nor sin, nor death, while he survives,
Shall make the promise vain :
In him my title stands secure,
And shall, while endless years endure:
5 When he, in robes divinely bright,
Shall once again appear,
Thou too, my soul, shalt shine in light,
And his full image bear :
Enough ! — I wait th' appointed day ;
Bless'd Saviour, haste, and come away.
92 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Braintree 25. Stamford 9.
Abba, Father, Gal. iv. 6.
1 c OVEREIGN of all the worlds on high,
^ Allow my humble claim ;
Nor, while a worm would raise its head.
Disdain a Father's name.
2 My Father, God ! how sweet the sound !
How tender, and how dear !
Not all the harmony of heaven
Could so delight the ear.
3 Come, sacred Spirit, seal the name
On my expanding heart ;
And shew that in Jehovah's grace
I share a filial part.
4 Cheer'd by a signal so divine,
Unwavering I believe ;
And Abba, Father, humbly cry,
Nor can the sign deceive.
93 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Otford 106. Follett 181.
True Liberty given by Christ, John viii. 35.
1 T-JARK. ! for 'tis God's own Son that calls
n To life and liberty ;
Transported fall before his feet
Who makes the prisoners free.
2 The cruel bonds of sin he breaks,
And breaks old Satan's chain ;
Smiling he deals those pardons round
Which free from eudless pain.
94,95
COMMUNION WITH GOD. 96, 97, 98
3 Into the captive heart hp pours
His Spirit from on high ;
We lose the terrors of the slave,
And Abba, Father ! cry.
4 Shake off your bonds, and sing his grace ;
The sinner's friend proclaim ;
And call on all around to seek
True freedom by his name.
5 Waik on at large, till yon attain
Your father's house above;
There shall you wear immortal crowns,
And sing immortal tore.
94 7s. Humphreys.
Georgia 192. Turin 244.
The Privileges of the Sons of God.
1 "DLESSED are the sons of God ;
-° They are bought with Jesus' blood,
They are ransom'd from the grave,
Life eternal they shall have :
With them number'd may we be,
Now and thro' eternity !
2 God did love them, in his Son,
Long before the world begun ;
They the seal of this receive,
When on Jesus they believe :
With them, &:c.
3 They are justify 'd by grace,
They enjoy a solid peace ;
Ali their sins are wash'd away,
They shall stand in God's great day :
With them, &c.
4 They produce the fruits of grace
In the works of righteousness !
P>orn of God, they liate all sin,
God's pure word remains within :
With them, &c.
5 Thev have fellowship with God,
Thro' the Mediator's blood ;
One with God, thro' Jesus one,
Glory is in them begun :
With them, &c.
G Tho' they suffer much on earth,
Stranger's to the worldings's mirth,
Yet they ha^e an inward jov,
Pleasures which can never cloy :
With them, Sec.
7 They alone are trulv blest —
Heirs of God, joint heirs with Cnrist;
They with love and peace are fill'd ;
They are, by his Spirit, seal'd:
With them number'd may we be,
Now and thro' eternity !
95 L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Portugal 97. New Sabbath 122.
Christians the Sons of God, John i. 12.
1 John, iii. 1.
1 >JOT all the nobles of the earth,
■^ Who boast the honours of their birth,
Such real dignity can claim
As those who bear the Christian name.
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joys beyond the sky.
3 [On them, a happy chosen race,
Their father pours his richest grace :
To them his counsels he imparts,
And stamps his image on their hearts.
4 Their infant cries, their tender age,
His pity and his love engage:
He clasps them in his arms, and there
r .s them with parental care.]
5 His will he makes them early know,
And teaches their young feet to go ;
Whispers instruction to their minds,
And on their hearts his precepts binds.
6 When, thro' temptation, they rebel,
His chast'ning rod he makes them feel ;
Then, with a father's tender heart,
He soothes the pain and heals the smart.
7 Their dailv wants his hands supply,
Their i-teps he guards with watchful eye,
Leads them from earth to heaven above,
And crowns them with eternal love.
8 Have I the honour, Lord, to be
One of this num'rous family ?
On me the gracious (rift bestow,
To call thee Abba, Father ! too.
9 So may my conduct ever prove
My filial piety and love !
Whilst all my brethren clearly trace
Their father's likeness in my'face.
96 S. ML Dr. Doddridge.
Harborough 142. Shirland 304.
Communion with God and Christ. 1 John i. 5.
1 (~)UP*. hearenlj Father calls,
^ And Christ"invites us near;
With both our friendship shall be sweet,
And our communion dear.
2 God pities all our griefs ;
He pardons every day ;
Almighty to protect our souls,
And wise to guide our way.
3 How large his bounties are ;
AA hat various stores of good,
Diffus'd from our Redeemer's hand,
And purchas'd with his blood!
4 Jesus, our living Head,
We bless thy faithful care ;
Our Advocate' before the throne,
And our Forerunner there.
5 Here fix, my roving heart !
Here wait, my warmest love !
Till the communion be complete
In nobler scenes above.
97 L. M. Beddome.
Ulverstone 179. Rippon's 188.
Desiring Communion with God.
1 TVfY rising soul, with strong desires,
1 A To perfect happiness aspires,
With steady steps would tread the road
That leads to Heaven — that leads to God.
2 I thirst to drink unmingled love
From the pure fountain-head above :
My dearest Lord, I long to be
Empty'd of sin, and full of thee.
3 For thee I pant, for thee I bum ;
Art thou withdrawn] again return,
Nor let me be the first to say,
Thou wilt not hear when sinners pray.
98 C. M. Cowper.
Anniversary 296. Condescension 111.
Walking with God, Gen. v. 24.
A calm and heavenly frame;
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb !
2 Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord !
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus, and his word !
B 4
99, 100, 101 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES. 102, 103, 10+
"What peaceful hours I then enjoy'd !
How sweet their memory still •
But now I find an aching void
The world can never fill.
4 Return, O holy Dove ! return
Sweet messenger of rest!
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
3 The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.
6 So shall my walk be close with God,
Calm and serene my frame ;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.
99 C. M. Dr. Watts's Sermons.
Worksop 31. Wantage 204.
O that I knew where I might find him; Sins
and Sorroios laid before God,
Job. xxiii. 3, 4.
3 f\ THAT I knew the secret place,
v/ Where I uiir-htfind my God !
I'd spread my wants before his face,
And pour my woes abroad.
2 I'd tell him how my sins arise,
What sorrows I sustain ;
How grace decays, and comfort dies,
And leaves my heart in pain.
3 He knows what arguments I'd take
To wrestle with my God ;
I'd plead for his own mercy's sake,
And for my Saviour's blood.
4 My God will pity my complaints,
And heal my broken bones ;
He takes fhe meaning of his saints,
The language of their groans.
5 Arise, my soul, from deep distress,
And banish every fear ;
He calls thee to his throne of grace
To spread thy sorrows there.
100 C. M. Dr Watts's Lyrics.
Abridge 201. Ellenborough 170.
Sanctification and Pardon.
1 TITHERE shall we sinners hide our heads?
** Can rocks or mountains save ?
Or shall we wrap us in the shades
Of midnight and the grave'
2 Is there no shelter from the eye
Of a revenging God !
Jesus, to thy dear wounds we fly;
Bedew us with thy blood.
3 Those guardian drops our souls secure,
And wash away our sin ;
Eternal. justice frowns no more,
And conscience smiles within.
4 We bless that wondrous purple stream,
That cleanses every stain ;
Yet are our souls but half redeemed
If sin, the tyrant, reign.
5 Lord, blast his empire with thy breath,
That cursed throne must fall ;
Ye flattering plagues, that work our death,
Fly, for we hate you all.
jOl L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Mark's 65. Bowden 78.
Abundant Life by Christ our Shepherd,
John x. 10.
PRAISE to our Shepherd's gracious name,
Who on so kind an errand came ;
Came, that by him his flock might live,
\nd more abundant life receive.
2 Hail, great Immanuel, from above ■
High seated on thy throne of love,
O pour the vital torrent down,—
Thy people's joy, their Lord's renown.
3 Scarce half alive we sigh and crv,
Scarce raise to thee our languid "eve ;
Kind Saviour, let our dying state"
Compassion in thy heart create.
4 The shepherd's blood the sheep must heal ;
O may we all its influence feel !
'Till inward deep experience show,
Christ can begin a heaven below.
102 S. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Simon's 250. Broderip's 252.
The Leper healed; or Sanctification implored,
Matt. viii. 2, 3.
1 "DEHOLD the lep'rous Jew,
Oppress'd with pain and grief,
Pouring his tears at Jesus' feet
For pity and relief.
2 * O speak the word,' he cries,
' And heal me of mv pain :
' Lord, thou art able," if thou wilt,
* To make a leper elean.'
3 Compassion moves his heart,
He speaks the gracious word;
The leper feels his strength return,
And all his sickness cur'd.
4 To thee, dear Lord, I look,
Sick of a worse disease:
Sin is my painful malady,
And none can give me ease.
5 But thy Almighty grace
Can heal my lep"'rous soul :
O bathe me in thy precious blood,
And that will make me whole.
J 03 S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Hopkins 157. Kibworth 249.
The Security of Christ's Sheep, John x. 27—29.
No angel's harp such music yields
As what my shepherd speaks.
2 * I know my sheep,' he cries,
' My soul approves them well :
« Vain is the treacherous world's disguise,
' And vain the rage of hell.
3 ' I freely feed them now
' With tokens of mv love ;
* But richer pastures I prepare,
* And sweeter streams, above.
4 ' Unnumber'd years of bliss
* I to my sheep will give;
' And, while my throne unshaken stands,
' Shall all my chosen live.
5 * This try'd Almighty hand
' Is rais'd for their defence :
* Where is the power shall reach them there !
* Or what shall force them thence !'
6 Enough, my gracious Lord,
Let faith triumphant cry;
My heart can on this promise live,
Can on this promise die.
104 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Angel's Hymn 60. Green's Hundred 89.
Noah preserved in the Arh, and the Believer in
Christ, 1 Peter iii. 20, 21.
1 rpHE deluge, at th' Almighty's call,
A In what impetuous streams it fell !
Swallow'd the mountains in its rage,
And swept a guilty world to hell.
105, 106, 107
SALVATION.
10$, 109
2 In vain the tallest sons of pride
Fled from the close-pursuing wave ;
Nor could their mightiest towers defend,
Nor swiftness 'scape, nor courage save.
3 How dire the wreck ! how loud the roar !
How shrill the universal cry
Of millions, in the last despair,
Re-echo'd from the low'ring sky !
4 Yet Noah, humble, happy saint!
Surrounded 'with a chosen few,
Sat in his ark, secure from fear,
And sang the grace that stcer'd him thro'.
5 So may I sing, in Jesus safe,
While "storms" of vengeance round me fall,
Conscious how high my hopes are fi\'d,
Beyond what shakes this earthly ball.
6 Enter thine ark, while patience waits,
Nor ever quit that sure retreat;
Tuen the wide flood, which buries earth,
Shall waft thee to a fairer seat.
7 Nor wreck nor ruin there is seen,
There not a wave of trouble rolls ;
■ 105 CM. F .
Bedford 91. Brighthelmstone 208.
Perseverance, Psalm exix. 117.
1 T ORD, hast thou made me know thy ways ?
*-* Conduct me in thy fear;
And grant me such supplies of grace,
That 1 may persevere.
2 Let but thy own AJmighty arm
Sustain a feeble worm,
I shall escape secure from harm
Amid the dreadful storm.
3 Be thou my all-sufficient friend,
Till all mv toils shall cease ;
Guard me through life, and let my end
Be everlasting peace.
106 L. M. Br. S. Stennett.
Kingsbridge 68. Ulverston 179.
Perseverance desired.
i TESl'S, my Saviour and my God,
^ Thou hast redtern'd me with thy blood;
By ties, both natural and divine,
I am, and ever will be, thine.
2 But ah ! should my inconstant heart,
Ere I'm aware, from thee depart,
What dire reproach would fall on me
For such ingratitude to thee !
3 The thought I dread, the crime I hate;
The guilt", the shame, I deprecate :
And yet, so mighty are my foes,
I dare .not trust my warmest vows.
4 Pity my frailty, dearest Lord !
»;race in the needful hour afford :
■ 0 steel this tim'rous heart of mine
With fortitude and love divine.
& So shall I triumph o'er my fears.
And gather joys from all my tears;
So shall I to the world proclaim
The honours of the Christian name,
107 5. 6. Toplady.
Horsington 219. Winwick 75.
The Method of Salvation.
J HPHEE, Father! we bless,
x Whose distinguishing- grace (
Selected a people to shewTofth thy praise:
Nor is thy love known
Bv election alone ;
For, O ! thou hast added the gift of thy Son.
2 The goodness in vain
We attempt to explain,
Which found and accepted a ransom for men :
Great Surety of thine,
Thou didst hot decline
To concur with the Father's most gracious de-
sign.
3 To Jesus, our friend,
Our thanks shall ascend,
W ho saves to the utmost, and loves to the end :
Our ransom he paid !
In his IiktU array'd [made.
We attain to the glory for which we were
4 Sweet Spirit of grace !
Thy mercy we bless
For thy eminent share in the council of peace ;
Great agent divine,
To restore us is thine,
And cause us afresh in thy likeness to shine.
•5 O God, 'tis thy part
To conviace and convert ;
To give a new life, and create a new heart:
By thy presence and grace
We're" upheld in our race, [days.
And are kept in thy love to the end of our
6 Father, Spirit, and Son,
Agree thus in one, [own ;
The salvation of those he has mark'd for his
Let us, too, agree
To glorifv Thee,—
Thou Ineffable One, thou adorable Three !
108 8, 7, 4.
Lewes 63. Helmsley 223.
Free Salvation. 2 Tim. i. 9.
1 JESUS is our great salvation,
° Worthy of our best esteem !
He has sav'd his favourite nation;
Join to sing- aloud to him:
He has sav'd u«,
Christ alone could us redeem.
2 When mvolv'd in sin and ruin,
And no helper there was found ;
Jesus our distress was viewing-;
Grace did more than sin abound:
He lias call'd us,
With salvation in the sound.
3 Save us from a mere profession;
Save us from hypocrisy ;
Give us, Lord, the sweet possession
Of thy rig-hteousness and thee :
Best of favours!
None compar'd with this can be.
4 Let us never, LorJ, forget thee :
Make us v>alk as pilgrims here:
We will give thee all the glory
Of the love that broughtiis near:
Bid us praise thee,
And rejoice with holy fear.
5 Free election, known by calling,
Is a privilege divine :
Saints are kept from final falling:
All the glory, Lord, be thine ;
All the glory,
All the glory, Lord, is thine.
109 c. m.
Ashlev 152. Great Milton 212.
■ i'omplete Salvation.
1 C ALVATION, thro' our dying God,
° Shall surely be complete* :
He paid whate'er his people ow'd,
And cancellM all their debt.
* Christ has made a complete atonement for
his people : in that sen-e his work is finished :
—The work of the Spirit, which at pre-ent, in
some of the saints, is only begun, in d"e kime
shall be completed a's-.
110, 111
SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES.
112, H3
2 He sends his Spirit from above,
Our nature to renew ;
Displays his power, reveals his love,
Gives life and comfort too.
3 He heals our wounds, subdues our foes,
And shews our sins forgiv'n ;
Conducts us through the wilderness,
And brings us safe to heaven.
4 Salvation now s' all be my stay;
' A sinner sav'd,' I'll cry ;
Then gladly quit this mortal clay,
For better joy6 on high.
110 11. 8. K
Calne 69. Pithay 191.
Distinguishing Grace. Jer. xxxi. 3.
1 TN songs of sublime adoration and praise,
•*■ Ye pilgrims ! for Sion who press, [days,
Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of
His rich and distinguishing grace.
2 His love, from eternity fixM upon you,
Broke forth and discover'd its flame, [drew,
When each with the cords of his kindness he
And brought you to love his great name.
3 O had he not pitied the state you were in,
Your bosoms his love had ne'er felt, [in sin,
You all would have livM, would have dy'd too,
And sunk with the load of your guilt.
4 What was there in you that could merit esteem,
Or give the Creator delight ?
♦Twas ' even so, Father !' you ever must sing,
* Because it seem'd good in thy sight.'
5 'Twas all of thy grace we were brought to
While others were suffer'd to go [obey !
The road which by nature we chose as our
Which leads to the regions of woe. [way,
6 Then give all the glory to his holy name,
To him all the glory belongs ; [fame,
Be yours the high joy still to' sound forth his
And crown him in each of your songs.
HI (First Part.) CM.
Irish 171. Cambridge New 74.
By the Grace of God, I am what I am,
1 Cor. xv. 8.
1 pREAT God, 'tis from thy sovereign grace
^ That all my blessings flow;
Whate'er 1 am, or do possess,
I to thy mercy owe.
2 'Tis this my powerful lust controuls,
And pardons all my sin;
Spreads life and comfort thro' my soul,
And makes my nature clean.
3 'Tis this upholds me whilst I live,
Supports me when I die ;
And hence ten thousand saints receive
Their all, as well as I.
4 How full must be the springs from whence
Such various streams proceed !
The pasture cannot but be rich
On which so many feed.
Ill (Second Part.) S. M.
Mount Ephraim 185. Price's 187. Lowell 260.
Salvation by Grace from the first to the last,
Eph. ii. 5.
1 /~<RACE ! 'tis a charming sound !
^ Harmonious to the ear!
Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
2 Grace first contriv'd the way
To save rebellious man ;
And all the steps that grace display .
Which drew the wondrous plan.
3 [Grace first inscrib'd my name
In God's eternal book :
'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
Who all my sorrows took.]
4 Grace led my roving feet
To tread the'heavenly road :
And new supplies, each hour, I meet
While pressing on to God.
5 [Grace taught my soul to pray,
And made my eyes o'erflow :
»Twas grace which kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.]
6 Grace all the work shall crown,
. Thro' everlasting days ;
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.
112 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyrics.
Weybridge 92. Sprague 166. Anniversary z96.
God glorious and Sinners saved, Isaiah xliv. 23.
1 T?ATHER; how wide thy glory shines !
x How high thy wonders rise !
Known through the earth by thousand signs;
By thousands through the skies.
2 [Part of thy name divinely stands
On all thy creatures writ;
They show the labour of thine hands,
Or impress of thy feet.]
3 But when we view thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest forms,
4 Our thoughts are lost in reverend awe,
We love, and we adore ;
The first archangel never saw
So much of God before.
5 Here the whole Deity is known ;
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone,
The justice or the grace.
6 [When sinners broke the Father's laws,
The dying Son atones :
Oh, the dear mysteries of his cross !
The triumph of his groans !]
7 Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains ;
Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name*
And try their choicest strains.
8 Oh may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song !
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart*
And love command my tongue.
113 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Grove House 143. Stephen's 292.
0 Lord, say unto my soul, ' lam thy Salvati&i,
Psalm xxxv. 3.
' To wretched dying men !
Salvation that from God proceeds,
And leads to God again.
2 Rescn'd from hell's eternal gloom,
From fiends, and fire?, and chains;
R lis'd to a paradise of bliss,
Where love triumphant reigns !
3 But may a poor bewilder'd soul,
Sinful ana weak as mine,
Presume to raise a trenibling eye
To blessing* so divine I
114, 115
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS.
115
4 The lustre of so bright a bliss
My feeble heart overbears;
And unbelief almost perverts
The promise into tear-.
5 Mv Saviour God, no voice but thine
These dying hopes can raise :
Speak thy salvation to my soul.
And turn my prayer to praise.
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS AND PROMISES.*
114 (First Part.) L. Rff. Dr. S. Stennett.
Paul's 246. Ulverston 179. Gould's 272.
God reasoning xoith Men, Isaiah i. 18.
1 ' pOME, sinners,' saith the mighty God,
^ • Heinous as all your crimes have been,
* Lo ! I descend from mine abo le
* To reason With the sons of men.
2 ' No clouds of darkness veil my fare,
* No vengeful lijhtnings flash around :
* I come with terms ot life and peace;
' Where siu hath reign'd let grace abound.'
3 Yes Lord, we will obey thy call,
And to thy gracious sceptre boss ;
Oh make "our crimson sins like wool,
Our scarlet crimes as white as snow.
4 So shall onr thankful lips repeat
Thy praises with a tuneful voice,
While, humbly prostrate at thy feet,
We wonder, tremble, and rejoice.
114 (Second Part.) L. M.
Rippon's 1S8. Manning 245. Lebanon 79.
Seek ye my face, Psalm xxvii. 8.
face !
ace:
1 JEHOVAH speaks; ' Seek ye my fa
° My soul admires the wondrous gr<
PI! seek thy face — thy Spirit give!
O let me see thy face and live.
2 I'll wait ; perhaps my Lord may come;
(If I turn back? how sad my doom !)
And, beaming, in his way I'll lie
Till the sweet hour he passeth by.
3 Daily I'll seek with cries and tears,
With secret sighs, and fervent pray'rs;
And, if not hear ' — I'll weeping sit,"
And peri.-h at the Saviour's feet.
4 Put canst thou, Lord ! see all my pain,
An I bid me seek thy face in vain !
Thou wilt not, canst not, me deceive, —
The soul that seeks thy face shall live.
115 (First Part.) 8. 7. 4.
Helmsley 223. Jordan 81.
1 pOME, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
^ Weak" and wounded, sick and sore !
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Fuli of pity join'd with power:
He is able,
He is willing : doubt no more.
2 Come, ye thirsty ! come and welcome;
God's free bounty aiorify:
True belief, and true repentance,
Every grace, that brings us nigh —
Without money,
Come to Jesas Christ, and buy.
* The Section of Hymns, entitled Scriplu re
Invitations, is now enlarged, principally on
. of V ill Age W©;ship,
3 Let not conscience make you linger;
Nor of fitness fondly dream ;
All the fitness he reqiiireth
Is to feel your need of him ;
Thi he gives you ;
'Tis his Spirit's rising beam.
4 Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and ruiii'd by the fall !
If you t.irry till you're better,
You will" never come at all:
Not the righteous, —
Sinners Jesus came to call.
5 View him prostrate in the garden;
On the ground your Maker lies!
On the bloody tree behold him ;
Hear him crv, before he dies,.
1 It is fimsh'd !'
Sinner, will not this suffice?
6 Lo, th' incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merit of his blood :
Venture on him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude ;
None but Jesus
Can do helpless sinners good.
7 Saints and angels, join'd in concert,
Sing the praises of the Lamb;
While the blissful seats of heaven
Sweetly echo with his name:
Hallelujah !
Sinners here may sing the same.
115 (Second Part.) 8. 7. 4. Mr. Fountain,
one of the Missionaries in Bengal.
Helmsley 223. Painswick 162.
The Gospel Message ; or, Reconciliation to God
1 CINNERS, you are now addressed
° In the name of Christ our Lord ;
He hath sent a message to you,
Pay attention to his" word;
He h*ath sent it,
Pay attention to his word.
2 Think what you have all been doing,
Think what rebels you have been;
You have spent your lives in nothing
But in adding sin to sin ;
All vour actions
One'continued scene of sin.
3 Yet your long-abused Sovereign
Sends to you a messaje mild,
Loth to execute his vengeance,
Pravs you to be reconciPd ;
Hear him woo you, —
Sinners, now be recoocil'd.
4 Parcton, now, is freely pubKsh'd
Thro' the Mediator's blood ;
Who hath dy'd to nir.ke atonement
And appease the wrath of God I
Wondrous mercv !
See, it fiows thrbueh Jesu>? bleed,'
B e
116
SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS. 117, 118. 119
5 In his name, you are entreated
To accept this act of grace ;
This the day of your acceptance,
Listen to the terms of. peace :
0 delay not,
Listen to the terms of peace.
6 Having thus, then, heard the message,
All with heav'nly mercy fraught;
Go and tell the gracious Jesus
If you will be sav'd or not:
Say, poor sinner,
Will you now be sav'd or not !
[May be sung to Trowbridge, Tune 21, by omit-
ting the Chorus ofeach Verse.]
116 (First part.) CM. FaiccetU
Worksop 31. Crowle 3.
Let the wicked forsake his way, fyc. Isaiah I v. 7.
1 C INNERS, the voice of God regard ;
*3 'Tis mercy speaks to-day ;
He ca.ls you, by his sovereign word,
From sin's destructive way.
2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest,
You live devoid of peace ;
A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your souls of ease.
3 Your way is dark, and leads to hell;
Why will you persevere?
Can you in endless torments dwell,
Shut up in black despair?
4 Whv will you in the crooked ways
Of sin and folly go?
In pain you travel all your days
To reap immortal woe !
5 But he that turns to God shall live
Thro' his abounding grace :
His mercy will the guilt forgive
Of those that seek his face.
6 Bow to the sceptre of his word,
Renouncing every sin ;
Submit to him; your sovereign Lord,
And learn his "will divine.
7 His love exceeds your highest thought.-:;
He pardons like a God ;
He will forgive your numerous faults,
Thro' the Redeemer's blood.
1 16 (Second Part.) L. M.
Tooley Street 279. Mark's 65. Bredby 165.
The Angels hastened Lot, Gen. xix. 15.
1 made haste, and delayed not, Psal, cxix. 60.
1 TTASTEN, O sinner, to be wise,
*■*■ And stay not for the morrow's sun ;
The longer wisdom you despise,
The harder is she to be won.
2 O hasten mercy to implore,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear thy season should be o'er
Before this evening's stage be run.
0 O hasten sinner, to return,
And stay not for the marrow's sun,
For fear thy lamp should fail to burn
Before the needful work is done.
4 O hasten sinner to be blest,
And stay not for the morrow's sun,
For fear the curse should thee arrest
Before the morrow is begun.
5 O Lord, do thou the sinner turn !
Now rouse him from his senseless state!
O let him not thy counsel spurn,
■jicar rue his fatal choice too late.
117 L. M. Steele.
Kingsbridge 88. Ulverston 179. Gould's 272.
Weary Souls invited to rest, Matt. xi. 28.
1 pOME, weary souls, with sins distrest,
v> Come, and accept tlie promis'd rest ;
The Saviour's gracious call obey,
And cast your gloomy fears away.
2 Oppress'd with guilt, a painful load ;
0 come, and spread your woes abroad;
Divine compassion, mighty love,
Will all the painful load remove.
3 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows
To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;
Pardon, and life, and endless peace ;
How rich the gift ! how free the grace !
4 Lord, we accept with thankful heart
The hope thy gracious words impart ;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless the kind inviting voice.
5 Dear Saviour, let thy powerful love
Confirm our faith, our fears remove ;
And sweetly influence every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.
118 H8th.
Eagle Street 16. Bethesda 112.
Yet there is Room, Luke xiv. 22,
1 VE dying sons of men,
Immerg'd in sin and woe,
The gospel's voice attend,
While Jesus sends to you :
Ye perishing and guilty, come,
In Jesus' arms there yet is room.
2 No longer now delay,
Nor vain excuses frame :
He bids you come to-day,
Tho' poor, and blind, and lame :
All things are ready, sinner, come,
For every trembling soul there's room.
3 Believe the heavenly word
His messengers proclaim ;
He is a gracious Lord,
And faithful is his name :
Backsliding souls, return and come,
Cast off despair, there yet is room.
4 Compell'd by bleeding love,
Ye wand'ring sheep, draw near;
Christ calls you from above,
His charming accents hear !
Let whosoever will now come ;
In mercy's breast there still is room,
119 7s.
Hotham 224. Bath Abbey 147.
Compel them to come in, Luke xiv. 23.
T ORD, how large thy bounties are,
J-J Tender, gracious, "sinner's friend?
What a feast dost thou prepare,
And what invitations send !
Now fulfil thy great design,
Who didst first the message bring :
Every heart to thee incline,
Now compel them to come in.
1 Rushing on the downward road,
Sinners no compulsion need
Glory to forsake, and God:
See they run with rapid speed :
Draw them back by love divine;
Wiih thy grace their spirits wis:
Every hear;, «c»
P»^20, 121 SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS. 122, 123
i Thus their willing souls compel;
Stretch that conquering ana of thine,
Once outstretch'*) to bleed tor >in ;
Every heart to thee in
mpel them to come in.
120 ('- y>- -v'<(/'.
Huddersfield 202. Wiltshire 110. Missionary 2;.7.
The Saviour's Invitation, John vii. .37.
1 rTHK Saviour calls-^Tet every tar
-*■ Attend the heave m> soua I ;
Ye doubting souls, di-n>iss your fear,
Hope onuses reviving round.
2 For every thirty longing heart,
Here streams of bounty flow :
And life, and hcakh, and bliss impart
To banish mortal woe.
3 Here springs of sacred pleasure rise
To ease vour every pain:
(Immortal fountain !" full supplies !)
Nor shall you thirst in vain.
4 Ye sinners, come; 'tis mercy's voice,
The gracious call obey :
Mercy "invites to heavenly joys —
And can you yet delay t
5 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts!
To thee let sinners riv,
And take the bliss thy love imparts;
And drink, and never die.
121 (1st Part.) 6, 8, 6.
Chatham 59. Broadmead 150. W'estbury
Leigh 278.
Whosoever irill, let him come, Rev. xxii. 17.
1 \7"E scarlet-colour'd sinners, come;
* Jesus, the Lord, invites \ ou home ;
O whither can you go?
What ! are your crimes of crimson hue ?
His promise* is for ever true ;
He'll wash you white as snow.
2 Backsliders, fill'd with your own ways,
Whose weepinar nights and wretched days
In bitterness" are" spent,
Keti'.rn to Jesus; heTl reveal
His lovely face, and sweetly heal
What you so much lament.
3 Tried souls ! look up— he says, 'Tis I —
He loves you still, but means to try
If faith will bear the te-t :
The Lord has givhi the chiefest good,—
He she 1 for you his precious blood;
O trust him for the rc-t !
4 Ye tender souls, draw hither too,
Ye grateful, highly-favour'd few,
Who feel the debt you owe !—
Press on, the Lord hath more to give:
Bv faith upon him daily live,
And you shall find it so.
121 (2d Part.) C. M.
Cambridge New 74. Missionary 257.
The Invitation of Wisdom.
r .:
T O ! wisdom stands with smiling face,
And courts us to her arms ;
Who can resist the wondrous grace,
And slight her pow'rfui charms I
>rn:, ren'rous, holds out to our sight
Riches which shall endure;
Not sparkling rubies half so bright,
Nor finest gold so pure.
F.rernal pleasures fill her train,
Pleasures that never cloy ;
' Come, drink of bliss unmix'd *ith pain,
' And taste celestial joy.'
4 Immortal crowns she now displays,
And thrones beyond the si. i.-- ;
her blessings w. He sh<
And sefie the glorio'.-
121 (3d Part.) L. M.
too 17H. Portugal 97,
The Invitation of Wisdom accepted^
Rev. iii. 17.
1 T HEAR the counsel of a friend,
x And to his soothing voice attend:
' Come, sinners, wretched, blind, and poor,
' Come, buy, from my unbounded st>,rc.
2 ' I only a«k vou to receive,
' For freely I mv blessings Rive:'
tod are tin b c --;.■:> fr< r ?
Then I may dare to come to thee,
3 I come for srrace, like gold refinM,
T enrich and hi aotify my mind :
Grace that will trials well endure,
And in the furnace grow more pure.
4 Naked, I come for that brijht dress,
Thy perfect spot'ess righteousness;
That glorious robe, so richly dy'd
In thine own blood, my shame to hide.
5 Like Bartimeus, now to thee
I come, and pray that I mav see :
Ev'n c'.av is eyesalve in thy hand,
If thou the blessing but command.
6 Here, wretched, poor, and blind I came,
0 let me not return the same ;
Let me depart, all-gr acious Lord !
Happy, enrich'd, to sight restor'd.
122 L. M. Beddome.
Green's Hundred 89. Warehano 117.
the First Promise, Gen. iii. 13.
1 YK7HEN, by the tempter's wiles betrav'd,
]y Adam, our head and parent, fell;'
[Jnknowp before, a pleasure spread
Thro' all the mazy deeps of hell.
2 Infernal powers rejoie'd to see
The new-made world destroyed, undone;
But God proclaims his great decree, —
Pardon and mercy thro"" his Son.
3 Serpent, accurs'd, thy sentence read ;
' Almighty vengeance thou shalt feel ;
1 The woman's ~seed shall break thy head,
' Thy malice faintly bruise his heel.'
4 Thus God declares: and Christ descends,
Assume- a mortal form, and dies ■
Whilst, in his death, death's empire ends,
And the proud conqueror conquer'd lies.
5 Dying, the King of glory deals
Ruin to all his numerous foes :
His power the prince of darkness feels,
And sinks oppress'd beneath his woes.
123 L. M. Faxccett.
Lebanon 79. Islington 40.
As thy l)a</s, so shell thy Strength br,
'Deut. xxxiii. 25.
1 A FFLICTF.D saint, to Christ draw noar
^v Thy Saviour's gracious promise hear ;
His faithful word declares to thee
That, as thy days, thy strength shall be.
2 Let not thy heart despond, and say-
How shall I stand the trying day '. "
He has engasr'd, bv firm' decree,
That, as thy days, thy strength jdiall be.
3 Thy faith is weak, thy foes are strong;
And, if the conflict should be Ion?,
Thy Lord will make the tempter fkp;
For, as thv da\^, thy strength *hai! be.
r> 7
1 24, 1 25, 1 26 SCRIPTURE PROMISES.
127, 128
4 Should persecution rage and flame,
Still trust in thy Redeemer's name ;
In tierv trials thou shalt see
Thai, as thy days, thy strength shall be.
5 When call'd to bear the weighty cross,
Or sore affliction, pain, or loss,
Or deep distress, or poverty —
Still, as thy days, thy strength shall be,
6 When ghastly death appears in view,
Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue:
He comes to set thy spirit free ;
And, as thy days, thy strength shall be,
124 C. M.
Great Milton 212. Matthew's 34.
Fear not, for I am icith thee, Isaiah xli. 10.
1 A ND art thou with us, gracious Lord,
•** To dissipate our fear ?
Dost thou proclaim thyself our God,
Our God for ever near ?
2 Dost thou a father's bowels feel
For all thy humble saints ?
And in such friendly accents speak
To soothe their sad complaints*
3 Whv droop our hearts ! why flow our eyes,
While such a voice we hear ?
Why rise our sorrows and our fears,
While such a friend is near?
4 To all thine other favours, add
A heart to trust thy word ;
And death itself shall hear us sing,
While resting on the Lord.
125 C. M. Needham.
Maidstone 196. Sprague 166.
My Grace is sufficient for thee, 2 Cor. xii. 9.
1 17TND are the words that Jesus speaks
■*■*■ To cheer the drooping saints;
* My grace sufficient is for you,
* Tho' nature's powers may faint.
2 ' My grace its glories shall display,
* And make your griefs remove:
* Your weakness shall the triumphs tell
' Of boundless power and love.'
3 What, tho' my griefs are not remov'd,
Yec why should I despair?
While my kind Saviour's arms support,
I can the burden bear.
4 Jesus, my Saviour, and my Lord,
'Tis go"od to trust thy name :
Thy power, thy faithfulness, and love,
Will ever be the same.
5 Weak as I am, yet thro' thy grace
I all things can perform ;
And, smiling, triumph in thy name
Amid the raging storm.
126 p. &- Dr. Doddridge.
New York 33. Devizes 14. Suffolk 315.
How pleasant to repeat!
Well may that heart with pleasure bound,
Where God hath fix'd his seat.
2 What want shall not our God supply
From his redundant stores ?
What streams of mercy from on high
An arm almighty pours !
3 From Christ, the ever-living spring,
These ample blessings flow :
Prepare, my lips, his name to sing,
Whose heart has lov'd us so.
4 Now to our Father and our God
Be endless glory given,
Thro' all the realms of man's abode,
And thro' the highest heaven.
197 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Arlington 17. Hammond 226.
Pear not ; it is your Father's good pleasure to
give you the Kingdom, Luke xii. 32.
1 VE little flock, whom Jesus feeds,
■*■ Dismiss your anxious cares ;
Look to the shepherd of youi souls,
And smile away your fears.
2 Tho' wolves and lions prowl around,
His scaff is your defence :
'Midst sands and rocks, your shepherd's voice
Calls streams and pastures thence.
3 Your Father will a kingdom give,
And g-ive it with deiisht;
His feeblest child his love shall call
To triumph in his sight.
4 [Ten thousand praises, Lord, we bring
For sure supports like these :
And o'er the pious deal we sing
Thy living promises.
5 For all we hope, and they enjoy,
We bless the Saviour's name :
Nor shall that stroke disturb the song
Which breaks this mortal frame.]
128 us. K- — .
Geard 156. Lroughton
172.
1 UOW firm a foundation, ve saints of the
11 Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more can he say than to you lie hath
said,
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
2 In every condition, — in sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth ;
At home and abroad, on the -and, on the sea,
* As thy days may demand, shall thy strength
' ever be.
3 Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dis-
• may'd!
[, I am thy God, and will still give tbee
1 aid :
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause
' thee to stand,
' Upheld by my righteous omnipotent hand.
4 ' When thro' the deep waters I call thee to
' g°>
1 The river^ of woe shall not thee o'erflow;
' For I will be with thee, thy troubles to
bless ;
And sanctify to thee thv deepest distress.
5 ' VI hen thro' fierv trials thv path-way shall lie
' My zrace all-sufficient shall be thy supply;
' The flame shall not hurt thee ; I only design
* Thy uross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
6 ' E'en down to old age, all my people shall
* prove
' My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love ;
' And when hoary hairs shall their temples
' ad'->rn,
' Like Iambs tliey shall still in my bosom be
' borne.
7 ' The soul that on Jesus hath lean'd for re-
1 pose,
' / will not, I will not, desert to his foes ;
' That soul, tho' all hell shottro endeavour to
' shake,
1 III never, no never, no never forsake.1 *
* Agreeable to Dr. Doddridge's Translation
of Heb. xiii. 5.
129,130, 131,132
CHRIST.
129 (1st Part.) CM.
Abridge 201. Bedford 91. Cambridge New .74.
The Divinity of Christ.
1 rpHEE we adore, F.rcrnal word !
A The Father's equal Son;
Bv heaven's obedient hosts ador'd,
Ere time its course begun.
2 The first creation has display'd
Thine enersry divine ;
For not a single thins: was made
By other hands than thine.
3 But ransom'd sinners, with delight,
Sublimer facts survey,—
The all-creating Word unites
Himself to dust and clay.
4 See the Redeemer cloth'd in flesh,
And ask the reason ' Why !'
The answer fills mv soul afresh, —
1 To suffer, bleed, and die !'
5 Creation's author now assumes
A creature's humble form ;
A man of grief and woe becomes,
And trod on like a worm.
6 The Lord of glory bears the shame
To vile transgressors due;
Justice the Prince of life condemns
To die, in anguish, too. —
7 God over all, for ever blest,
The righteous curse endures :
And thus, to souls with sin distrest,
Eternal bliss ensures.
8 What wonders in thy person meet,
My Saviour all divine !
I fall with rapture at thy feet,
And would be wholly thine.
129 C2d Part.) C M. Medley.
Irish 171. Knaresborough 280.
The Incarnation of Christ, Luke ii. 14.
1 \ TORTALS, awake, with angels join
-L'-L And chant the solemn lay ;
Joy, love, and gratitude, combine
To hail th' auspicious day.
2 In heaven V.e rapturous song began,
And sweet seraphic fire
Thro' all the shining legions ran,
And 6trung and tun'd the lyre.
3 Swift thro' the vast expanse it flew,
And loud the echo roll'd ;
The theme, the song, the joy was new,
Twas more than heaven could hold.
4 Down thro' the portals of the sky
Th' impetuous torrent ran ;
And ansrels flew with easrerjoy
To bear the news to man.
3 rWrapt in the silence of the night
Lav all the eastern world,
When bursting, glorious, heavenly light
The wondrous scene unfurl 'd.J
6 Hark! the cherubic armies shout,
And glory leads the song :
Good-will and peace are hear I throughout
Th' harmonious heavenly throng.
7 O for a glance of heavenly love
Our hearts and song's to raise,
Sweetly to bear our souls alxne,
Aa I "mingle with their lays!
fi With joy the cbonu we'll repeat,
' Glory to God on high !
' Good-will and peace are now complete;
Hi was born to die.'
9 Mail, Prince of Life ! lor ever hail,
Redeemer, brother, friend !
Tho' earth, and time, and life, should fail,
Thy praise shall never end.
130 7s. J. C. W.
Georgia 192. Hart's 221.
The Song of the Angels.
1 TJARK, the herald angels sing,
1X ' Glory to il.e new-born King;
1 Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
1 God and sinners reconcil'd.'
2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies:
Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail the Sun of Righteousness !
3 [Mild he lays his glory by ;
Born that men no more might die;
Born to raise the sons of earth ;
Born to give ti>em second birth.]
4 Come, desire of nations! come,
Fix in us thy humble home :
Rise, the woman's promis'd seed,
Bruise in us the serpent's head.
' Peace on earth and mercy mild,
' God and sinners reconcil'd!'
131 CM. Steele.
Charleston 195. Sprague 166.
The Incarnation, John i. 14.
1 v WAKE, awake the sacred song
■** To our incarnate Lord ;
Let every heart, and every tongue,
Adore th' eternal Word.
2 That awful Word, that sovereign power-
By whom the worlds were madvi,
(O happy morn, illustrious hour!)
Was once in flesh array'd !
3 Then shone almighty power and love
In all their srlorious forms,
When Jesus left his throne above
To dwell with sinful worms.
4 To dwell with misery below,
The Saviour left the skies ;
And sunk to wretchedness and woe,
That worthless man might rise.
5 Adoring angels tun'd their songs
To hail the joyful day ;
With rapture then let mortal tongues*
Their grateful worship pay.
6 What glory, Lord, to thee is due !
With won ler we adore ;
But could we sing as angels do,
Our highest praise were poor.
13C2 8, 7, 4. Robinson.
Lewes 63. Painswick 162. Mariner's 28C*
Praise to the Redeemer.
1 ^VTIGHTY God ! while angels bless thee.
1T* May antmant lisp thy name I
Lord of'men, as well as angels,
Thou art every creature's theme :
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen,
B &
133, 134
LIFE, MINISTRY, DEATH,
135
2 Lord of every land and nation,
Ancient of "eternal days !
Sounded through the wide creation
Be thy just and lawful praise : Hal.
3 For the grandeur of thy nature, —
Grand beyond a seraph's thought;
For created works of power, —
Works with skill and kindness wrought : Hal.
4 For thy Providence, that governs
Thro' thine empire's wide domain;
Winus an angel, guides a sparrow :
Blessed be tiiy gentle reign. Hal.
5 But thy rich, thy free redemption,
Dark through brightness all along ;
Thought is poor, and poor expression :
Who dare sing that awful song J Hal.
6 Brightness of the Father's glory,
Shall thy praise unutter'd lie 1
Fly? my tongue, such guilty silence !
Sing the Lord who came to die. Hal.
7 Did archangels sing thy coming ?
Did the shepherds learn their lays?—
Shame would cover me ungrateful,
Should my tongue refuse to praise. Hal.
8 From the highest throne in glory,
To the cross of deepest woe ;"
All to ransom guilty captives :
Flow my praise for ever flow. Hal.
9 Go, return, immortal Saviour!
Leave thy footstool, take thy throne ;
Thence return, and reisn for ever,
Be the kingdom all thy own.
Halleluiah,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Amen.
133 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Suffolk 315. Jersey 15.
The condescending Grace of Christ,
Matt. xx. 28.
1 c AVIOUil of men, and Lord of love,
^ How sweet thy gra:ious name!
With jov that errand we review
On which thy mercy came.
2 While all thy own angelic bands
Stood waiting on the wing,
Charm'd with the honour to obey
Their great eternal King ;
3 For us, mean, wretched, sinful men,
Thou laid'st that glory by ;—
First, in our mortal flesh, to serve ;
Then, in that flesh, to die.
4 Bought with thv service and thy blood,
We doubly, Lord, are thine ;
To thee our lives we would devote,
To thee our death resign,
j 34 C. M.
Tiverton 109. Ottord 108. Eythem 313.
The Redeemer's Message, Luke iv. 18, 19.
1 TTARK, the glad sound, the Saviour comes
" The Saviour promis'd long !
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
2 On him, the Spirit, largely pourM,
Exerts his sacred fire ;
Wisdom and might, and zeal and love,
His holy breast inspire.
He comes, the prisoners to release,
In Satan's bondage held;
The gates of brass hefore him burst,
The iron fetters yield.
4 He coires, from thickest films of vice
To clear the mental ray :
And, on the eyes oppress'd with night,
To pour celestial day.
5 He comes, the broken heart to bind,
The bleeding soul to cure ;
And, with the treasures of his grace,
T' enrich the humble poor.
S Our glad hosannas, Prince of Peace,
Thy welcome shall proclaim ;
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved name.
135 L. M. (1st Part.) Dr. Doddridge.
Leeds 19. Rowles 73. China 300.
Christ's Transfiguration, Mat. xvii. 4.
1 "II^HEN at a distance, Lord, we trace
The various.glories of thy face,
W hat transport pours o'er all our breast,
And charms our cares and woes to rest I
2 With thee in the obscurest cell
On some bleak mountain would I dwell,
Rather than pompous courts behold,
And share their grandeur and their gold*
3 Away, ye dreams of mortal joy !
Raptures divine my thoughts emplov ;
I see the King of Glory shine ;
And feel his love, and "call him mine.
4 On Tabor thus his servants view'd
His lustre, when transformed he stood ;
And, bidding earthly scenes farewell,
Cried, ' Lord, 'tis pleasant here to dwell.*
5 Yet still our elevated eyes
To nobler visions long to rise ;
That grand assembly would we join
Where all thy saints around thee shine.
6 That mount, how bright ! those forms, how
'Tis good to dwell for ever there ! [fair I
Come, death, dear envoy of mv God,
And bear me to that blest abode.
135 (2d Part.) 8, 8, 6.
Hinton 266. Chatham 59.
Gethsemane, Mat. xxvi. 36 — 45.
1 TMMANUEL, sunk with dreadful woe,
x Unfelt, unknown to all below —
Except the Son of God —
In ag'onizing pangs of sou!,
Drinks deep from wormwood's bitterest bowl,
And sweats great drops of blood.
2 See his disciples slumbering round,
Nor pitying friend on earth is found !
He treads the press alone :
In vain to heaven he turns his eyes,
The curse awaits him from the skies —
His death it must atone.
3 O Father, hear ! this cup remove !
Save thou the darling of thy love
(The prostrate victim cries)
From overwhelming fear and dread !
Tho' he mint mingle with the dead—
His people's sacrifice.
4 His earnest prayers, his deep'ning groans,
Were heard before th1 angelic thrones ;
Amazement wrapt the sky ;
4 Go, strengthen Christ !' the Father said :
Th' astonish'd seraph bow'd his head,
And left t\ie realms on high.
5 Made strong in strength, renew'd from
Jesus receives the cup as giv'n, (.heaven,
And, perfectly resign'd,
He drinks the wormwood mix'd with gall,
Sustains the curse,— removes it all,—
Nor leaves a dreg behind.
130—138 AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 139,140
J3<J L. M. Uliii-ji.hl^t ullcction.
Babylon streams 2:?. Green's Hundred, B9.
Behold the Man, Jolin xix. 5.
1 V7"E tliat pass by, behold the man !
1 The man of grief condemn' d for you,
The Lamb of (>'od, for sinners slain!—-
Weeping to Calvary pursue.
2 His sacred Hiubs they stretch, they tear,
With n.iils they fasten t<> the wood—
lli> sacred limbo ■ exposfd and bare,
Or only cover'd witli his blood.
3 See there ! his temples cfown'd with thorns,
His Meediotj baads extended wide,
His streaming feet transfixed and torn,
The fountain gushing from his side.
4 Thou dear, thou suffering Son of God,
How doth thy heart to sinners move!
Sprinkle on us thy precious blood,
And melt us with thy dying love !
5 The earth could to her centre quake,
Convuls d, when her Creator dv'd;
Oli, may our inmost nature shake,
And bow with Jesus crucify'd !
G At thy last gasp, the graves display' 1
Their horrors to the upper skies;
O that our souis might burst rhe shade,
And, quicken'd by thy death, arise !
7 The rot ks could feel th\ powerful death,
And tremble, and asunder part ;
Oh, rend, with thy expiring breath*
The harder marble of our heart !
137 L. M. Steele.
Dresden 17s. Paul's 246. Sterling- 317.
A Dying Saviour.*
1 OTRETCH'D on the cross, the Saviour dies,
0 Hark ! his expiring groans ari>e !
See, from his hands, his feet, hi-; >ide,
Runs down the sacred crimson tide !
2 But life attends the deathfal sound,
And flows from ev'ry bleeding wound;
The vital stream, how free it flows
To save and cleanse his rebel foes !
3 To suffer in the traitor's place,
To die for man, surprising grace !
Yec pass rebellious angels by
O why for man, dear Saviour, why ?
4 And di 1st thou bleed ?— for sinners bleed?
And could the sun behoid the deed !
No ! he withdrew his sickening ray,
And darkness veil'd the mourning day.
j Can I survey this scene of woe
Where mingling grief and wonder
And yet my heart urnnovM remain,
Insensible to love or pain ?
6 Come, dearest Lord ! thy grace impart
To warm this cold, this" stupid heart;
Till all its powers and passions mote
I11 melting grief and ardent love.
138 C M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Canterbury \99. Tunbridge 103.
The Attraction of the Cross, John, xii. 32.
I "yONDER— amazing sight !— I see
x Th' incarnate Son of God
Expiring on th' accursed tree,
And welt'ring in his blood.
* See Hymns on Redemption and the Lord's
Supper,
2 Behold a purple torrent run
Down from his bands and bead:
The crimson tide pats om the sua;
lli> groans awake the de id.
3 The trembling earth, the darken'd sky,
Proclaim the truth aloud ;
\n !. with the amaz'd Centurion, cry,
4 Tku is ihi' Son of I
rifice
Maj well my hope revive :
li God's own Sua thus l.v.- Is and dies*
The sinner sure may live.
5 Oli, that these < »rds oftove livine
Might draw me, Lord, to thi
Thou hast my bent, it shall he thine—
Thine it shall ever be !
139 L. M.
Rochford 22. Redemption 243.
The dying Love of Christ constraining t<.
thankful Devotion, 2 Cor. v. n, l&
1 CEE, Lord, thy willing subjects bow,
0 Adoring low before thy throne :
Accept our humble, cheerful vow ;
Thou arc our sovereign, thou alone.
2 Rcneath thy soul-reviving ray,
E'en cold affliction's wintry gloom
Shall brighten into vernal day,
And hopes and joys immortal' bloom.
3 -miu • on our souls, and bid us sing,
In concert with the choir above,
The glories of our Saviour king,
The condescens ons of his love.
4 Amazing love, that stoop'd so low,
To view with pity's melting eye
Vile men, deserving endless woe :
Amazing love ! — did Jesus die?
5 He died, to raise to life and joy
The vile, rhe guilty, the undone;
Oh, let his praise each hour employ.
Till hours no more their circles ruii !
€ He died! ye seraphs, tune your songs !
Resoimd, resound, the Saviour's name !
For nought below immortal tongues
Can ever reach the wondrous theme.
140 14S:h. Dr. Doddridge.
Resurrection 72. Darwcll's 82.
The Resurrection of Christ, Luke, xxiv. 34.
1 VES ! the Redeemer rose,
-1 The Saviour left the dead,
And o'er our hellish foes
High rais'd his conquering head;
In wild dismay
The guards around
Fall to the ground,
And sink away.
2 Lo ! the anirelic bands
In full assembly meet
To wa t his high commands,
And worship at his feet:
Joyful they come,
And wing their way
From realms of day
To Jesus' tomb.
3 Then back to heaven they fly
The joyful news to bear : '
Hark 1 as they soar on high,
What mnsic fills the air I
Their anthems say,
' Jesus, who bled",
* Hath left the dead;
4 He rose to-day.1
B 9
Ml, 142 RESURRECTION, ASCENSION, 143, 144, 145
4 Ye mortals ! catch the sound,
Redeeni'd by him from heil,
And send the echo round
The globe on which you dwell!
Transported cry —
* Jesus, who bled,
' Hath left the dead,
1 No more to die.'
5 All hail, triumphant Lord,
Who sav'st us with thy blood!
Wide be thy name ador'd,
Thou rising, reigning God !
With thee, we rise,
With thee we reign,
And empires gain
Beyond the skies.
141 7s.
Easter Hymn 232. Feversham 220.
The Resurrection, 1 Cor. xv. 56.
1 pHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day !
^ Sons of men and angels say !
Raise your joys and triumphs high !
Sing, ye heavens, — and, earth, reply.
2 Love's redeeming work is done, —
Fought the fight, the battle won :
Lo ! the sun's ecl.pse is o'er:
Lo ! he sets in blood no more.
3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal,
Christ hath bur>t the gate- of hell ;
Death in vain forbids his rise,
Christ hath open'd paradise.
4 Lives again our glorious king !
* Where, O death ! is now thy sting V
Once he died our souls to save ;
' Where's thy victory, boasting grave V
5 Soar we now where Christ has led,
Following our exalted head :
Made like him, like him we rise,
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
6 What tho' once we perish'd all,
Partners of our parents' fall,
Second life let us receive,
In our heavenly Adam live.
7 Hail the Lord of earth and heaven !
Praise to thee by both be given !
Thee we greet triumphant now,
Hail the Resurrection — thou.
142 7s.
Harts 221. Easter Hymn 232.
The Resurrection and Ascension.
1 ANGELS! roll the rock away!
-"■ Death! yield up thy mighty prey;
See! he. ri>es from the tomb,
Glowing with immortal bloom. Hallelujah.
2 'Tis the Saviour ! angels, raise
Fame's eernal trump of praise!
Let the earth's remotest bound
Hear the joy-inspirin sound. Hal.
J Now, ye saints, '.ift up your eyes !
Now to glory see him rise.
In long triumph, up the sky —
Up to waiting worlds on h gh. Hal.
4 Heaven displays her portals wide !
Glor ous hero, thro' th in ride!
Kinar of Glory ! mount the throne, —
Thy great Father's and thy own. Hal.
6 Praise him, all ye heavenly choirs!
Praise, and sweep your golden lyres!
Shout, O earth, in rapt'rous song,
Let the strains be sweet and strong ! Hal.
6 Every note with wonder swell,
Sin overthrown, and captiv'd hell !
Where is hell's once dreaded kin? ?
Where, O death, thy mortal sting ?
143 L. M.
Bramcoate 8. New Sabbath 122.
Christ's Resurrection a Pledge of ours.
1 vyHEN I the holy grave survey,
vv Where once my Saviour deign'd to lie;
I see fulfill'd what prophets sav,
And all the power of death defy.
2 This empty tomb shall now proclaim
How weak the bands of eonquer'd death :
Sweet pledge, that ail -who trust his name
Shall rise, and draw immortal breath ?
3 [Our Surety, freed, declares us free,
For whose offences he was seiz'd :
In his release our own we see,
And shout to view Jehovah pleas'd.]
4 Jesus, once number'd with the dead,
Unseals tiis eyes to sleep no more:
And ever lives their cause to plead,
For whom the pains of death he bore.
5 Thy risen Lord, my soul, behold !
See the rich diadem he wears !
Thou too shalt bear an harp of gold
To crown thy joy when he appears.
6 Though in the dust I lay my head,
Yet, gracious God, thou wiit not leave
My flesh for ever with the dead,
Nor lose thy children in the grave.
144 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
New York 33. Crowle 3.
Comfort to such viho seek a risen Jesus,
Matt, xxv in. 5, 6.
1 "yE humble ous that seek the Lord,
x Chase ail your fears away :
And bow with pleasure down to see
The place where Jesus lay.
2 Thus low the Lord of life was brought;
Such wonders love can do !
Thus cold in death that bosom lay
Which throbb'd and bled for you.
3 A moment give a loose to grief, —
Let grateful sorrows rise ;
And wash the bloody stains away
Wi;h torrents from your eyes.
4 Then dry your tears, and tune your songs,
The Saviour lives ag-ain ;
Not all the bolts and bars of death
The conqueror could detain.
5 High o'er th' angel c bands he rears
His once dishonour'd head ;
And, thro' unnumber'd years, he reigns
Who dwelt among the dead.
6 With joy like his shall every saint
His empty tomb survey:
Then rise, with his ascending Lord,
To realms of endless day.
1 45 L. M. Wesley's Collection.
Che'shunt New 160. Coombs's 45.
Christ's Ascension, Psalm xxiv. 7.
1 f\\JR Lord is risen from the dead ;
^ Our Jesus is gone up on high;
The powers of hell are captive led—
Dragg'd to the portals of the sky.
2 There his triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay ;
* Lift up vour heads, ye heavenly gates!
* Ye everlasting doors, give way !»
H6 AND INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. 147, 148, 149
3 Loose all your bars of massy light.
And wide unfold the radiant scene ;
He clairn> those mansions as his right ;-
Receive the King of Glory in.
The world, sin, death, and hell, overthrew;
And Jes%s is the conqueror's name.
5 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chant the solemn lay ;
' Lift up your heads, ye heavenly rates!
' Ye everlasting doors, give way !'
6 ' Who is the King of Glory, who?' —
The Lord, of boundless power posses',
The King of saints and angels too
God over all, for ever blest!
146 148th. Dr. Doddridge.
Darwell's 82. Swithin's 44.
Jesus seen of angels, 1 Tim. iii. 16.
1 (~\H ye immortal throng
^ OF angeis round the throne,
Join with our feeble song
To make the Saviour known :
On earth ye knew
His wondrous grace;
His beauteous face
In heaven ye view.
2 Ye saw the heaven-born child
In human flesh array'd,
Benevolent and aula,
While in the manger laid;
And praise to God,
And peace on earth,
For such a birth,
Proclaim'd aloud.
3 Ye, in the wilderness,
Beheld the tempter spoil'd,—
Well-known in every dress,
In every combat foil'd ;
And joy'd to crown
The victor's head,
When Satan fled
Before his frown.
4 Around the bloody tree
Ye press'd, with strong desire,
That wondrous sight to see, —
The Lord of life expire ;
And, could your eyes
Have known a tear,
Had dropp'd it there
In sad surprise.
5 Around his sacred tomb
A willing watch ye keep,
Till the blest moment come
To rouse him from his sleep;
Then rol 'd the stone,
And all ador'd
Your rising Lord,
With joy unknown.
6 When all array'd in li.ht
The shining conqueror rode,
Ye ha i I'd bis rapturous flight
Up to the throne of God ;
And wav'd around
Your golden w ings,
And struck your strings
Of sweetest sound.
7 The warbling notes pursue,
And louder anthems raise;
While mortals sing with you
Their own Redeemer's praise :
And thou, ray heart,
With equal flame,
And joy the same,
Perform thy part.
147 L. M. Steele.
Portugal 97. Redemption 243.
The exalted Sarionr.
1 "MOW let us raise our cheerful strains,
■^ And join the blissful choir above ;
There our exalted Saviour reigns,
And there they sing his wondrous love.
•J While ■( raphl tunc- th' immortal song,
Oh, may we feel the sacred Same)
Ami every heart, and every tongue,
Adore the Saviour's glorious name !
3 Jesus, who once upon the tree
In agonising pains expir'd ;
Who" dy'd for rebels— yes, 'tis he f
How bright ! how lovely ! how adrair'd !
4 Jesus, who dy'd that we might live,—
Dy'd in the wretched traitor's place ;
Oh, what returns can mortals give
For such immeasurable grace !
5 Were universal nature ours,
And art with all her boasted store ;
Nature and art, with all their powers,
Would still confess the offerer poor!
6 Yet tho' for bounty so divine
We ne'er can equal honours raise ; —
Jesus, may all our hearts be thine,
And all our tongues proclaim thy praise ?
148 L- M. Dr. Watts's Miscellany.
Ailie Street 241. Langdon 217.
The Humiliation, Exaltation, and Triumphs of
Christ, Phil. ii. 8,9. Col. i. 15.
1 '"THE mighty frame of glorious erace,
*- That br glrest monument of praise
That e'er the God of love desisrn'd,
Employs and fills my labouring mind.
2 Begin, my soul, the heavenly song, —
A burden" for an angel's tongue:
When Gabriel sounds these awful things,
He tunes and summons all his strings.
3 Proclaim inimitable love !—
Jesus, the Lord of worlds above,
Puts off the beams of bright array
And veils the God in mortal clay.
4 He, that distributes crowns and thrones,
Hangs on a tree, and bleeds, and groans!
The Prince of life resigns his breath ;
The King of Glory bows to death !
5 But see the wonders of his power! —
He triumphs in his dying hour;
And, while by Satan's rage he fell,
He dash'd the rising hopes of hell.
G Thus were the hosts of death subdu'd,
And s n was drown'd in Jesus' blood:
Then he arose, and reigns above,
And conquers sinners by his love.
7 Who s all fulfil this bound'ess song!
The theme surmounts an angel's tongue !
How low, how vain are mortal airs;
When Gabriel's nobler harp despairs!
1 <9 148th.
Greenwich New 62. Portsmouth New 144.
The Kingdom of Christ, Phil. iv. 4.
1 "DEJOICE ! the Lord is King :
-"' Your God and King adore;
Mortals, give thanks and sing,
And triumph evermore :
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.
B 10
150, 1.51
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST.
152, 153
2 Rejoice ! the Saviour reiarns, —
the God of truth and love ;
When he had purg'd our stains,
He took his seat above :
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.
3 His kingdom cannot fail,
He rifles o'er earth and heaven ;
The keys of death and hell
Are to our Jesus given :
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.
4 He all his foes shall quell,
Shall all our sins destroy,
And every bo om swell
With pure seraphic joy :
Lift up the heart, lift up the voice,
Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.
5 Rejoice in glorious hope !
Jesus the judge shall come,
And take his servants up
To their eternal home :
We soon shall hear the archangel's voice—
The trump of God shall sound rejoice.
150 104th. Fawcctt.
Hanover 130. Old Hundred and Fourth 148.
The Fulness of Christ, John i. 16. Col. i. 19.
1 A FULNESS resides
-**■ In Jesus our head,
And ever abides
To answer our need :
The Father's good pleasure
Has laid up in store
A plentiful treasure
To give to the poor.
2 Whate'er be our wants,
We need not to fear ;
Our numerous complaints
His mercy will hear :
His fulness shall yield us
Abundant supplies ;
His v-ower shall shield us,
When dangers arise.
3 The fountain o'erflows
Our woes to redress ;
Still more he bestows,
And grace upon grace :
His gifts in abundance
We daily receive;
He has a redundance
For all that believe.
A Whatever distress
Awaits us below,
Such plentiful grace
Will Jesus bestow
As still shall support us,
And silence our fear ;
For nothing can hurt us
While Jesus is near.
5 When troubles atren-J,
Or danger or strife,
His love will defend
And guard us thro' life:
And when we are fainting,
And ready to die,
Whatever is wanting
His hand will supply.
New Jerusalem 230. Uxbridge 161.
The unsearchable Riches of Christ, Eph. iii. S.
1 TJOW shall I my Saviour set forth?
i--L How shall i his beauties declare?
O hew shall I speak of hid worth,
Or what his chief dignities are?
His angels can never express,
Nor saints who sit nearest his throne,
How rich are his treasures of grace;—
No ! this is a myst'ry unknown.
2 In him, all the fulness of God
For ever transcendantiy shines ;
Tho' once like a mortal he stood
To finish his gracious designs :
Tho' once he was nail'd to the cross,
Vile rebels like me to set free,
His glory sustained no loss, —
Eternal his kingdom shall be.
3 His wisdom, his iove, and his power,
Seem'd then w ifh each other to vie,
When sinners he stoop'd to restore, —
Poor sinners condemned to die !
He laid all his erandeur aside,
And dwelt in a cottasre of clay —
Poor sinners he lov'd til! he dy'd —
To wash their pollutions away.
4 O sinners, believe and adore
This Saviour so rich to redeem !
No creature can ever explore
The treasures of goodness in him :
Come, ad ye who see yourselves lost,
And fe 1* yourselves burden'd with s'n,
Draw near, while with terror you're toss'd ,
Believe, and your peace shall begin.
5 Now, sinners, attend to his call,
4 Whoso hath an ear let him hear,'
He promises mercy to all
Who f^el their sad wants, far and near :
He riches has ever in store,
And treasures that never can waste :
Here's pardon, here's grace, yea, and more,
Here's glory eternal at last.
152 L. M. Steele^
Kingsbridge 88. Portugal 97.
The Intercession of Christ, Heb. vii. 2>.
1 TJE lives! the great Redeemer Ives!
J-A (What joy the blest assurance gives !)
And no.v, before his Father, God,
Pleads the full merit of his blood.
2 Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And Justice arm'd with frowns appears ;
Put in the Saviour's lovely face
Sweet mercy smi!es, and all is peace.
3 Hence, then, ye black despairing thoughts!
Above our fears, above our faults,
His powerful intercessions rise ;
And guilt recedes, and terror dies.
4 In every dark distressful hour,
When sin and Satan join their power,
Let this dear hope repel the darr,
That Jesus bears us on his heart.
5 Great Advocate, almighty Friend-
On him our humble hopes depend;
Our case can never, never fail,
For Jesus pleads, and must prevail.
1 53 C. M. Toplady.
Newbury 132. Charleston \9o.
Chrisfs Intercession prevalent, John xvii. 21.
1 A WAKE, sweet eratitude ! and sing
■rx Th' ascended "Saviour's love ;
Sing how he lives to carry on
His people's cause above.
2 With cries and tears, he offorM up
His humble suit below;
But with authority he a-hs,
Enthron'd in glory now.
154, 155 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 156, 157, 158
C For all that come to God by him,
Solvation he d«
Points to their names u on b •
Aud spread* hi- wound* -.1 b
4 Hi- sweet atoo
- - motion to his 1
< Father, I will thai all mj saiati
' lie witli uic \% ii«.*rc- I am :
5 ' By their salvation, recompense
1 The Borrowa I en tuiM ;
' Ju-t r<> the i.i i if- of thj Son,
' And faithful to tliy word.'
$ Eternal life, at his r.
To every saint is givi a ;
Safety below, and, after death,
The plenitude Of heaven.
7 [Founded on ri?hr, thy prayer avails;
The Father smiles on thee :
And now thou in thy kingdom art,
Dear Lord, remember me.
4 Let the murli incense of thy prayer
In my behalf ascend ;
- irtue, so my praise
Shall never, never end".]
154 C. M. Dr. Do.'
Michael's 119. Elim 131.
• •ion typified by Aaron 's Breast-
plate, Exodus xxviii.29.
1 tfOW let our cheerful eyes surrey
1^ Oi;r srreat High-priest above,
And celebrate bis con-taut care
And sympathetic love.
2 Tho' rais'd to a superior throne,
Where angels bow around,
And high o'er all the shining train,
With matclili iwn'd;
3 The names of all ins saii!ts he bears
That he hath lost his part.
4 Those characters shall fair abide
Our everlasting trust,
When gems, and monument?, and crown
Are moulder'd down to dust.
5 So, gracious Saviour! on my breast
May thy dear name be worn, —
A sacred brnanieut and truard,
To endless ages borne"!
155 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Bedford 91. Ann's 58.
Christ's Admonition to Peter under approach-
ing Trials ; and Intercession for him,
Luke xxii. 31, 32.
1 TJOW keen the tempter's malice is !
-LJ- How artful, aud how great !
Tho' not one grain shall be destrov'd,
Yet will lie sift the wheat.
2 Eut God can all his power controul,
And gather in his chain ;
And, where he seems to triumph most,
The captive soul regain.
3 There is a shepherd kind and stronr,
Still watchful for his sheep;
Nor shall th' infernal lion rend
Whom he vouchsafes to keep.
4 Blest Jesus ! intercede for us,
That we may fall no more :
O raise us when we prostrate lie,
And comfort lost restore.
3 Tiiv -en. r eaergj impart,
1 ii u faith raaj never mil ;
But 'midst whole showers of fiery .lart-,
That tempered shield prevail.
g Secur'd ouraerreabi grace divine,
NNe'll guard our brethren too;
And, taught their frailty by our own,
Our care of them renew.
CHARACTERS \\l> REPRESENTATIONS
OF CHRIST.*
156 L. M.
Marl " '■ ii 179.
Advocate, 1 John ii. I.
1 VITHERE i- my Cod? does he retire
>v Beyond the reach of humble sighs?
Are these weak breathings of desire
Too languid to ascend the ski' - !
2 No, Lord ! the breathings of desire,
The weak ptir on, if sincere,
I< not forhiddi n to aspire,
But reaches thy all-gracious ear.
3 Look up, my -on!, with cheerful eye,
See where tin rstanus, —
The glorious Advocate on high',
With precious inctn-e in hi- :
4 He sweetens every humble groan,
He recommends each broken praj r ;
Recline thy hope on him alone,
Whose power and love forbid despair.
5 Teach my weak heart, O gracious Lord!
With stronger faith to' calf thee mine;
Bid m. pronounce the blissful word,
My Father, God, with joy divine.
157 L.M.
Leb -non 79, Lew ton 30,
Brazen Serpent, Numbers xxi. S, <\
1 vyHEN Israel's grieving tribes complain'd,
> ' With fiery serpents arreatly pain'd,
A serpent strait the prophet a
Of molten brass, to view display'd.
2 Around the fainting crowds attend,
To heaven their mournful sighs ascend ;
They hope, they look, while from the pole
Descends a power that makes them whole.
3 But, Oh, what healing to the heart
Doth our Redeemer's cross impart!
M hat life, by faith, our souls receive !
What pleasure do his sorrows give !
4 Still may I view the Saviour's cross,
And other objects count but loss,
Here still be fix'd my feasted eyes,
Enraptur'd with his sacrifice!
5 Jesus the Saviour! balmy name !
Thy worth my tongue would now proclaim ;
By thy atonement set me free! —
My life, my hope, is all from thec.
1.58 L« M- Faiccett.
Islington 40. New Sabbath 122.
Bread of Life, John vi. 35, 48.
1 "DEPRAVED minds on ashes feed,
-L' Nor love, nor seek for heavenly bread ;
They cause the hu>ks which swine Ho eat,
Or meanly crave the serpent's meat.
* These Characters of Christ follow one an-
other alphabetical^. Others, which it was
necessary to place under different heads, may
be found" in the Index.
B 11
159, 160 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 161, 162, l6"3
2 Jesus ! thou art the living- bread
By which our needy souls are fed ;
In thee aione thy children find
Enough to fill the empty mind.
3 Without this bread, I starve and die;
No other can my need supply :
But this will suit my wretched case
Abroad, at home, in every place.
4 'Tis this relieves the hungry poor
Who ask for bread at mercy's door ;
This living food descend* from heaven,
As manna to the Jews was giv'n.
5 This precious food my hearr. revives;
What strength, what nourishment it gives!
O let me evermore be fed
With this divine celestial bread!
159 L. M. Faucett.
Leeds 19. M.idan's 107.
Bridegroom and Husband; or, the Marriage
between Christ and the SouL
1 TESUS, the heavenly lover, gave
*J H;s life my wretched soul to save:
R(solv'd to make his mercy known,
He kindly claims me for his own.
2 Rebellious I against him strove
Till melted and con&train'd by love ;
With sin and self I freely part,
The heavenly bridegroom wins my heart.
3 My guilt, my wretchedness he knows,
Yet takes <ni owns me for his spouse ;
My debts he pay., and sets me tree,
And makes his riches o'er to me.
4 My filthy rag are laid aside.
He clothes me as becomes his bride ;
Himstlf bestows my wedding-dress, —
The robe of perfect righteousness.
5 Lost in astonishment, I see,
Jesus ! thy boundl ss love to me :
With angels I thy grace adore,
And long to love and praise thee more.
6 Since thou wilt take me for thy bride,
0 Saviour, keep me near thy side !
1 fain would give thee all my heart,
Nor ever from my Lord depart.
160 L« ■•« Bedaeme,
Kimbolton 2Sh Chard 175.
Bright and morning Stc . Rev. xxii. 16.
1 \7"E worlds of light, that roll so near
* The Saviour's throne of shining bliss,
O tell, how mean your glories are, —
How faint and few, compar'd with his !
2 We sing the brigh' and mornir.sr star,
Jesus, the spring of light and love :
See, how its rays, diffus'd from far,
Conduct, us to the realms above !
3 Its cheering beams spread v»ide abroad,—
Point out the puzzled christian's way ;
Stili, a* he goes, he finds the road
Enlighten'd wiih a constant day.
4 [Thus when the eastern magi brought
Their roval gifts, a star appears;
Directs them to the babe they sought,
And guides their steps and calms their fears.]
S, When shall we reach the heavenly place
Where this bright star shall brightest shine ?
Leave far behind these scenes of night,
^nd view a lu?tre so divine?
161 C. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Bath Chapel 26. Evans's 190.
Chief amorg Ten Thousand ; or, the Excellencies
oj Christ, Cant. v. 10 — 16.
1 TX) Christ, the Lord, let every tongue
x Its noblest tribute bring :
When he's the subject of the song,
Who can refuse to sing !
2 Survey the beauties of his face,
And on his glories dwell;
Think of the wonders of his srace,
And all his triumphs tell. .
3 M jestic sweetness sits enthron'd
Upon his awful brow ;
His head with rad.ant glories crow n'd,
His lips with grace o'erflow.
4 No mortal can with him compare
Among the Sons of men :
Fairer he is than all the fair
That fill the heavenly train.
5 He saw me plung'd in deep distress,
He flew to my relief;
For me he bore the shameful cross,
And carried all my grief.
6 [His hand a thousand blessings pours
I pon my guilty head:
His presence uilds my darkest hours,
And guards my sleeping bed.
7 To him I owe my life, and breath,
And ail the joys I haw :
He makes me triumph over death,
And saves me from the grave.]
8 To heav'n the place of his abode,
He brings my weary feet;
Shews me the glories of my God,
And makes my joys complete.
9 Since from his bounty I receive
Su< h proofs of love divine,
Had 1 a thousand hearts to give,
Lord, they should all be thine!
1 62 8> 7. Madcrts Collection.
Welsh 210. Trowbridge 21.
Consolation of Israel, Luke, ii. 25.
1 pOME, thou long expected Jesus!
v-/ Born to set thy people free ;
From cur fears and sins release us,
Let us find our rest in thee :
Israel's strength and consolation,
Hope of all the saints thou art;
Dear desre of every nation, —
Joy of every longing heart.
2 Born, thy people to deliver ;
Born a child : nd yet a king;
Born to reign in us for ever,
Now thy gracious kingdom bring :
Bv thine own eternal Spirit,
'Rule in all out hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficitnt merit,
'Raise us to thy glorious throne.
163 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Wareham 117. Welis 102. China 300.
Corner-stone, 1 Pet. ii. 6. Isa. xxviii. 16, 17.
1 T OK.D, dost thou shew a corner-stone
■*-* For us to build our hopes upon,
That the fair edifice may rise
Sublime in light beyond the skies !
2 We own the work of sovereign love;
Nor death nor hell the hopes >hall move,
Which fix'd en this foundation stand,
Laid by thy own almighty hand.
164, 165, 166 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 167, 168
, Thy people long rata atom have try'd,
And all the powers of hell d<
Flood* of temptation beat in vain,
Well doth this rock t;.
I When .storms of wrath
Whirlwind and thumb r, fire ■<■ '■
'Tis here our trembling bouIs >h.-.
And In re securely the] .lhide :
5 While such, that scorn thi< precious stone,
Fond of some qaiekaaa l of their own,
e die,
And buried deep in ruin lie.
164 CM.
New York S3. Stillra
Desire of all Nutiois, Hag. ii.7. Cant. i. 3.
1 TN FINITE excellence is thine.
A Thou lovely Prince of Grace !
Thy in: : a vhine
With never-fadi
2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end,
Come bendin? at thy feet;
To thee their prayers and vows ascend,
In thee their wishes meet.
3 Thv name, as prrcious ointment shed,
Delights the church around;
Sweetrj the sacred odours spread
Thro'' all Immanuel's ground.
4 Millions of happy Spirits live
On thy exhaustiess store;
From thee they 11 th.ir bliss receive,
And still thou givest more.
5 Thou art their triumph and their jov ;
They find their all in thee :
Thv glories m ill their tongues employ
Thro' all eternity.
16.) C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Stamford P. Suffolk 315.
The Door, John x. 9. Hosea ii. 15.
1 AWAKE, our souls, and bless his name,
■"• Whose mercies never fail :
Who opens wide a door of hope
In Achor's gloomy vale.
2 B' hold the portal wide display'd,
The building's strong and f.iir ;
Within are pastures fresh and srreen,
And living streams are there.
3 Enter, my soul, with cheerful baste,
For Jesus is the door:
Nor fear the serpent's wily arts,
Nor fear the lion's roar.
4 Oh, may thy errace the nations lead,
And Jews' and Gentiles come,
All traveling through one beauteous gate,
To one eternal home !
166 C M. Steele.
Portugal 97. New Sabbath 122.
Our Example, John xiii. 15.
1 AND is the gospel peace .^nd love?
-"■ Such let our conversation be ;
The serpent blended with the dove,
Wisdom' and meek simplicity.
2 Whene'er the angry passions rise,
And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife,
To Jesus let us lift our eyes,
Bright pattern of the Ch'ri-tian life !
3 Oh, how hcmvolent and kind !
How mild ! how react v to torsive !
Be this the temper of our mind,
And these the rules by which we liv» . -
4 To do his r*i w ill
\\ aa In- employing i i and delight ;
Humility and ho
Shone thro' his life divinely bright!
od where'er he came,
l he labours of his life were love :
Oh, if we love the Saviour's name,
Let his divine example move.
C But, ah? how blind ! how weak we are I
How fr >il ! how apt to turn as <1. '.
And ask thy Spirit for our guide.
7 Thy fair example may
To teach us what we ought to be!
Make u;., bj thy transforming grace,
Dear Saviour, iiaily moie like thee !
167 I- M. Dr, Doddridge.
Bramcoate 8. Antigua 120. China 300.
Forerunner and Foundation of our Hope.
Heb. vi. 19, 20.
1 TESUS, the Lord, our souls adore!
•^ A painful sufferer now no more,
High on his Father's throne he reigns
O'er earth and heaven's extensive plains.
2 His race for ever is complete;
For ever undisturbed his s< it :
Myriads of angels round him fly,
And sing his well-gain'd victory.
3 Vet? 'mid-t the honours of his throne,
He joys not fo himself alone!
Hi-' meanest servants share their part,
Share in that royal tender heart.
4 Raise, raise, my soul, thy raptur'd sight
\\ ith sacred wondt r and'deliirht ;
Jesus, thy own forerunner, see
Enter'd beyond the veil for thee.
5 Loud let the howling tempest y II,
And foaminsr waves to mountains swell;
No shipw reck can my vessel fear,
Since hope hath fix'd its anchor here.
168 104th. Hart.
Stock well 140. Hanover 130.
Fountain opened for Sinners, Zech. xiii. 1.
1 T^HE fountain of Christ,
x Lord, h In r,s to sing, —
The blood ot our Prie: t,
Our crueify'd King ;
The fountain that cleanses
From sin and from filth,
And rich y dispenses
Salvation and health.
2 This fountain so dear
He'll first- ;y impart ;
When piere'd by th spear,
It flow'd from" his heart,
With blood and witi; water;
The first to atone,
To cl anse us the atter;
The fountain's but one.
3 This fountain from guilt
Not on'y makes pure,
And "rives', soon as felt,
Infallible cure ;
But, if guiit removed
Return and remain,
Its pow'r may be proved
Again and again.
4 This fountain, unseal'd,
Stands open for all
Who long to be heal'd,
The great and the small :
B12
169, 170 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 17 1, 172, m
Here's strength for the weakly
That hither are led ;
Here's health for the siekiy,
And life for the dead.
C This fountain, tho' rich,
From charge is quite clear ;
The poorer the wretch,
The we homer here :
Come needy, and guilty,
Come loathsome and'bare;
Tho' lep'rous and filthy,
Come just as you are.
6 This fountain in vain
H.'.s never been tried;
It takes out all stain
"\Vhene\er apply'd :
The fountain flow's sweetly,
With virtue divine,
To cleanse souls completely,
Tho' leprous as mine.
169 C. M. Coiffn:
Tunbridge 103. Evans's 190. Anniversary 296.
Praise for the Fountain opened.
1 HPHERE is a fountain fiT.'d with blood,
*■ Drawn from Imuianuel's vein- ;
And sinners, plung'd beneath that flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
2 The dying thief rejoie'd to see
That fountain id his day;
O may I there, tho' vile as he,
Wash all my sins away I
4 Dear dying Lamb ! thy precious blood
Shall never lose its power,
Till all the ransom'd church of God
Be sav'd to sin no more.
i E'er since by faith 1 saw the stream
Thy flowing wounds supply,
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be till I die.
5 But when this lisping stammering tongue
Lies silent in the grave,
Then, in a nobler sweeter -ong,
I'll sing thy power to save. ;
170 1* M. Neicton.
Kingsbridge 88. Magdalene 214.
Friend.
1 pOOR, weak, and worthless, tho' I am,
■*■ 1 have a rich almighty friend ;
Jesus, the Saviour, isTiis name,
He freely loves, and without end.
2 He ransom'd me from hell with blood ;
And, by his power, my foes controull'd:
He found me wandering far from God,
And brought me to his chosen fold.
3 He cheers my heart, my want supplies,
And says tha't I shall shortly be
Enthroh'd with him above the skies :
Oh ! what a friend is Christ to me !
PAUSE.
is this thy Kindness to thy Friend?
2 Sam. xv i. 17.
4 But, ah! my inmost spirit mourns;
And well my eyes with tears may swim,
To think of my perverse returns : —
I've been a faithless friend to him.
5 Often my gracious friend I grieve,
Neglect, distrust, and disobey ;
And often Satan's lies believe
Sooner than all my friend can say.
[ TESUS
6 [He bids me always freely come,
And promises whate'er 1 ask ;
But I am straiten'd, cold, and dumb,
And count my privilege a task.
7 Before the world, that hates his cause,
My treach'rous heart has throbbM m ith shame ;
Loth to forego the world's applause
I hardly dare a\ow his name.]
s Sure, were not I most vile and base,
I could not thus my friend requite!
And were not he the God of grace,
He'd frown and spurn me from his sight.
1/1 L. M. Beddome.
Portugal S7. Bramcoate 8.
Gift of God, John iii. 16. 2 Cor. ix. 15.
S, my love, mv chief delisht,
For thee I long, for thee I prav,
Amid the shadows of the night,
Amid the business of the day !
2 When shall I see thy smiling face, —
That face which I have often seen !
Arise, thou sun of righteousness !
Scatter the clouds that intervene.
3 Thou art the glorious gift of God
To sinneis weary and tlistrest :
The first of all his gifts bestow'd,
And certain pledge of all the rest.
4 Could I but say this gift is mine,
I'd tread the world beneath my feet,
No more at poverty repine,
Nor envy the rich sinner's state.
5 The precious jewel I would keep,
And lodge it deep within my heart;
At home, abroad, awake, asleep,
It never should from thence depart!
172 C M. Dr. Doddridge.
Oxford 177. Newbury 132.
Head of the Church, Eph. iv. 15, 16.
1 TESUS, I sing thy matchless grace
*■' That calls a worm thy own ;
Gives me among thy saints a place
Tu make thy glories known.
2 Allied to thee, our Vital Head,
We act, and grow, and thrive :
From thee divided, each is dead
When most he seems alive.
3 Thy saints on earth, and those above,
Here join in sweet accord :
One body all in mutual love,
And thou our common Lord.
4 Oh, may mv faith each hour derive
Thy Spirit with delight;
While death and hell in vain shall strive
This bond to disunite.
5 Thou the whole body will present
Before thy Father's face ;
Nor shall a "wrinkle or a spot
Its beauteous form disgrace.
173 C. M. thr. Doddridge.
Liverpool S3. Irish 171. Wilkins 308.
Jesus— precious to them that believe,
1 Pet. ii. 7.
\ TESUS, 1 love thy charming name,
j J Tis music to my ear ;
ouid I sound it out so loud
That earth and heaven might hear.
I74-, 175 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 170, 177, IVf
> Tea thou art precious to m> s.ml!
Mj transport and in> trust:
i thee an- gaudy to>-,
And gold i? sol did dust,
i All inv capa. ious powers can wish,
In mee doth richly me* t ;
Nor to my eyes is liuht bo dt.tr,
Nor friendship bafi eo tweet.
I Tliy marc sin' I dwell upon my heart,
And iked it-. fr. trance there ;
The noblest halm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.
5 I'll speak the honours of thy name
\\ nh mv last lab'ring breath ;
And, dying, Claap thee in uiy arms —
The antidote of death.
Turin 244. Fe.ver.-ham 230.
Inunanuel, Matt. i. 2J. 1 Tim. iii. 16.
1 (~*01) with us.' O glorious name !
^ Let it shine in endless fame;
God and man in Christ unite—
Oh, nijstt xiotu depth and height!
2 God with us ! Amazing love
Brought bin from his courts abore;
Now, vc saints, his grace admire,
Swell the sou? with holy lire.
3 God with us .' hut taint» d not
With the first transgressor's blot;
Vet did he our sins sustain,
Hear the guilt, the curse, the pain.
4 [God irith us .' Oh, blissful theme !
Let the impious not blaspheme ;
Jesus -hall in judgment sit.
Dooming rebels to the \ it.
5 God irith us .' Oh, wondrous grace !
L«t us see him face to face,
That we may Immanr.el sing,
As we ought, our God and King.
175 CL M. Steels.
Charleston 195. Milbourn Port 183.
America 265.
King of Saints.
1 pOME, ye that love the Saviour's name,
^ And joy to make it known;
The sovereign of your heart proclaim,
And bow before* his throne.
2 Behold your King, your Saviour, crown'd
With glories all divine;
And tell the wondering nations round,
How bright those glories shine.
3 Infinite power, and boundless grace,
In him unite their ra\ s ■
i ou, that have e'er beheld his face,
Can you forbear his praise »
4 W hen in his earthly courts we view
The glories of our King,
\A e long to love as angels do,
\nd wish like them to sing.
5 And shall we long and wish in vain?
Lord, teach our songs to rise !
Thy love can animate the strain,
And bid it reach the skies.
C Oh, happy reriod ! elorious day !
\N hen heaven aiuf earth shall raise,
\A ith all their powers, the raptur'd lar
To celebrate tbv praise.
176 cm. » •
Miles'! Lane :*.->. Cswdeaeenston 1 16.
Croum fiini.
i TJACKSLIDBRS, who jour mift -
D Attend your Saviours rail ;
Return, he'll vour backslidings heal ;
Oh, crown him Lord of all.
2 Though crimson sin Increase your guilt,
\nd painful is four thrall;
For broken hearts his blood was spilt ;
Oh, crown him Lord of all.
3 Take with you words, approach h's throne,
And low before him fall ;
He understands th< Spirts croan ;
Oh, crown him Lord of all.
i Whoever conns he'll not east out,
Altho' vour faith be small :
His f.iith'fu!ne*s roil cannot doubt;
< >h, crow n him Lord of all.
it? cm.
M ilea's Lane 32. loster 96.
The spiritual Coronation, Cant. iii. II.
1 A LL-HAIL the power of Jesu's name !
^* Let angels prostrate fall ;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.
Martyrs.
2 "Crown him, ye martyrs of our God..
\\ ho from his altar call ;
Extol the stem of Jesse's rod,
An 1 crown him Lord of all.
Converted Jews,
3 [Ye chosen seed of Israel's race,
A remnant weak and small !
Hail him w ho saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.j
Believing Gentiles.
A Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget
The wormwood and the gall ;
Go — spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.
Sinners of every Age.
5 [Babes, men, and sires, who know his lo*e,
Who feel your sin and thrall,
Now joy w ith all the hosts above,
And crown hirn Lord of ah".]
Sinners of every Natiou.
6 Let every kindred, every tribe,
On this terrestrial ball,
To him all majesty ascribe,
And crown him Lord of all.
Ourselves.
7 Oh that, with yonder sacred throne,
We at his feet may fall ;
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.
178 1112th. C Wesley,
Uffculm 93. Hoxton 121.
Kinsman, Ruth iii. 2 — 9.
1 TESUS, we claim thee for our own,
° Our kinsman near allied in blood,
Flesh of our flesh, bone of our bone,
The Son of Man, the Son of God ;
And, lo! we lay us at thv feet
Our sentence from thy mouth to meet.
2 Partaker of my flesh below,
To thee, O Jesus, I apply;
Thou wilt thy poor relation^ know;
Thou never" canst thv?elf denv,
Exclude me from thy guardian care,
Or slight a sinful beirgar'? prayer.
179, 180, 181 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 182, 183, 184
3 Thee, Saviour, at my greatest need,
I trust my fai thfuf friend to prove;
Now o'er thy meanest servant spread
The skirt of thy redeeming- love:
Under thy wings of mercy take,
And save'me for thy merit's sake.
4 Hast thou not undertook my cause,
Lord over all, to worms allied ?
Answer me from that bleeding; cross,
Demand thy dearly ransom'd bride ;
And let my soul, betroth'd to thee,
Thine, wholly thine, for ever be !
179 L. M. Fawcett.
Babylon Streams 23. Kingsbridge 88.
Gould's 272.
Lamb of God, fyc. John, i. 29.
1 TOEHOLD the sin-atoning Lamb,
XJ With wonder, gratitude, and love ;
To take away our guilt and shame,
See him descending from above.
2 Our sins and griefs on him were laid ;
He meekly bore the guilty load ;
Our ransom price he fully paid
In groans and tears, in sweat and blood.
3 To save a guilty world, he dies ;
Sinners, behold the bleeding Lamb !
To him lift up your longing eyes,
And hope for mercy in his name.
4 Pardon, and peace, thro' him abound ;
He can the richest blessings give ;
Salvation in his name is found,
He bids the dying sinner live.
5 Jesus, my Lord, I look to thee—
Where else can helpless sinners go ?
Thy boundless love shall set me free
From all my wretchedness and woe.
180 S.M. J. CIV.
New Eagle Street 55. Enfield 5.
Leader.
1 T^HOU very paschal Lamb,
A Whose blood for us was shed,
Thro' whom we ou^ of Egypt came ;
Thy ransom'd people lead.
2 Angel of gosprl-grace !
Fulfil thy character ;
To guard and feed the chosen race,
In Israel's camp appear.
3 Throughout the desert-way
Conduct us by thy lierht ;
Be thou a cooling cloud by day,
A cheering- fire by night.
4 Our fainting souls sustain
With blessings from above,
And ever on thy people rain
The manna of thy love.
181 L. M. Steele.
Virginia 234. Rippon's 188.
Life of the Soul, John xiv. 19.
1 "XJITHEN sins and fears prevailing rise,
*v And fainting hope almost expires,
Jesus, to thee I fift mine eves —
To thee I breathe my soul's desires.
2 Art thou not mine, my living Lord?
And can my hope— my comfort die,
Fix'd on thy everlasting word ;
That word which built the earth and sky ?
3 If my immortal Saviour lives,
Then my immortal life is sure;
His word a firm foundation gives ;
Here let me build, and rest secure.
\ Here let my faith unshaken dwell ;
Immoveable the promise stands ;
Not all the powers of earth, or hell,
Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands.
5 Rere» ° my S0UK thy trust repose !
If Jesu 9 for ever mine,
Not d itself, that last of foes,
k. a union so divine.
182 8,7.
Carlisle 95. Welsh 210.
Light, Isa. ix. 2.
T IGHT of those whose drearv dwelling
-^ Borders on the shades of death,
Come ! and, thy dear self revealing,
Dissipate the clouds beneatii :
The new heaven's and earth's Creator,
In our deepest darkness rise !
Scattering all the night of nature,
Pouring day upon our eyes !
: Still we wait for thine appearing,
Life and joy thy beams impart",
Chasing all our fears, and cheering
Every poor benighted heart ;
Come, and manifest the favour
Thou hast for the ransom'd race :
Come, thou dear exalted Saviour !
Come, and bring thy gospel grace.
i Save us in thy great compassion,
O thou mild pacific Prince !
Give the knowledge of salvation,
Give the pardon of our sins;
By thine all-sufficient merit,
Every burden'd soul release ;
By the" influence of thy Spirit,
"Guide us into perfect peace.
183 7s. W
Scotland 194. Stoel 164. Alcester 213.
Melchizedek a Type of Christ,
Gen. xiv. 18, 19.
T/TNG of Salem, bless my soul !
-*■*• Make a wounded sinner whole !
King of righteousness and peace,
Let not thy sweet visits cease !
: Come! reftvsh this soul of mine
With thy sacred bread and wine !
All thy love to me unfold,
Half of which can not be told.
: HaSl, Melchizedek divine !
Thou great High-Priest shalt be mine :
All my powers before thee fall, —
Take not tythe, but take them all.
184 C. M.
New York 33. Providence College 16.
Messenger of the Covenant, Mai. iii. 1.
I TESUS, commission'd from above,
** Descends to men below,
And shews from whence the springs of love
In endless currents flow.
> He, whom the boundless heaven adores,
Whom angels long to see.
Quitted with joy those blissful shores,
Ambassador to me !
1 To me, a worm, a sinful clod,
A rebel all forlorn ;
A foe, a traitor to my God,
And of a traitor born :
To me, who never sought his grace,
Who mock'd his sacred word ;
Who never knew or lov'd his face,
And all his will abhor'd :
85, 186 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 187, 188,189
[To mc. who could not c %■ 0
When his kind heart I knew,
Dui sought .i thousand devio is h iys
Rather than keep the true :J
Yet this red eming angel
So vile a worm to bleat ;
He took with pladnt la
And pave hu righteousness.
Oh that m> languid lit ajrl
With ardour all dn toe !
And. for more love than s< rapht know.
Like burning seraphs shine !
18.5 L. M. Necdham.
New Sabbath 122. Mark's 6J.
Messiah, Gen. xlix. 10. Dan. ix. 26.
Hag. ii. 9.
p LORY to God ! who reigns above,
^ Who dwells in light, whose name is love ;
Oh what can more his love commend,
His dear, his only Son to send?
That man, condemn'd to die, might live,
And God be glorious to forgive!
Messiah's come — with joy behold
The days b\ prophets Ion? foretold :
Judah, thy "roval sceptreVbroke ;
And time still proves what Jacob spoke.
Daniel, thy weeks are all expir'd, —
The time prophetic seals requir'd ;
Cut off for sins, but not his own,
Thy Prince, Messiah, did atone.
Tliv famous temple, Solomon,
Is In the latter far out-shone :
It wanted not thy glittering store,
Messiah's preseace graced it more.
We see the prophecies fulfil I'd
In Jesus, that most wondrous child :
His birth, his life, his death, combine
To prove his character divine.
Jesus, thy gospel firmly stands
A blessing to these favour'd lands;
No infidel shall be our dread,
Since thou art risen from the dead.
186 7, 6, 8. C. Wesley.
Clark's 131. Tottenham Court ill.
Passover, Exod. xii. 7. 1 Cor. v. 7, 5.
CHRIST ourpassover is slain
To set bis people free, —
Free from sin's Egyptian chain,
And Pharaoh's tyranny.
Lord, that we may now depart
And truly serve our pardoning God,
Sprinkle every house and heart
With thine atoning blood.
Let the angel of the Lord
His awful charge fulfil ;
Let his pestilential sword
The first-born victims kill ;
Safe in snares and deaths we dwell.
Protected, by that crimson sign,
From the rage of earth and hell,
And from the wrath divine.
Wilt thou not a difference make
Betwixt thy friend and foe,
Vengeance on the Egyptians take,
And grace to Israel shew ?
Know'st thou not, most righteous God,
We on the paschal Lamb rely ?
See us cover'd with the blood,
And pass thy people by.
187 C. M. Steele.
Stdlman 66. Suffolk 316
Pearl of great Price, Matt. xiii. AC.
I VE glittering toys of earth, adieu!
1 A nobler choice be mine ;
2 He-one, unworthy of my cares,
Ye specious baits of sense;—
In Htfaaabie worth appeal-,
The pearl •*" price immense !
:i Jesus, to multitudes unknown,
O name divinely sweet!
Jesus, in thee, in thee alone,
Wealth, honour, pleasure meet.
4 Should both the Indies, at my call,
Their boasted stores resign ;
With Jay I would renounce them all,
For leave to call thee mine.
5 Should earth's vain treasures all depart,—
Of this dear?ift possess'd,
I'd clasp it to my joyful heart,
And be for ever bfess'd.
6 Dear sovereign of my soul's desires,
Thy love is bliss divine;
Accept the wi6h that love inspires,
And bid me call thee mine.
188 L- M- Steele.
Ulverston 179. Portugal 97. Gould's 272.
Physician of Souls, Jer. viii. 22.
1 T^EEP are the wounds which sin has mad
-LJ Where shall the sinner find a cure !
In vain, alas! is nature's aid;
The work exceeds all nature's power.
2 Sin, like a raging fever, reigns
With fatal strength in every part ;
The dire contagion fills the veins,
And spreads its poison to the heart.
3 And can no sovereign balm be found?
And is no kind physician nigh
To ease the pain, and heal the wound,
Ere life and hope for ever fly ?
4 There is a great physician near;
Look up, O fainting soul, and live:
See, in his heavenly smiles appear
Such ease as nature cannot give !
5 See, in the Saviour's dying blood.
Life, health, and bliss, abundant flow ;
'Tis only this dear sacred flood
Can ease thy pain and heal thy woe.
6 Sin throws in vain its pointed dart;
For here a sovereign cure is found,
A cordial for the fainting heart,
A balm for every painful wound.
189 CM.
Great Milton 212. Ludlow 84.
Physician; or, the Miracles of Christ.
1 TESUS, since thou art still to-day
^ As yesterdav the same ;
Present to heal— in me display
The virtue of thy name.
2 Since still thou goest about to do
Thy needy creatures good ;
On me, that I thy praise may shew,
Be all thy wonders shew'd.
Leper,
3 Now, Lord, to whom for help I call,
Thy miracles repeat ;
With pitying eye behold me fall,
A leper at thy feet.
ISO
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 191, 192, 193
4 Loathsome, ami vile, and self-abhon'd,
I sink beneath my sin ;
But, if thou wilt, a gracious word
Of thine can make me clean.
Deaf and Dumb.
5 Thou seest me deaf to thy commands,
Open, O Lord ! mine ear ;
Bid me stretch out my wither'd hands,
And lift them up in prayer.
6 Silent, (alas ! thou knovv'st how long-)
My voice I cannot raise ;
But, Oh!- when thou shalt loose my tongue,
The dumb shall sing thy praise/
Lame.
7 Lame, at the pool I still am seen,
Waiting to find relief;
While many others venture in,
And wash" away their grief.
$ Now speak my mind, my conscience, sound,
Give, and my strength emplov ;
Light as an hart, my "soul shall "hound,
The lame shall leap for joy.
Blind.
9 If thou, my God, art passing by,
Oh ! let me find thee near ;
Jesus, in mercy hear mv cry,
Thou Son of David, hear!
10 See, I am waiting, in the way,
For thee the heavenly light;
Command me to be brought and say,
' Sinner, receive thy sight.'
Possessed.
T I Cast out thy foes, and let them still
To thy great name submit :
Clothe with thy righteousness, and heal,
And place me at thy feet.
12 From sin, the guilt, the power, the pain,
Thou wilt relieve my soul ;
Lord, I believe, and not in vain,
For thou wilt make me whole.
190 146th. Cennich.
Be.&esda 112. Eagle Street 16.
High Priest.
f A GOOD High-priest is come,
-<*• Supplying Aaron's place,
And, taking up his room,
Dispensing life and grace :
The law by Aaron's priesthood came,
But grace and truth by Jesus' name.
2 Mv Lord a priest is made,
As sware the mighty God
To Israel and his seed ;
Ordain'd to offer blood
For sinners, who his mercy seek;
A priest, as was Melchizedek.
3 He once temptations knew
Of every sort and kind,
That he" might succour shew
To eyerv tempted mind :
In every point, the Lamb was try'd
Like us, and then for us he dy'd.
4 He dies; but lives again,
And by the altar stands ;
There shews how he was slain,
Op'ning his pierced hands ;
Our priest abides, aud pleads the cause
Of us, who have transgress'd his laws.
5 I other priests disclaim,
And laws, and offerings too ;
None but the bleeding Lamb
The mighty work can do;
He shall have all the praise, for he
Hath lov'd, aud liv'd,.and dy'd tor me.
191 L. M. Dr. 8. Sttnnttt.
Leeds 19. Langdon 217.
The Excellency of the Priesthood of C'/u '■■■'.
1 'lyTONG all the priests of Jewish race,
-lTJ- Jeyts the most illustrious stands;
The. radteat beauty of his face
Super or iove and awe demands.
2 Net Aaron or Melchizedek
Could claim such high descent as he;
His na ■.■-•me bespeak
His unexampled pedigree.
3 Descended from the eternal God,
He bears the name of his own Son ;
And, dress'd in human flesh and blood,
He puts his priestly garments on. ■
4 The mitred crown, the embroider'd vest.
With graceful dignity he wears ;
And, in full splendour, on his breast
The sacred oracle appears.
5 So he presents his sacrifice, —
An offering most divinely sweet;
While clouds of fragrant incense rise.
And cover o'er the mercy-seat.
6 The Father, with approving smile,
Accepts the offering of his Son :
New joys the wondering angels feel,
| And haste to bear the tidings down.
7 The welcome news their lips repeat
Gives sacred pleasure to my breast :
Henceforth, my soul, thy cause commit
To Christ, thy advocate and priest.
192 1 1 2th. Presiden t Davies.
Carey's 11. New Haven 248. Pearce 269.
Prophet, Priest, and King, 1 Pet, ii. 7.
1 TESUS, how precious is thy name !
J The great Jehovah's darling, thou !
Oh, let me catch t'<.' immortal flame,
With which angelic bosoms glow !
Since angels love thee, 1 would love,
And imitate the bless'd above.
2 My Prophet thou, my heavenly guide,
Thy sweet instructions I will hear!
The "words, that from thy lips proceed,
O how divinely sweet they are!
Thee, my great Prophet, I would love,
And imitate the bless'd above.
3 My great High-Priest, whose precious bio
Did once atone upon the cross ;
Who now dost intercede with God,
And plead the friendless sinner's cause ;
In thee I trust ; thee 1 would love,
And imitate the bless'd above.
4 My King supreme, to thee I bow,
A willing subject at thy feet ;
All other lords I disavow,
And to thy government submit :
My Saviour King this heart would love,
And imitate the bless'd above.
193 L-M.
Redemption 243. Wells Row 98.
The Ransom, Isa. lxi. 2.
1 t T COME,' the great Redeemer cries,
A ' A year of freedom to declare,
' From debts and bondage to discharge;
« And Jews apd Greeks the grace shall share
[ \ dav of vengeauce 1 proclaim,
But hot on man the storm hhall fall:
( On me its thunders shall descend,
[ My strength, my iove sustain tnem all.'
191., 195, 196 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 197, 198
j Stupendous favour ! matchless grace!
• a • i > e :
Above,
f To htm, who !ovM our nun'..
And lor our lives laid dou u
Sublime, etenul as b -
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Oxford 177. S
OHr Riz/itiH>< - ■ >■ ' .
I C\\ [OUR di\ine ! we khOW
•^ And in that name we
Thou art the Lord our rig
I'hju art liiiue Israel's boast.
I Guilty we plead before thy throne,
And low in die 1
Til! Jesus stretch his gracious arm
To bring the guiit\ lliftli
j The sins of one most righteous day
Might plunge us in despair;
Yet ali the crimes of numerous years
ShaU our «freat Suretj clear.
4 That spotless robe, which he hath WTtfught,
Shall deck us all around :
Nor bj the pierein. eye of God
One' blemish shall bo found.
i Pardon, and peace, and lively hope,
To sinners now are given;
Nr.iel and Judah soon shall change
Their wilderness for heaven.
6 With joy we taste that manna now,
Thy mercy scatter- down:
We s'ealourhunible vows to thee,
And wait the. promi-'d crown.
19.) 7 s. Topladu.
Deptford 124. Firth's 146. il
Rock s»;itte>t; or, the Rock of Ages,
i-.u xwi. 4.
1 "DOCK of aires, shelrer me !
*x Let me hide mvself in tK'e !
Let the water and the blood,
From thy wounded sid - which flow'd,
Be of sin the double cure;
Cleanse >-.t from its guilt and power.
2 Not the labour cf my hands
Can fulfil thy laws7 demands :
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow.
All for si'n co-aid not atone :
Thou must save, and thou alone.
3 Nothing in my hand I bring",
Simply to Jthy cross I cling";
Naked, come to thee for dress;
Helpless, look to thee for grace .
Black, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Saviour, or I die !
4 While I draw this fleeting- breath,
When my eye-strings break in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment throne, —
Rock of ages, slielter me !
Let me hide mvself in thee !
1Q6 L. M. flfcffe.
Lebanon 79. Manning; 245.
Siiviour—t/ic only One, Acts iv. 12.
1 TESCS, the spring of jovs divin?,
° Whence all our hopes'and comforts flow-
Jesus, no other name but thine
Can save us from eternal woe.
2 (n vain would boasting* fU— on. find
The way to happinef* and God ;
Her weak direction* leave the mini
Bewilder*d in a dubious road.
3 No other name will H.awn approve;
Thou art the true, the living wa>,
Ordain'd by everlasting love,
To the bright realms of endless day.
i Here let our obaataaA feet abi<le,
Nor from the heavenly path depart:
0 let thy Spirit, gracious guide !
Direct <>nr step*, and cheer our heart.
."> Safe lead us thro' this world of night,
And bring us to the blissful plains, —
The regions of uiielouded light,
Where perfect joy for ever reigns.
197 S. M. Stei fc>.
Finsbury 155. Mansfield 154. Shirland jo,
S/up/urd, Ps. xxiii. 1 — 3.
1 vyHILE my Redeemer's near,
*v Mv shepherd, and my guide,
1 bid farewell to auxious tear,
My wants are all supply'd.
2 To e er-fragrant meads,
Where rim abundance grows,
His gracious hand indulgent leads,
And guards my sweet repose.
3 Along the lovely scene
Cool waters gently roll,
Transparent, sweetj and all serem ,
To cheer my fainting soul.
4 Here let my spirit rest ;
How sweet a lot is miue !
With pleasure, food, and safety, blest :
Beneficence divine!
5 Dear Shepherd, if I stray,
Mi wandering feet restore ;
To thy fair i asanas guide mv way,
And' let me rove no more.
6 Unworthy a* 1 am
Of thy protecting care,
Jesus, 1 plead thy gracious name,
Fo;- all my hopes are there.
198 io4th.
Old Hundred and Fourth 148. Hanover 1~>*.
Stronghold, Zech. ix. 12. Nab, i. ?.
1 VE prisoners of hope
x O'envheimeu with grief,
To Jecus look up
For ertain relief;
There's no condemnation
In Jesus the Lord,
But strong consolation
His grace doth afford.
■2 Should justice appear
A merciless foe,
Yet Vie of good cheer,
And soon shall you fcno ft
That sinners, confessing
Their wiekedm -ss past,
A jp\t Dtiful Messina
Of pardon shall taste.
3 Then dry up your tear-,
Yechikiven "of grief,
For Jesn> appears
To give you relit f :
If you are returning
To Jesus, your friend.
Your sighing and mourning
In singing shall end.
199,200,201 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 202,203
4 * None will I cast out
' Who come,' saith the Lord,
Why then do you doubt !
Lay hold of his word :
Ye mourners of Sion,
Be bold to believe,
For ever rely on
Your Saviour, and live.
199 L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
New Sabbath 1*22. Martin's Lane 67.
Sun, Psalm lxxxiv. li.
1 pREAT God ! amid the darksome nigh1,
VT Thy glories dart upon my sight,
While, wrapt in wonder, I behold
The silver moon and stars of gold.
2 But, when I see the sun arise,
And pour his glories o'er the skies,
In more stupendous forms I view
Thy greatness and thy goodness too.
3 Thou Sun of suns, whose dazzling light
Tries and confounds an angel's sight!
How shall I glance mine eye at thee
In all thy vast immensity?
4 Yet I may be allow'd to trace
The distant shadows of thy face ;
As, in the pale and sickly moon,
We trace the image of the sun.
5 In every work thy hands have made,
Thy power and wisdom are display'd :
But, O ! what glories all divine
In my incarnate Saviour shine J
6 He is my Sun : beneath his wings
My soul securely sits and sings ;
And there enjoys, like those above,
The balmy influence of thy love.
7 Oh, may the vital strength and heat,
His cheering beams communicate,
Enable me my course to run
With the same vigour as the sun !
200 CM. Toplady.
New York S3. Condescension 116.
Vine and the Branches, John xv. 1 — 5.
1 TESUS, immutably the same !
** Thou true and living Vine !
Around thy all supporting stem
My feeble arms I twine.
Quicken'd by thee, and kept alive,
I nourish and bear fruit :
My life I from thy sap derive,
My vigour from thy root.
3 I can do nothing without thee ;
My strength is wholly thine:
Wither'd and barren should I be,
If sever'd from the Vine.
4 Upon my leaf, when parch'd with heat,
Refreshing dew shall drop ;
The plant, which thy right-hand hath set,
Shall ne'er be roo'tedTup.
5 Each moment, water'd by thy care,
And fenc'd with power divine,
Fruit to eternal life shall bear
The feeblest branch of thine.
201 L« M. Cennick.
Leeds 19. Lewton 30.
Way to Canaan.
1 TESUS, my All, to heav'n is gone,
** He whom I fix my hopes upon !
Jlis track I see, aD< VV pursue
'Ike narrow way, till him I view.
2 The way the holy prophets went—
The road that leads from banishment —
The king's high-way of holiness —
I'll go ; for all his paths are peace.
3 This is the way I long have sought,
And mourn'd because I found it not ;
My grief and burden long has been,
Because I could not cease from sin.
4 The more 1 strove against its pow'r,
I sinn'd and stumbled but the more ;
Till late I heard my Saviour say,
• Come hither, soiil, lam the way.7
5 Lo ! glad I come ! and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee as I am !
My sinful self to thee I give ;
Nothing but love shall I receive.
6 Then will I tell to sinners round
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,
And say — Behold the way to God !
202 8,8,6.
Broadmead 150. Chatham 59.
Way, Truth, end Life, John xiv. 6.
1 'TWERE is no path to heav'nly bliss,
x Or solid joy, or lasting peace,
But Christ, th' appointed road :
0 may we tread the sacred way ! —
By faith rejoice, and praise, and pray,
Til we sit down with God !
2 The types and shadows of the word
Unitein Christ, the man, the Lord,
The Saviour just and true:
Oh, may we all his word believe !
And all his promises receive,
And all his precepts do !
3 As he above for ever lives,
And life to dying sinners gives
Eternal and divine ;
Oh, may his Spirit in me dwell !
Then— sav'd from sin, and death, and hell,
Eternal life is mine.
203 L- M. Dr. Doddridge.
Bramcoate 8. Langdon 217.
Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctif cation, ai d Re-
deraption, 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.
1 IV/TY God ! assist me while I raise
■^■*- An anthem of harmonious pr.iise :
My heart thy wonders shall proclaim,
And spread its banners in thy name.
2 In Christ I view a store divine ;
My father, all that store is thine !
By thee prepar'd, by thee bestow'd ;
Hail to the Saviour and the God !
3 When gloomy shades my soul o'erspread,
1 Let there be light,' th' A mighty said !
And Christ, my sun, his beams displays,
And scatters round celestial rays.
I Condemn'd, thv criminal I stood,
And awful justice ask'd my blood :
That welcome Saviour, from thy throne,
Brought righteousness and pardon down.
5 My s >ul was all o'erspread with sin ;
And lo ! his grace hath made me clean !
He rescues from th' infernal foe,
And full redemption will bestow.
6 Ye saints, assist my grateful tongue !
Ye angels, warble back my song^
For love like this demands the praise
Of heavealy harps and end'es days.
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CM. Toplady.
Bedf»rd9i. Brigbthelmstone »8.
All in a!'.
1 pOMPAR'D with Christ, in all beside
^ No comeline—
The One thin? needful, dearest Lord,
Is lo be one with thee.
| Tin- WQS6 of thy «-xpiri
Into my Bout convey :
Thyse f h stow ! for the*
Sly 111 in All I pray.
3 Less than thyself will not suffice
My cuuif n to r store :
iMorl' than thyself I cannot cra\ e ;
And thou canst give no more.
4 Lo\M of my Cod, for hi
With love iuten.-e I'd burn :
Chosen of thee, ere time began,
I'd choose thee in return.
3 Whate'er consists not with thy lo\ t .
O teach me to resign ;
I'm rich to all th' intents ot jlisi,
If thou, O God, art mine.
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\, u .1 rusatem 230. Lock 49.
AV in all ; or, the Testimony concerning Jesns,
the Soul of Prophecy, Rev. xix. 10.
1 rrHE Bible is justly esteem'd
•*• The glorv supreme of the land,
Which shows now a sinner's redeem'd,
And brought to Jehovah's right hand :
With pleasure we freelv confess
The Bible all books doth outshine ;
But Jesus, his pers >n and grace,
Affords it that lustre divine.
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I w the soul of ui
An I e
ring th truth rnusi have bee*,
Should triumph o'er S«tan an I
And hell in eapth :i |
t The ancient LevMcml I
Was prophecy, after 'ts kind ;
In types, there,' the faithful foresaw
The Saviour that ransom'') mankind :
The aitar, the lamb, and the priest.
The blood that was sprinkleu of old,
Had life, when the people could taste
The blessings those shadows foretold.
5 Review each prophetical song
Which shines in prediction's rich train,
The sweetest to Jesus belong,
And point out his sufferings and reign :
Sure David his heart never strung
With more of true sacred delight
Than when of the Saviour he sung', —
And he was reveal'd to his sight.
6 May Jesus more precious become !
His word be a lamp to our feet,
While we in this wilderness roam,
Till brought in his presence to meet !
Then, then we will gaze on thy face, —
Our Prophet, our Priest, and our Kin?!-
Recount all thy wonders of grace,
Th) praises eternally sing.
THE INFLUENCES AND GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
206 (1st Part.) 112th.
Carey's 11. Hoxton 121.
The promised Comforter, John xiv. 16—18.
1 TESLS, we hang upon the word
° Our lonainj- souls have heard from thee :
Be mindful of thy promise, Lord,
Thy promise niade to such as me ;
To such as Zion's p ths pursue,
And would believe that God is true.
2 Thou say'st, ' I will the Father pray,
• And he the Comforter sh ill givej
' Shall ?i\e him in your hearts to stay,
' And never more his temples leave;
1 Afyse f will to my orphans come,
' And make you mine eternal home.'
3 Come then, dear Lord! thyself reveal,
And let the promise now take place ;
Be it according to thy will,
According to th word of srace !
Thy sorrowful disciples clan-.
And sv nd us down the Comforter.
4 He visits oft the troubled breast,
Ami oft relieves our sad complaint ;
But soon we lose the transient ffuest,
But soon we droop again and faint, —
Repeat the melancholymoan,
* Our joy is fled, our comfort gone.'
5 Hasten him, Lord, into ea> h heart,
Our sure inseparable guide :
Oh ivay we meet and never part !
Oh may be in our hearts abide !
And keeps his house of praise and prayer,
And rest and reign for ever there!
206 (2d Part.) ss.
Limefield 94.
The Love of the Spirit, Rom. xv. 30.
I 'T'HE love of the Spirit I sing,
x By whom is redemption apply'd ;
Who sinners to Jesus can bring.
And make them his mystical bride.
2 Tishe circumcises their hearts,
Their callousness kindly removes ;
LitV, light, and affection imparts
To them that so freeiy he loves.
3 He opens the eyes of the blind,
The beauty of Jesus to view ;
He changes the bent of the mind,
The glory of God to pursue.
4 The stub') miest will he can bow,
The foes that dwell in us restrain ;
And none can be trodden so low
But he can revive them again.
C 4
207, 208 INFLUENCES OF THE SPIRIT. 209, 210, 211
5 His ble6t renovation begun,
He dwells in the hearts of his saints ;
Abandons his temple to none,
Nor e'er of his calling repents.
* Imprest with the image divine,
The soul to redemption he seals ;
And each with the Saviour shall shine,
When glory complete he reveals.
7 How constant thy love I believe,
Which stedfast endures to the end ;
Then never, my soul, may I grieve
So loving — so holy a friend,
207 (1st Part,) L. M. B
Aiiie Street 241. Ulverston 179.
The Leadings of the Spirit, Rom. viii. 14.
1 pOME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
v^ Wit!) light and comfort from above ;
Be thou our guardian, thou our guide !
O'er every thought and step preside.
2 Conduct us safe, conduct us far
From every sin and hurtful snare ;
Lead to thy word that rules must gire,
And teach us lessons how to live.
3 The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and choose thy way ;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.
.4 Lead us to holiness, — the road
That we must take to dwell with God ;
Lead us to Christ,— the living way ;
Nor let us from his pasture stray. '
ft Lead us to God, our final rest,
In his enjoyment to be blest ;
Lead us to heaven, the seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.
207 (2d Part.) C. M.
Follett 181. Braintree 25.
The Work of the Spirit represented by the
Wind; or, sovereign saving Grace, John, iii. 8.
1 rT,HE blessed Spirit, like the wind,
■*■ Blows when and where he please ;
How happy are the men who feel
The sooi-enlivening breeze!
2 He forms ike carnal mind afresh,
Subdues the power of sin,
Transforms the heart of stone to flesh,
And plants his grace within.
S He sheds abroad the Father's iove,
Applies redeeming1 blood,
Bids both our guilt and grief remove,
And brings us near to God.
4 Lord, fill each dead benighted sonl
With life, and light, and joy !
None can thy mighty power controul, —
Thy glorious work* destroy.
208 L« M« Br' Doddridge.
Magdalene 214. Rowles 73.
The Spirit's Influences compared to living
Water.
1 "DLESS'D Jesus! source of grace divine,
■*-* What soul-refreshing streams are thine!
Oh, bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die.
2 No traveller thro' desert lands,
'Midst scorching suns, and burning sands,
More needs the current to obtain,
Or to enjoy refreshing rain.
3 Our longing souls aloud would sing,
Spring up, celestial fountain, spring !
To a redundant river Dow,
And cheer this thirstv land below.
4 May this biest torrent near my side,
Thro' all the desert, gently glide;
Then, in Immanuel's land above.
Spread to a sea of joy and love !
209 L. M.
Kimbolton 251. Martin's Lane 67.
1 AS showers on meadows newly mown,
Jrx- Jesus shall shed his blessings down;
Crown'd with whose life-infusing drops,
Earth shall renew her blissful crop6.
2 Lands, that beneath a burning sky
Have long been desolate and dry,"
Th' effusions of his love shall share,
And sudden greens and herbage wear.
3 The dews and rains, in all their store,
Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er,
Are not so copious as that grace
Which sanctifies and saves our race.
4 As, in soft silence, vernal showers
Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers !
So in the secrecy of love
Falls the sweet influence from above.
5 That heavenly influence let me find
In holy silence of the mind,
Whileevery grace maintains its bloom,
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.
6 Nor let these blessings be confin'd
To me, but pourM on all mankind;
Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise,
And a young Eden bless our eyes.
210 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Warehamll7. Fawcett 184. Gould's 272.
Seeking to God for the Communication of his
Spirit.
1 TJEAR, gracious Sovereign, from thy throne,
**■ And send thy various blessings down :
While by thine Israel thou art sought,
Attend the prayer thy word hath taught.
2 Come, sacred Spirit ! from above,
And nil the eoldest hearts with love ;
Sofren to ne&h the flinty stone,
And let thy god-like power be known.
3 Speak thou, and from the haughtiest eyes
Shall floods of pious sorrows rise ;
While all their glowing souls are borne
To seek that grace which now they scorn>
4 Oh, let a holy lioek await
Numerous ground thy temple-gate!
Each pressing on with zeal to be
A living sacrifice to thee.
5 In answer to our fervent cries,
Give us to soe thy church arise ;
Or, if that blessing seem too great-.
Give us to mourn its low estate.
211 (1st Part.) Pres. Da vies.
Hoxton 121. Francis 200.
The Influences of the Spirit desired.
1 INTERNAL Spirit! source of light!
-Li Eoliv'ning, consecrating fire,
Descend, and with celestial heat
Our dull, our frozen beans inspire :
Our souls refine, our dross consume !
Come, condescending Spirit ! come.
2 In our cold breasts, O strike a spark
Of the pure flame which seraphs feel ;
Nor let us wander in the dark,
Or lie benumb'd and stupid still:
Come, vivifi/ing Spirit ! come,
And make our hearts thy constant home.
211,212 INFLUENCES OFi THE SPIRIT. 21.3,211-
3 \A li.tt»'Vi r guilt and madness dare,
\\ , MTOttl I UOl H<lr:u il the iir.n. [I ■
Our hearts as fuel we prepare,
, the lame we should expin
Our bi I to make thee room :
Come, purify ing Spirit! come!
4 Let pare detottoirt terrors
-, pious | .i — if . 1 1 glow !
Oh, let the raptures of the >kies
Kin-ill- in our col l hems below !
Come, condeset tiding Spirit ! conic,
And make our souls thy constant home.
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Stokf 207. New Eagle-Street 55.
The Holy Spirit invoked.
1 pOMK, hol\ Spirit, roan-!
^ With ene"rg\ divine;
And on this poor benighted soul
With b . shine.
2 From iht: celestial hills,
Life, light, and joj dispense ;
And may^l daily, hour
Thy quickening iaflaence.
3 Melt, melt, this frozen heart ;
This stubborn will subdue;
Each evil passion overcome,
And form mc all anew.
4 Mine will the profit be,
But thine shall be the praise ;
And unto thee I will devote
The remnant of my days.
212 (i>t Part.) L. M.
Mark's 65. Chard 175.
Kntire Dedication ; or, Rea&ons for desiring
the Work of the Spirit.
1 T7MPTVD of earth", I fain would be,
«*-» Of sin, of self, of ail but thee:
Reserv'd for Christ that bled and dy'd—
Surrender'd to the crucitVd ! —
2 Sequester'd from the noise and strife,
The lust, the pomp, and pride of life ;
Prepar'd for heaven, my noblest care, —
And have my conversation there.
3 Nothing:, sue Jesus, would I know !
M> friend, andmj lompanion thou:
Lord, take my heart — assert thy right,
And put all oiher loves to lli^la.
4 Each idol tread beneath thy feet,
And to thyseif the con paest eel :
Let sin no more oppose mj It .1,
Slain by the Spirit's two-edg'd sword.
5 Constrain my sou! thy sway to own :
Self-will, soff-risrhteo'.isness, dethrone;
Let Dagon fall before thy face, —
The ark" remaining iu its place.
6 Detach froui sublunary joys
One "hit wo, id only hear thy voice,
Thy i • rata >ee, thy arrace admire,
Nor plow out with celestial fire.
7 Larger communion let me prove
With thee, blest object of my love ;
Hut, oh ! for this no power have I ;
My strength is af thy feet to lie.
21-_> (2d Part.) L. M.
Denbigh 54. Rowles 73.
A propitious Gale longed fr.
1 AT anchor laid, remote from home,
xx Toiling, I cry, ' Sweet Spirit, come !
4 Celestial breeze, no longer stay,
* But swell my sails, and speed my way !
I Lrlo\\ ,
• TAoutTnou musl b
1 L. M. Steele.
port"'. i B 179.
The Inflm ner$ oj tkt v -
Jobfl \iv. io, 17.
1 T\EAR Lord ! an 1 thall thy Spir
J ' In -ii. a .i '.\r I bed
i ri H- guest :
mi prevails, am -
Lord, ran tin Spirit then i>,
ring of comfort, life, and lieht '
Comfort* r i- nigh !
■' she sustains mj fainting heart;
m tld mj hopes for evfer die,
lepart.
promise glads my soul,
a Dealing voice
The t< roul,
And bid uiy drooping powers rejoice!
"• r to call the Saviour mine,
With ardent wish my heart aspires;
Can it be less than power dhine
Which animates these strong desires!
5 What le-> than thy almighty word
Can raise my heart from earth and dust,
And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord,
Mj life, my treasure, ;uid my trust?
r And, when my cheerful hope can say
' I love my God, and taste his grace,'
Lord, is it not thy blissful ray
Which brings this* dawn of sacred peace ?
- Let thv kind Spirit in my heart
For e*er dwell, O God of love !
And light and heavenly peace impart, —
Sweet earnest of the joys above.
.11 8S.
Uxbridge 161. New Jerusalem 230.
The Holy Spii-it addressed under Darkness,
l "TjESCEND, Holy Spirit—the dove,
±J And visit a sorrowful breast ;
My burden of cruilt to remove,
And bring me assurance and rest:
Thou only hast power to relieve
A sipner o'erwheim'd with his load, —
The sen>e of redemption to give,
; me with blood.
> With me, if of old thou I" u t strove,
And kindly withheld me from sin ;
Resoh'd, by" the strength of thv love,
My worthless affections to win ;
The work of thy mercy revive,
Invincible mercy ex. it,
And keep my we^k irraces alive,
. iii set up th\ rest in my heart.
I If, when I have put thee to errief,
And madly to foil] return'd,
Thy goodness ha:h been my relief,
And lifted me up a= I raourn'd ;
Oh, Spirit of pity and grace!
Relieve me again, and restore,
My -pirit in holiness . iise,
! and to grieve thee no more.
! If now 1 lament after God,
Ant pant for a iropof his I
Ifieeaa, who pour'd out his blood,
Obtained me amanshn above;
Come, heavenly Comforter, come !
Sweet witness of mercy divine .'
And make me thy permanent home,—
And seal me eternal lv thine.
C 5*
215
GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
216, -21
,
215 (1st Part.) L. M.
Bredby 165. Horsley 205. Gould's 272.
The grieved Spirit intreated not to depart.
Ps. li.n.
1 CjTAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay !
*-* Though I have done thee such c
Cast not a sinner quite away>
Nor take thine everlasting flight.
despite,
2 Though I have most unfaithful been
Of all whoe'er thy a race receiv'd ;
Ten thousan i times thy goodness seen,
Ten thousand times thy gooduess griev'd : —
3 But Oh ! the chief of sinners spare,
In honour of my great High Priest ;
Nor, in thy righteous anger, swear
I shall not see thy people's rest.
4 If yet thou canst my sins forgive, —
E'en now, O Lord, relieve my woes;
Into thy rest of lovt receive,
And bless me with the calm repose.
5 E'en now my weary soul release,
And raise me by thy gracious hand ;
Guide me into thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the proniis'd land.
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Worksop 31. Walsal 237.
The grieved Spirit desired to return.
1 "JVTY grace so weak, my sin so strong,
•J-TJ- My heart is greatly pain'd :
Bless'd Spirit, art thou griev'd? — and is
Thine influence restrain'd 1
2 Tell me— Oh, tell me what will please
And cause thee to return ,-
As doves the absence of their mates,
I thy withdrawments mourn.
3 Come, then, Celestial Helper 1 come
With energy divine ;
Ease, of its heavy load of guilt,
This troubled heart of mine.
4 Vouchsafe, in answer to my prayer,
Thy visits to renew ;
Increase my faith, dispel my fears ;
Oh, guard and save me too.
215 (3d Part.) L, M.
Paul's 246. Portugal 97.
Prayer for all the saving Influences of Grace.
1 T'M in a world of hopes and fears, —
-*• A wilderness of toils, and tears,
Where foes alarm, and dangers threat,
And pleasures kill, and glories cheat.
2 Shed down, O Lord! a heavenly ray
To guide me in the doubtful way ;
And o'er me hold thy shield of pow'r
To guard me in the dang'rous hour.
3 Teach me the flatt'ring path to shun,
In which the thoughtless many run ;
Who for a shade the substance miss,
And grasp their ruin in their bliss.
4 Each sacred principle impart ; —
The faith that sanctifies the heart ;
Hope, that to heaven's high vault aspires ;
And love that warms with holy fires.
5 Whate'er is noble, pure, refin'd,
Just, gen'rous, amiable, and kind,
That may my constant thought pursue —
That may I love and practice too.
t, Let neither pleasure, wealth, nor pride,
Allure my wandering >?oul aside ;
But, thro' this maze of mortal ill,
Safe lead me to thy heav'nlyhill.--
7 There glories shine and pleasures roll
That charm, delight, transport— the soul ;
And every panting wish shall be
Possest of boundless bliss in Thee.
216 (1st Part.) C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
New Yoik 33. Sprague 166.
Divine Drawings celebrated, Hosea, xi. 4.
1 ]\/TY God, what silken cords are thine !
-LTX How soft, and yet how strong!
While power, and truth, and love combine
To draw om- souls along.
2 Thou saw'st uscrush'd beneath the vok©
Of Satan and of sin :
Thy hand the iron bondage broke,
Our worthless hearts to win.
3 The guilt of twice ten thousand sins
One moment takes away ;
And grace, when first the war begins,
Secures the crowning day.
4 Comfort, thro' all this vale of tears,
In rich profusi n flows,
And glory of unnumher'd years
Eternity bestows.
5 Drawn by such cords, we onward move,
Till round thy throne we meet ;
And captives in the chains of love,
Embrace our conqueror's feet.
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Portugal New 263. Rothwell 174. Ch rd 175.
The Time of Love >; or, Praise for the Work of
the Spirit, Ezek. xvi. 6, 8.
1 T ORD, 'twas a time of wondrous love,
A-J When thou didst first draw near my soul,
And, by thy Spirit from above,
My raging passions didst controul.
2 Guilty and self-condemn'd I stood,
Nor dreamt of life and bliss so near ;
But he my evil heart renew'd,
And all his graces planted there.
3 He will complete the work begun,
Bv leading me in all his ways ;
To God the Father, God the*Son,
And God the Spirit, equal praise.
THE GRACES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT*.
217 (1st Part.) 8, 8, 6. S. Pearce.
Baltimore 167. Hinton 266.
Contentment encouraged by the divine
Promise, Heb. xiii. 5.
1 T ET Ocean's waves tumultuous rise,
*-* And strive in vain to pierce the skies,
And mingle with the stars ;
Then disappointed backward roll ;
And, wild with rage, disturb the pole
With their presumptuous wars ;
2 Let Rebel Angels, doom'd to fire,
Provoke the dread Eternal's ire.
And combat with their God ;
Then headlong from the etln rial height
Precipitate their downward flight,
At his effective nod ;
3 [Let murmuring mortals too repine,
Arraign the providence divine,
And Name the deeds of Heav'n ;
While passions strong, without controul,
Disturb the agitated~soul,
Enrag'd at what is giv'u.l
* The Christian Graces and Tempers are
placed alphabetically, for fhe sake of finding
them at once, by locking at the head of the
page.
217, 218, 219
FAITH.
220, 221
4 Rut shall the Christian's nobler mind—
. Heaven refin'd —
In lull e .t murm'rine thought !
Shall be who claim's Jehovah's strength,
w o -ital l *>e brought to heaven at length,
liemoau Aw present lot
5 Forbid ;t, rracioui God ! he cries,
Nor let tli' ungenerous thought ari^c,
ring or discontent :
No! while niy God, mj Saviour, live?,
Thankful I'll take wha
And prize the
f Since ho has said, 4 I'll ne'er depart ;'
I'll bind his promise to my heart,
Rcjoiciiu in bis car-' ;
This shall support, while here I live ;
And, when in glory I arrive,
I'll prai-e luui tor it there.
217 (2d Part.) S. M. Beldome.
.o-p<>rt .53. Enfield 5.
Faith, its Author and Preciousness, Eph. ii. 8.
1 "pWTrl ! — 'l's a precious grace,
1 \. . en Vr k i> beatow'd !
It boasts of a celestial birth,
Ana i> the gilt of God !
2 Jesiis it owns a King, —
An all-atoning j.rie>t :
It claims no merit of its own,
But looks for all in Christ.
3 To him it leads the soul,
When BUM with deep distress.
Hie? to the fountain of his blood,
And trusts his righteousness.
4 Since 'ti> thy work alone,
And that divinely free ;
Lor J, send the Spirit of thy Son
To work this faith in me!
ffft C. M.
Abingdon 42. Condescension 116.
The Poictr of Faith.
1 T-TAiTH adds new charms to earthly bliss,
A And saves me from its snares;
Its aid in every duty brings,
And softens all ray cares :
2 Extinguishes the thirst of sin,
And liarhts the sacred fire
Of love to God, and heavenly things,
And feeds the pure de-ire.
3 The wounded conscience knows its power
The healing balm to give ;
That bahn the saddest heart can cheer,
And make the dying live.
4 Wile it unveils celestial worlds,
VI here deathless pleasures reien ;
And bids me seek my portion there,
Nor bids me seek in vain : —
5 Shews me the precious promise, seal'd
With the Redeemer's blood;
And helps my feeble hope to rest
Upon a faithful God.
6 There, there unshaken, would f rest
Till this vile bod/ dies;
And then, on faith's triumphant wings,
At once to glory rise!
219 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Rochford 22. Rothwell 174.
The struggle bctioetn Fnith and Unbelief,
Mark ix. 21.
l TESUS, our souls delightful choice,
° In thee, believing, we rejoice;
Vet still our joy is mix'd with erief,
W bile faith contends with unbelief.
2 Thy promise-; our heart- revive,
And keep our fainting ho| es
H..t - in U, and feai>, and -• »ri
Ami ih.1l the pronu-e from QUI
9 0 lei IK I tin .ml Satan hoast,
>V in It* -ami- lie mourning in the du>t;
\<>r m e thai faitb to ruin brought,
Which thv own gracious hand hath wrought.
\ Do thou the dying ^-park inflame;
Reveal the »: Dries or thv name ;
An I put all anxious doubt* to lliuht,
As shade-. dispersM i>\ opening light*
Lambeth V7. Ivbridge 161.
Faith Fainting.
i pNCOMPASS'D whh clouds of distress,
■L< Just re .dy all Ij | e to resign,
I pant for the light of thv face,
And fear it will never be mine :
Dish* arc. n'd with waiting so long,
I >ink at thy feet with my load ;
All pli iniive 1 pour out my BOag,
■ ii 1 Btretcb forth ni> haiids unto God.
2 Shine, Lord ! and n;y terror shall cease;
The blood of atonement apply;
' ni lead me to Je- .* for peace, —
The rock thai i» higher than I ;
Speak, Saviour! for sweet is thv voice;
Thy presence is fair to behold ;
Attend to in y sorrows and cries —
-roani'ngs that cannot be told.
3 If somi times I strive, as I mourn,
M\ bold of thy promise to keep,
The "billows more fiercely return,
*nd plunge me again In the deep:
While liarasVd and cast from thy sight,
The tempter suggests, with a roar, —
• The Lord has forsaken thee quite;
' Thy God will be gracious no more.'
4 Yet, Lord, if thy love hath design'd
No covenant-blessing forme,
Ah ! tell me how is it I find
Some pleasure in waiting for thee?
Almighty to rescue thou art;
Thy grace is my shield and my tow'r;
Come succour and gladden my heart —
Let this be the day of thy power.
221 8, 8, 6.
Chatham 59. Westbury Leigh 278.
Faith Riviri'ng.
1 T?Rf)M whence ihi* fear and unbelief?—
x lias; thou, o Father, put to grief
Thy spotless Son for me !
And will the righteous Judce of men
Condemn me for ihat debt of sin.
Which, Lord ! was charg'd on thee ?
2 Complete atonement thou hast made,
And to the utmost farthing paid
Whatc'er thy people ow^'d ;
How then can wrath on me take place,
If sheiterM in thy righteousness,
And sprinkled with thy blood ?
3 [If thou hast ray discharge procur'd,
And freely, in my room, endur'd
The whole of wrath divine;
Payment God cannot twice demand —
Fir'-t at my bleeding Surety's hand,
And then again at mine.]
4 Turn then, my soul, unto thy rest !
The merits of' thv great High-Priest
Speak liberty and peace :
Trust in his efficacious biood;
Nor fear thy banishment from God,
Since Jesus dv'd for thee.
C o
222, 223, 224 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 225, 226
°2C2°2 ss.
New Jerusalem 230. Lambeth 57.
Faith conquering.
1 HPHE moment a sinner believes,
x And trusts in his crucify 'd God,
His pardon at once he receives, —
Redemption in full through his blood:
Tho' thousands and thousands of foes
Against him in malice unite,
Their rage he, thro' Christ, can oppose —
Led forth by the Spirit to fight.
C The faith that unites to the Lamb,
And brings such salvation as this,
Is more than mere notion or name ;
The work of God's Spirit it is;
A principle, active and young,
That lives under pressure and load ;
That makes out of weakness more strong,
And draws the soul upward to God.
3 It treads on the world and on hell ;
It vanquishes d< ath and despair;
And Oh ! let us wonder to tell,
Ic overcomes heaven by prayer, —
Permits a vile worm of the dust,
With God to commune as a friend ;
To hope his forgiveness as just,
And look for his love to the end.
4 It says to the mountains, ' Depart,'
That stand betwixt God and the soul;
It binds up the broken in heart,
And makes wounded consciences whole ;
Bids sins of a crimson-like dye
Be spotless as snow, and as white,
And raises the sinner on high
To dwell with the angels of light.
223 8s. Toplady.
New Jerusalem 230. Lock 49.
Faith triumphing.
1 A DEBTOR to mercy alone,—
-r*- Of covenant mercy I sing ;
Nor fear, with thy righteousness on,
My person and offerings to bring :
The terrors of law and of God
With me can have nothing to do ;
Mv Saviour's obedience and blood
Hide all ray transgressions from view,
2 The work which his goodness began,
The arm of his strength will complete ;
His promise is Yea and Amen,
And never was forfeited yet :
Things future, nor things that are now,—
Not all things below nor above
Can make him his purpose forego,
Or sever my soul from his love.
3 My name from the palms of his hands
Eternity will not erase ;
Impress'd on his heart it remains
In marks of indelible grace :
Yes ! I to the end shall endure,
As sure as the earnest is given ;
More happy, but not more secure,
The glorffy'd spirits in heaven.
224 s. M.
Mount Ephraim 185. Salem New 99.
Weak Believers encouraged.
1 "VTOUR harps, ye trembling saints,
■*• Down from "the willows take ;
Loud to the praise of Christ our Lord
Bid every string awake.
2 Tho' in a foreign land,
We are not far from home ;
And nearer to our house above
We every moment come.
3 His grace shall to the end
Stronger and brighter shine ;
Nor present things, nor things to come,
Shall quench the spark divine.
4 The time of love will come,
When we shall clearly see
Not only that he shed his blood,
But each shall say, ' for me.'
5 Tarry his leisure, then :
Wait the appointed hour;
Wait till the bridegroom of your souls
Reveal his love with power.
6 Blest is the man, O God !
That stavs himself on thee !
Who waits" for thy salvation, Lord !
Shall thy salvation see.
225 L. M. Dr. Wattes Sermons.
Kingsbridge 88. Magdalene 214.
Faith connected with Salvation^ Rom. i. 10.
Hub. x. 39.
1 XTOT by the laws of innocence
■^ Can Adam's sons arrive at heaven;
New works can give us no pretence
To have our ancient sins forgiven :
2 Not the best deeds that we have done
Can make a wounded conscience whole:
Faith is the grace, — and faith alone,
That flies to Christ, and saves the soul.
3 Lord, I believe thy heavenly word !
Fain would I have my soul renew'd :
I mourn for sin, and trust the Lord
To have it pardon'd and subdu'd.
4 O may thy grace its power display !
Let guilt and death no longer reign ;
Save me in thine appointed way,
Nor let my humble faith be vain !
226 c« M» -Dr« Doddridge.
Bedford 91. Brighthelmstone 208.
Being in the fear of God all the Day long,
Proverbs xxiii. 17.
1 rpHRICE happy souls, who born from heav'n,
*■ While yet they sojourn here,
Humbly begin their davs with God,
And spend them in his fear.
2 So may our eyes with holy zeal
Prevent the" dawning day,
And turn the sacred pages" o'er,
And praise thy name, and pray.
3 'Midst hourly cares, may love present
Its incense to thy throne —
And, while the world our hands employs,
Our hearts be thine alone !
4 As sanctified to noblest ends,
Be each refreshment sought;
And, by each various providence,
Some wise instruction brought!
5 W hen to laborious duties call'd,
Or by temptations try'd,
We'll peck the shelter of thy wing's,
And in thy strength confide.
6 As different scenes of life arise,
Our grateful hearts would be
With thee, amidst the social band,—
In solitude with thee.
7 At night, we lean our weary heads
On thy paternal breast ;
And, safely folded in thine arms
Resign our pow'rs to rest.
227,228,229
FEAR OF COD, HOPR
230,231
i In solid pure delights like these,
Let all »>v days be past;
ifa til I then impatient wish)
Not shall 1 fear, the last.
227 C. M. Keedliam.
Stamford 9. Hammond 226. Bath Chapel 26.
Fear of God, Pro v. xiv. 26.
1 TTAPPY Ix'vnnd description he
■n- Who fears the Lord his God;
Who bean his threats with hoi] awe,
And trembles at his rod.
2 Fear? sacred pas-ion, cut dwells
With its fair partner, love ;
Blending their beauties, both proclaim
Their source is from shore.
3 Let terrors fright th' unwillii, \
The child with joy appears;
Cheerful he does his father's will,
Ana loves as much as fears.
4 Let fear and love, most holy God !
SSS this soul of mine .
Then shall I worship thee aright,
And taste thyjoys divine.
228 C. M. Dr. WattSt Sermons,
Michael's 119. Follett 181.
Holy Fortitude, 1 Cor. x\i. IJ.
1 AM I a soldier of the cross,
■**■ A follower of the Land) !
And shall I fear to own his cause,—
Or blush to speak his name?
2 Must I he carried to the skies,
On riowerv beds of ease:
While others fought to win the prize,
And saii'd turo' bloody seas?
5 Are there no foes for me to face ?
Must I not stem the flood ?
Is this vile world a friend to grace,
To help me on to God!
4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign;
Increase mv courage, Lord!
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported b\ thy word.
5 Thy saints, in all this glorious war,
Shall conquer tho' they die :
They see the triumph from afar,
And seize it with their eye.
6 When that illustrious day shall rise,
And all thy armies shine
In robes of victory thro' the skies,
The glory shal; be thine.
229 L- M* I** IVatts's Sermons.
" Chard 175, Aiiie-Strcet 241,
Gravity and Decency.
1 "DEHOLD the sons, the heirs of God,
JJ So dearly bought with Jesus' blood!
Are thev not born to heavenly joys,
And shall they stoop to earthly toys!
2 Can laughter feed the immortal mind?
Were spirits of celestial kind
Made for a jest, for sport and play —
To wear out time, and waste the day ?
3 Doth vain discourse, or empty mirth,
Well suit the honours of their birth!
Shall they be fond of gay attire,
Which children love, and fools admire ?
4 What if we wear the richest vest,
Peacocks and flies are better divst ;
This flesh, with all its eaudv forms,
Must drop to dust, and feed the worm.9.
5 Lord, raise our hearts and passions higher,
Touch our vain bouIi with sa< red Are;
Then with a besw'o>d1reeted eve.
We'll pass these glittering times by.
6 \\ e'li look on ail the toys below
\\ ith such disdain as angels do ;
And wait the call tint bids ui rise
To mansions promised in the skfa -.
Kingsbridge 88. Virginia 231. Gould's 27.^
Kop4 Ut /"./."< Uft
1 ,\M> be il >o— ;lnt, till this hour,
iy \U' never knew what faith has meant;
And, slaves to sin and Satan'd power,
Have never felt these hearts relent.
2 \\ h.w sh ill we do ? — shall we lie down,
Sink in despair, and groan, and die!
And, sunk beneath tb? Almighty's frowrt,
Wot gtatw -one cheerful hope on bigbl
3 Forbid i , s Miens
As sin. re '•■• .1 cosae ,
Among thj sain .ve, —
For in thy mere] there i room.
4 Lord, w< believe J Oh, 'base away
The gloomy clouds of unbelief:
Lord, we repent! Oh, 1 t shy r:\
Dissoheour hearts in sacred grief!
5 Now spread the banner of .by love,
And lot Us know that we are bine:
Cheer us with blessings from above, —
With .ill the joys of nope divine!
231 (1st Part.) L. M.
Chard 175. New Court 173.
Hope in Darkness.
1 r\ GOD, my sun, rliy blissful rays
y-' Can warm, rejoice, and guide mj heart
How dark, how mournful are my days,
If thy enlivening beams depart]
2 Scarce thro' the sh .des a glimpse of day
Appears to these desiring eyes!
But sh -I! my drooping spirit sav,
I he cheerful morn will never rise ?
3 Oh, let me not despairing mourn!
Tho' gloomy diikii^ss s|. reads the sky,
My glorious sun will vet return,
And night with all its horrors fly.
4 Oh, for the bright, the joyful day,
When 1; >| e shall in fruition die!
Ps lose their feeble ray
Lie neat the sun's refulgent eye.
231 (2d Part.) 148th Beddome.
Carmartlu .. New .33.
Who can t^ll? or /toping against Hope,
Jonah, iii. 9.
1 rjREAT God! to thee l'i make
- My griefs and sorrows known;
An ! with an bumble hope
approach thine awful throne:
Tho' by my sins dest n ing hell,
I'll not' despair:— for whoVan tell ?
2 To thee, who by a word
My drooping soul canst cheer,
And by rliv Spirit t" i 11
Thy glorious image there —
M> foes subdue, my fears dispel —
I'll daily seek ; — for, who can* tell!
Implore thy powerful help,
And at thy footstool lie;
My case bemoan, my wants reveal.
And patient wait ;— for, who can tell?
1 C 7
232, 233
GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
234, 235
4 My heart misgives ine oft,
And conscience storms within ;
One gracious look from thee
Will make it all serene :
Satan suggests that I must dwell
In endless flames; — but, who can tell !
5 Vile unbelief, begone ;
Ye doubts, fly swift away ;
God hath an ear to hear,
While I've an heart to pray :
If he be mine, all will be well —
For ever so; — and, who can tell?
232 8, 8, 6.
Baltimore 167. Broadmead 150. Westbury
Leigh 278.
Hoping arid longing, Num. xiii. 30.
Deut. iii. 25.
1 pOME, Lord ! and help us to rejoice,
^ In hope that we shall hear thy voice, —
Shall one day see our God ;
Shall cease from all our painful strife,
Handle and taste the word of Life,
And feel the sprinkled blood.
2 Let as not always make our moan,
Nor worship twee a God unknown ;
But let us live to prove
Thy people's rest, thy saints delight,
The length and breati-, the depth and height,
Of thy redeeming love.
3 Rejoicing now in earnest hope,
We stand, and from the mountain-top
See all the land below:
Rivers of milk and honey rise,
And all the fruits of paradise
In endless plenty grow
4 A land of corn, and wine, and oil,
Favour'd with God's peculiar smile,
With every blessing blest ;
There dwells the Lord, our Righteousness,
And keeps his own in perfect peace
And everlasting rest.
5 Oh, when shall we at once go up !
Nor this side Jordan longer stop,
But the good land possess :
When shall v.e end our ling'ring years,
Our sorrows, sins, and doubts, and fears, —
An howling wilderness !
6 O dearest Joshua! bring us in ;
Display thy grace, forgive our sin,
Our unbelief remove ;
The heavenly Canaan, Lord, divide ;
And, Oh, with all the sanctify'd,
Give us a lot of love !
233 L. M. Steele.
Portugal 97. Warehamll7.
Hope encouraged by a View of the Divine
Perfections, 1 Sam. xxx. 6.
1 YITHY sinks my weak desponding mind?
* v Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh :
Can Sovereign Goodness be unkind 1
Am 1 not safe if God is nigh?
2 He holds all nature in his hand —
That gracious hand on which I live
Doth life, and time, and death command,
And has immortal joys to give.
3 'Tishe supports this fainting frame;
On him alone my hopes recline ;
The wondrous glories of his name,
How wide they spread ! how bright they shine!
4 Infinite wisdom ! boundless power !
Unchanging faithfulness and love!
Here let me trust, while I adore, —
Nor from my refuge e'er remove.
5 My God, if thou art mine indeed,
Then I have all my heart can crave ;
A present help in times of need;
Still kind to hear, and strong to save.
6 Forgive my doubts, O gracious Lord !
And ease the sorrows of my breast;
Speak to my heart the healing word,
That thou art mine — and I am blest.
234 L. M. Steele.
New Sabbath 1-22. Langdon 217.
Happy Poverty ; or, the Poor in Spirit blessed,
Matthew v. 3.
1 \7"E humble souis, complain no more;
x Let faith survey your future store:
How happy, how divinely blest,
The sacred words of truth attest !
2 When conscious grief laments sincere,
And pours the penitential tear;
Hope points, to your dejected eyes,
The bright reversion in the skies.
3 In vain the sons of wealth and pride
Despise your lot, your hopes deride;
In vain they boast their little stores;
Trifles are theirs, a kingdom yours!—'
i \ kingdom of immense delight,
Where health and peace ami joy unite ;
Where uhdeclining pleasures rise,
And every wish hath full supplies:
5 A kingdom which can ne'er decav,
While time sweeps earthly thrones away;
The state, which power and truth sustain,
Unmov'd for ever must remain.
6 There shall your eyes with raptures view
The glorious" Friend that dy'd for you ;
That dy'd to ransom, dy'd to raise
To crowns of joy and songs of praise.
7 Jesus, to thee I breathe my prayer!
Reveal, confirm my interest there :
Whate'er my humble lot below,
This, this, my soul desires to know !
6 O let me hear that voice ivine
Pronounce the glorious blessing mine!
Enroil'd among thy happy poor,
My largest wishes ask no more.
235 c. M.
Bangor 231. Wantage 204.
Humble pleadings for Mercy.
1 T ORD, at thy feet we sinners lie,
*-* And knock at mercy's door ;
With heavy heart and downcast eye
Thy favour we implore.
2 [On us the vast extent display
Of thy forgiving love ;
Take all our heinous guilt away,
This heavy load remove.
3 We sink — with all this weight oppress'd,
Sink down to death and hell ;
O erive our troubled spirits rest,
Our numerous fears dispel.]
4 'Tis mercy, mercy, we implore ;
O may thy bowels move !
Thy "race is an exhaustless store,
A'ndthou thyself art love.
5 O for 'hv own, for Jesus' sake,
Our many sins forgive !
Thy grace "our rocky hearts can break;
And, breaking, soon relieve.
6 Thus melt us down ; thus make us bend,
And thy dominion own;
Nor let a rival more pretend
To repossess thy throne.
<236, 237, 238, 239
JOY.
210, 24-1
,, I., M. V,thhme.
liver-ton 17". Rippon's 188. Bub) lou
Strean
77/c humble Publican, Luke wiii. IS.
l T ORD,witli a grieved and aching heart,
J-J To thee I look— to tint- I crj ;
Supply my want , aa i ease my >m,rt:
bupplv
O help
me soon, or else I die.
2 Here, on my soul, .i harden li< - I
No human POWt r can it rem
My numeroui >m^ like mount iinsrise :
Do thou reveal thy pardoning love.
3 Break off these adamantine chains;
From cruel beadage set me free;
Rescue from everlasting pains;
Ami bring mc safe to heaven and thee.
g37 7*i Marian's Colhction.
AlcesterSia. Cookham 36.
A Prayer for Humility.
1 T ORD, if thou thy grace impart,—
*-* Poor in spirit, meek in heait,
I shall, as my Master, be
Rooted in humility.
2 Simple, teachable, and ruild,
Changed into a little child;
with all the Lord provides;
Wean'd from all the world besides.
3 Father, li\ m\ soul on thee;
Everj evil let me flee ;
Nothing want, beneath, above, —
Happy in thy precious love.
4 Oh, that all may seek and find
Every good in Jesus join'd !
Him let Israel still adore,
Trust him, praise him evermore.
2.38 L- M. Dr. Doddridge.
Old Hundred 100. Chard 175.
Rejoicing in God, Jer. ix. 23, 24.
1 rrHE righteous Lord, supremely great,
A Maintain- his universal state;
O'er all the earth his power evtends,
All heaven before his footstool bends.
2 Yet justice still with power presides,
And mercy all his empire cruiles;
Mercy and truth are his delight,
And saints are lovely in his sight.
3 No more, ye wise ! your wisdom boast,
No more, Ve strong ! your valour trust ;
No more, ye rich ! survey your store, —
Elate with heaps of shining ore:
4 Glorv, ve saints ! in this alone, —
That* God, vour tied, to you is known:
That \ou have ov.n'd his sovereign sway,—
That you have felt his cheering ray.
5 Our wisdom, wealth, and power, we find
In one Jehovah all combin'd ;
On him we fix our roving eyes,
And all our souls iu raptures ri-e.
6 All else, which we our treasure call,
May in one Ratal moment fall ;
But what their h ippiness can move.
Whom God, the blessed, deigns to love?
gS9 S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Salem New 99. Mansfield 154.
Rejoicing in tke Wans of God, Ps. exxxviii. 5.
1 "MOW let our voices join
•"•^ To form a sacred song ;
Ye Pilgrims, in Jehovah's ways,
With meaic pass along.
I! nv -';\iit the p ith tip
How t tir !
No luflting pins t' e*nlrap our feet;
v> lerce destroyer tk
3 But lawen of paradise
In rub profusion ->; »:i mlt :
The san ol Oiory gildi the path,
And dear companions ling.
- i
In beauteous pi
And brighter crowns than mortals wear,
\* hicli sparkle thro' tfa
5 All honour to his u i
Who marks the shining
To him who leads the wanderers on
To realms of endless day !
240 7s. Ci'Wfc'i.
Bath Abbey H7. Hart's 221.
Rtjoiring in Hope, Isaiaii xxxv. 10.
> Lake xii. 32.
1 pHILDREN of the heavenly King,
~ As ye journey, sweetly sing;
Sing >>>ir Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and" ways.
2 Ye are travelling home to God
In the way the fathers trod ;
They are nappy now, and ye
Soon their happiness shall see.
3 O ye banish'd seed, be glad !
Christ our advocate is made ; —
l> to save, our flesh assumes, —
Brother to our souis becomes.
4 Shout, ye little flock, and blest!
You on Jesus' throne shall rest;
There your seat is now prepar'd, —
There "your kingdom and reward.
5 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand
On the borders of your land ;
Christ, your Father's darling Son,
Bids you undismay'd go on.
6 Lord! submissive make us go,
Gladly leaving all below ;
Only thou our leader be,
And we still will follow thee !
241 L. M. Cou-per.
Rochford 22. Mark's 65.
Return of Joy.
1 \\7HEN darkness Ion? has veil'd my mind,
'v And smiling day once more appears,
Then, my Redeemer ! then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.
2 I chide ray unbelievin? heart;
Ami blush that I should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbour one hard thought of thee!
3 O let me then at length be taught
(What I am still so slow to learn,)
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a~turu.
4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat!
But when rny faith is sharply try'd,
I find myself a learner vet, —
Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.
5 But, O my Lord, one look from thee
Subdues the disobedient will ;
Drives doubt and discontent away,
And ihy rebellious worm is still.
6 Thou art as ready to forgive,
As I am ready to repine;
Thou, therefore, all the praise receive ;
Be shame, and self-abhorrence, mint'.
C 8
242, 243, 244 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 245, 246
242 L. M. Dr. Watts' s Sermons.
New Sabbath 122. Portugal 97.
Justice and Equity, Mat. vii. 12.
1 "DLESSED Redeemer ! how divine, —
JJ How righteous is this rule of thine,
* Never to deal with others worse
* Than we would have them deal with us!
2 This golden lesson, short and plain,
Gives not the mind nor memory pain ;
And every conscience must approve
This universal law of love.
3 'Tis written in each mortal breast
Where all our tenderest wishes rest;
We draw it from our inmost veins,
Where love to self resides and reigns.
4 Is reason ever at a loss?
Call in self-love to jud?e the cause;
Let our own fondest passions shew
How we should treat our neighbour too.
5 How bless'd would every nation prove,
Tims rul'd by equity and love!
All would be friends without a foe,
And form a paradise below.
6 Jesus, forgive us, that we keep
Thy sacred law of love asleep ;
And take our envy, wrath, and pride,
Those savage passions for our guide.
243 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Chard 175. Truro 105.
God shining in the Heart, 2 Cor. iv. 6.
1 pRAlSE to the Lord of boundless might !
-* With uncreated glories bright ;
His presence gilds the world above, —
Th' unchanging source of light and love.
2 Our rising earth his eye beheld,
When, in substantial darkness veil'd,
The shapeless chaos, nature's womb,
Lay buried in the horrid gloom.
3 • Let there be light,' Jehovah said !
And light o'er all its face was spread;
Nature, array 'd in charms unknown,
Gay with its new-born lustre si.one.
4 He sees the mind, when lost it lies
In shades of ignorance and vice,
And dares from heav'n a vivid ray,
And changes midnight into day.
5 Shine, mighty God! with vigour shine
On this benighted heart of mine ;
And let r.hy glories stand reveal'd,
As in the Saviour's face beheld,
i My soul, reviv'd by heav'a-born day,
Thy radiant image" shall display ;
While all my faculties unite
To praise the Lord who gives me light.
244 L. M.
Kingsbridge 88. Lewton 30.
One thing I know, John ix. 25. Isa. liv. 13.
My sin, and guilt, and remedy ;
'Tis said, of all thv blood has bought,
< They shall of Israel's God be taught.'
2 Their plague of heart thy people know,
They know thy name, and trust thee too ;
They know the gospel's blissful sound,
The paths where endless joys abound.
3 They know the Father and the Son ; —
Theirs is eternal life begun :
Unto salvation they are wise,—
Their grace shall into glory rise.
4 But— ignorance itself am I ;
Born band --estrang'd from thee I lie;
0 Lord ! to thee I numbly own
1 nothing know as should be known.
5 I scarce know God, or Christ, or sin,---
My foes without, or plague within;
Knon not my interest, Lord, in thee,
In pardon, peace, or liberty !
6 But help me io declare to-dav,
If many tilings I cannot sav,"
' One thing 1 know/ all praise to thee,
* Tho' blind I was— yet now I see,'
245 C. M. Fawcett.
Bedford 91. Charmouth 28.
Knowledge at present imperfect,
1 Cor. xiii. 9.
1 rpHY way, O God ! is in the sea,
x Thy paths i cannot trace i;
Nor c jmprehend the mystery
Of thy r.nboundea grace*
2 Here the dark veils of flesh and sense
My captive soul surround,
Mysterious deeps of providence
My wandering thoughts confound.
3 When 1 behold thy awful hand
My earthly hopes destroy ;-—
In deep astonishment 1 stand,
And ask the reason, why 1
4 As thro' a glass, I dimly see
The wonders of thy love ;
How little do I know of thee,
Or of the joys above !
5 'Tis but in part I know thy will;
I bless thee for the sight :
When will thy love the rest reveal
In glory's clearer light?
6 With rapture shall I then survey
Thy providence and grace;
And spend an everlasting day
In wonder, love, and praise.
246 L.M.
Bramcoate 8. Portugal 97.
Liberality ; or, the Duty and Pleasures of
Benevolence.
1 f)H, what stupendous mercy shines
w Aroun i the majesty of Heaven !
Rebels he deigns to call his sons,
Their soul's renew'd, their sins forgiven.
2 Go, imitate the grace divine,—
The grace that blazes like a sun;
Hold forth your fair, tho' feeble light,
Thro' all your lives let mercy run f
3 Upon your bounty's willing wings
Swift let the great salvation fly ;
The hungry teed, the naked clothe ;
To pain and sickness help apply.
4 Pity the weeping widow's woe,
And be her counsellor and stay ;
Adopt the fatherless, ana smooth
To useful happy life, his way.
i Let age, with want and weakness bow'd,
Your now els of compassion move;
Let e'en your enemies be bless'd, —
Their hatred recompens'd with love.
6 When all is done, renounce your deeds-
Renounce self-righteousness with scorn;
Thus will you glorify your God,
And thus the christian name adorn.
247, 248, 24-9 LOVE TO GOD, &c.
250, 2.5 1
■Jl7 l~ M. 1). Turner.
Lebanon 79. Manning 245.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, tjC.
Dent. vi. 5.
1 VES, I would love thee, blessed CoJ '
■*■ Paternal goodness marks thy name!
Thy praises. thro* thy high abod .-,
The heavenly hosts with joy proclaim.
2 Freely thou gav'st thy i earcst Son
Tor man to sub> r, bleed, and die :
And bid-t me, a> a wretch undone,
For all I w ant on him rely.
a In him, thy reconciled f.ice
With joy unspeakable I see,
And reel thy powerful wondrous grace
Draw, and unite mj soul to tl
4 Whene'er my foolish milling heart,
Attracted by a creature'* power.
Would from this blissful centre start,
Lord, fix it there to stray no more!
243 C M. Dr. Hyland.
New York 33. Condescension llo.
Delight in tiod, Ps, xxxvii. 4.
1 r\ LORD ! I would delight in thee,
yj And on thy care depend;
To thee in every trouble riec, —
My bc>t, my only friend.
a When all created streams are dry'd,
Thy fulness is the same ;
May I with this be satisfy'd,
And glory in thy name'!
3 Why should the soul a drop bemoan,
W ho has a fountain near;
A fountaiu which will ever run
With waters sweet and clear!
4 No good in creatures can be found
Hut may be found in thee ;
1 must have all things, and abound,
While God is God to me.
• Oh, that I had a stronger faith,
To look within the veil, —
To credit what my Saviour saith,
Whose word can never fail!
6 He, that has made my heaven secure,
Will here all good provide ;
While Christ is Vich, can I be poor !
W hat can 1 want beside ?
7 O Lord! I cast my care on thee ;
1 triumph and adore ;
Henceforth my great concern shall be
To love and please thee more.
'240 L. M. Dr. liatts's Lyrics.
Martin's Lane 67. Langdon 217.
Love to Christ present or absent.
1 r\? all the joys we mortals know,
^ Jesus, thy lo\e exceeds the rest : —
Lore, the best blessing here below, —
The nearest image of the blest.
2 While we are held in thy embrace,
There's not a thought attempts to rove ;
Each smile upon thy beauteous face
Fixes, and charms, "and fires our love.
3 While of thy absence we complain,
And long of weep in all we do,
There's a strange pleasure in the pain ;
And tears have their own sweetness too.
4 When round thy courts by day we ro\e;
Or ask the watchmen of the night
For some kind tidings of onr Love,
Thy very name creates delight.
> i- -U-, our God, yet rather come!
< » ii r eyes would dwell upon th> i.i. c : —
Tia beat t>> iee our Lord at home,
And feel the pre* DCC of his grace.
g50 7-. \eulon.
f ookham 36. Alrcster 213.
EotVM thou me? J. dm xxi. 16.
1 .""pis i point I bang to know,
A Of) lUfl thought —
Do I love the Lorn, or no !
Am I his, or am 1 not!
■j It I lore, why am I thus?
\\ by this dull' and lifeless frame!
Hardly, sure, can they be worse
YA ho have never heard his n.uue.
3 rCould my he art so hard remain, —
Prayer a task and burden prove, —
Every trifle eive me pain —
If I knew a Saviour's love!
4 When I turn my eyes within,
Ail is dark, and vain, and wild ;
Fill'd with unbelief and siu, —
Can I deem myself a child!]
5 If I pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is niix'd with all I do:
You that love the Lord indeed,
Tell me, is it thus with you!
6 Yet 1 mourn ray stubborn will, —
Find my sin a grief and thrall :
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all!
7 [Could I joy his saints to meet ;
Choose the" ways I once ahhorr'd ;
Find, at times, the promise sweet;—
If I did not love the Lord!]
8 Lord, decide the doubtful case !
Thou, who art thy people's sun,
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed" begun.
9 Lcc me love thee more and more,
If I love at all, I pray !
If I have not lov'd before,
Help me to begin to-day.
25J L. ML Dr. IVutts's Lyrics.
Lebanon 79. Manning 245. Gould's 272*.
])/ siring to love Christ.
1 pOME, let me love ! or is my mind
^ Harden'd to stone, or froze to ice !
I see the blessed fair one bend,
And stoop t' embrace me from the skies?
2 Oh! 'tis a thought would melt a rock,
'.ml make a heart of ircu move,
Thai those sweet lips, that heavenly took,
Should seek and wish a mortal love!
3 I was a traitor dOom'd to fire,
Bound to sustain eternal pains;
He flew on wings of strong desire,
Assura'd my guilt, and took my chains !
4 Infinite grice! almighty charms ! —
Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies !
Jestis, the Go<t, extends his inns,—
Hangs on a cross of lo\c, and dies.
5 Did pity ever stoop so low,
Dress'd in divinit; and blood!
Was ever rebel courted so.
in groans of an expiring God !
6 Again he lives! and spreads his hands, —
Hand- that were naii'd Do torturing smart '
' By these dear wounds!' say she; and stands,
A.nd prays to clasp me to his heart.
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252, 25 3 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 254, 255, 256
7 Sure I must love ; or are my ears
Still deaf, nor will my passions move!
Lord ! melt this flinty heart to tears ;—
This heart shall yield to death or love.
252 C M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Sprague 166. Brighthelrnstone 208.
Profession of Love to Christ.
1 AND have I, Christ, no love to thee, —
-ri- No passion for thy charms?
No wish my Saviour's face to see,
And dwell within his arms ?
2 Is there no spark of gratitude,
In this cold heart of mine,
To him whose generous bosom glow'd
With friendship all divine !
3 Can I pronounce his charming name,
His acts of kindness tell;
And, while I dwell upon the theme,
No sweet emotion feel?
Sure Christ deserves the noblest place
In every human breast.
5 A very wretch, Lord ! I should prove,
Had I no love to thee :
Rather than not my Saviour love,
O may I cease to be !
253 8s. B. Francis.
New Jerusalem 230. Lock 49. UxbriJge 161.
Supreme Love to Christ.
1 TVfY gracious Redeemer I love !
xyx His praises aloud I'll proclaim,
And join with the armies above
To shout his adorable name :
To gaze on his glories divine
Shall be my eternal employ,
And feel tliem incessantly shine,
My boundless ineffable joy.
2 He freely redeem'd, with his blood,
My soul from the confines of hell,
To live on the smiles of my God,
And in his sweet presence to dwell ;
To shine with the angels of light;
With saints; and with* seraphs to sing;
To view, with eternal uelicrht,
My Jesus, my Saviour, my TKing.
3 In Meshech, as yet, I reside, —
A darksome and restless abode !
Molested with foes on each side,
And longing to dwell with my God :
Oh, when shall my spirit exchange
This cell of corruptible clay,
For mansions celestial, and" range
Thro' realms of ineffable day !
4 My glorious Redeemer ! I long
To see thee descend on the cloud,
Amidst the bright numberless throng,
And mix with the triumphing crowd:
Oh, when wilt thou bid me ascend,
To join in thy praises above,
To gaze on thee world without end,
And feast on thy ravishing love?
5 Nor sorrow, nor sickness, nor pain,
Nor sin, nor temptation, nor fear,
Shall ever molest me again;
Perfection of glory reigns there:
This soul and this body shall shine
In robes of salvation and praise,
And b.mquet on pleasures divine
When; God his full beauty displays.
5 Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns,
Your pride with disdain 1 survey ;
Your pomps are but shadows and sounds,
And pass in a moment away :
The crown that my Saviour bestows,
Yon permanent sun shall outshine ;
My joy everlastingly flows, —
My God, my Redeemer, is mine.
254 S. M. Faivcett.
Vermont 134. Stoke 207. Harborough 142.
Love to the Brethren.
1 T>LEST be the tie that binds
-*-' Our hearts in Christian love !
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
2 Before our Father's throne
We pour our ardent prayers ;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,-
Our comforts and our cares.
3 We share our mutual woes ;
Our mutual burdens bear:
And often for each other flows
The sympathising tear.
4 When we asunder part,
It gives us inward pain;
But we shall still be join'd in heart,
And hope to meet again.
5 This glorious hope revives
Our courage by the way;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.
6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Thro' all eternity.
255 S. M. Beddome.
Eagle Street New 55. Enfield 5.
Christian Love, Gal. iii. 28.
1 T ET party names no more
•*-* The christian world o'erspread;
Gentile and Jew, and bond and free,
Are one in Christ their head.
2 Among the saints on earth,
Let rnutuai love be found ;
Heirs of the same inheritance,
With mutual blessings crown'd.
3 Let envy, child of hell!
Be banish'd far awav :
Tho?e should in strictest friendship dwell
Who the same Lord obey.
4 Thus will the church below
Resemble that above ;
Where streams of pleasure ever flow,
And every heart is love.
2 ;6 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
New Court 173. Antigua 120.
The Heart purified to unfeigned Love of the
Brethren by the Spirit, I Pet. i. 22.
1 /"-REAT Spirit of immortal love!
^T Vouch -afe our frozen hearts to move ;
With ardour strong these breasts inflame
To all that own a Saviour's name.
2 Still let the heavenly fire endure,
Fervent and vigorous, true and pure ;
Let everv heart and every band
Join in the dear fraternal band.
3 Celestial Dove! descend, and bring
The smiling blessings on thy wing;
And make us taste those sweets below,
Which in the blissful mansions grow.
Vol, 258, 259 LOVE TO OUR NEIGHBOUR. 260, 261
29V C M. Dr. Doddridge.
Lmllow 84. Clurmouth 26.
Love to our Neighbour ; or, the good Samaritan,
Luke x. 29 — 37.
1 T7ATHER of mercies! send thy grace,
*■ All-powerful from above,
To form, iu our obedient souls,
The image of thy lo\e.
2 Oh, may <>ur sympathising breast*
That generous pleasure know,
Kindly to share in oth
And' weep for others woe "•
3 When the most helpless sons of grief
In low distress are laid ;
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our bauds to aid.
4 So Jesus look'd on dying man,
When thron'd above the >kie> ;
And, 'midst th' embraces of his God,
He felt compassion rise :
5 On wings of love the Saviour flew
To raise us from the ground,
And shed the richest of his blood,
A balm for every wound.
2.i8 ecu
Worksop 31. Ann's 58.
Love to our Enemies from the Example of
Chritt, Luke xxiii". 34. Matt. v. 44.
i A LOUD we sing the wondrous grace
■£*■ Christ to his~murderers bare~:
Which made the tort'ring cross its throne,
And hung its trophies there.
2 ' Father, forgive !' his mercy cried,
With his expiring breath,"
And drew eternal blessings down
On tho>e who wrought iris death.
3 Jesus, this wondrous love we sing!
And, whilst we sing, admire :
Dn— the on our souls, and kindle there
The same celestial fire.
4 Sway'd by thy dear example, we
For enemies will prav ;
With love, their hatred— and their curse
With blessings— will repay.
2.i9 C. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Providence College 10. New York 33.
All Attainments vain without Love.
1 Cor. xiii. 1—3.
1 CHOCLD bounteous nature kindly pour
_Her richest gifts on me,
Still, O my God ! I should be poor,
If void of love to thee.
2 Not shining wit, nor manly sense,
Could make me truly good;
Not zeal itself couid recompense
The want of love to God.
3 Did [ possess the gift of tongues,
L!ut were denv'd thy grace;
My loudest words— my loftiest songs
Would be but sounding brass.
4 Tho' thou shouldst give me heavenlv skill
Each mystery to explain;
If I'd no heart to do tliv will,
My knowledge would"be vain.
5 Had I so strong a faith, my God !
As mountains to remove;
No faith could do me real good,
That did not work by love.
6 "What tho', to gratify mv pride,
And make mv heaven" secure,
All my possessions I divide
Among the hungry poor;
7 What tho1 mj body I consign
1 1, the dei oaring flame.
In hope the glorious deed will thine
Iu rolls of endless fame !
splendid -acts of vanity,
Tho' all the world applaud,
If destitute of charity,
Can never please my God.]
9 Oh, grant me, then, this one request,
I be satisfied*—
That U>\ e divine may rule my breast,
And all iu y action* guide.
2(50 8. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Mansfield 1 54. Mount Bphraim i&j.
The Mtik beautified with Salvation,
Pal. cxlix. 4.
1 VT'E humble souls, rejoice,
■"■ And cheerful praises >mg !
Wake all your harmony of voice;
For Jesus is your King !
2 That meek and lowly Lord,
Whom here your souls have known,
Pledges the honour of his word
T" avow you for his own.
3 He brings salvation near,
For which his blood w as paid !
How beauteous shall your souls appear,
Thus sumptuously array'd!
4 Sing! for the day is nigh,
When, near your Saviour's seat,
The taliest sons of pride shall lie
The footstool of your feet.
5 Salvation, Lord, is thine,
And all thy saints confess
The royal robes, in which they shine,
Were wrought by sovereign" grace.
Cfil CM. Needham.
Crowle 3. Miall 240.
Moderation ; or, the Saint indeed, Phil. iv. 5.
1 "LIAPPY the man whose cautious steps
1X Still keep the golden mean:
Whose life, by wisdom's rules well forni'd,
Declares a conscience clean.
2 Not of himself lie highly thinks, *
Nor acts the boaster's" part ;
His modest tongue the language speaks
Of his still humbler heart.
3 Nor in base scandal's arrs he deals,
For truth dwells in his brt-ast :
With grief he sees his neighbour's faults,
And thinks and hopes the best.
4 What blessings bounteous Heaven bestows,
He takes with thankful heart:
With temp'rance he both eats and drinks,
And gives the poor a part.
5 To sect or party his large soul
Disdains to be confin'd :
The good he loves of ev'ry name,
And prays for all mankind.
6 Pure is his zeal, the offspring fair
Of truth and heavenly love:
The bigot's rage can never dwell
Where rests the peaceful dove.
7 His business is to keep his heart,
Each passion to controul :
Nobly ambitiou« well to rule
The empire of his soul.
6 Not on the world his heart is set,
Hi< treasure is above :
Nothing beneath the sovereign good
Can claim his highest love,
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262, 263, 264 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 265, 266, 267
262 L- M.
Portugal 97. Magdalene 214.
Agur's Wish, Proverbs, xxx. 7, 8, 9.
1 HPHUS Asrur breath'd his warm desire—
x ' My God, two favours I require;
* In neither ray request deny,
' Vouchsafe them both before I die :
2 ' Far from my heart and tents exclude
' Those enemies to all that's eood ;
' Folly j whose pleasures end in death,
' And FalshoocTs pestilential breath.
3 ' Be neither wealth nor want my lot,
' Below the dome, above the cot,
1 Let me my life unanxious lead;
* And know not luxury nor need.'
4 Those wishes, Lord, we make our own :
Oh, shed in moderation down
Thy bounties, till this mortal breath,
Expiring, tunes thy praise in death !
5 But, sbouldst thou large possessions give,
May we with thankfulness receive
Th' exub'rance-- still our God adore,
And bless the needy from our store!
6 Or, should we feel the pains of want, —
Submission, resignation grant;
Till thou shall send the wish'd supply,
Or call us to the bliss on high.
063 L. M.
Bramcoate 8. New Sabbath 122.
Christian Patience, Luke xxi. 19.
1 p\TlENCE !— Oh, what a grace divine !
x Sent from the God of power and love,
Submissive to it's father's hand,
As thro' the wilds of life we rove.
2 By patience we serenely bear
The troubles of our mortal sti'.te,
And wait contented our discharge,
Nor think our glory comes too late.
3 Tho' we, in full sensation, feel
The weight, the wounds, oui-God ordains,
We smiie amid our heaviest woes,
And triumph in our sharpest pains,
4 Oh, for this grace! to aid us on,
And arm with fortitude the breast,
Till life's tumultuous voyage is o'er, —
We reach the shore of endless rest!
5 Faith into vision shall resign;
Hope shall in full ftvition die;
And patience in possession end
In the bright worlds of bliss on high.
264 L. M. Beddome.
Kingsbridge 88. Ulverston 179. Gould's 272.
Patience.
1 T\EAR Lord ! tho' bitter is the cup
-L' Thy gracious hand deals out to me,
I cheerfully would drink it up;
That eannot hurt which comes from thee.
2 Dash it with thy unchanging love,
Let not a drop of wrath be there ! —
The saints, for ever bless'd above,
Were often most afflicted here.
3 From Jesus, thy incarnate Son,
I'll learn obedience to thy will;
And humbly kiss the chastening rod,
When its severest strokes I feel.
265 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Stillman 66. Hammond 226. Michael's 119.
God speaking Peace to his People,
Psalm lxxxv. 8.
1 TTNITE, my roving thoughts! unite
^ In silence soft and sweet;
And thou, my soul, sit g-entlv down
At thy great Sovereign's feet.
2 Jehovah's awful voice is heard,
Yet gladly I attend ;
For lo! the everlasting God
Proclaims himself my friend.
3 Harmonious accents to my soul
The sounds of peace convey ;
The tempest at his word subsides,
And winds and seas obey.
4 By all its joys, I charge mv heart
To grieve his love no more ;
But, charm'd by melodv divine,
To give its follies o'er.
266 112th. /?. mil.
Hoxtonl21. Uffculm 93.
A Prayer for the promised Rest, lsa. xxvi.s.
1 T)EAR Friend of friendless sinners, hear,
XJ And magnify thy grace divine;
Pardon a worm that would draw near,
That would his heart to thee resign;
A worm, by self and sin opprest,
That pants'to reach thy promis'd rest.
2 With holy fear and reverend love,
I long to lie beneath thy throne ;
I long in thee to live, and move,
And stay myself on thee alone :
Teach me to lean upon thy breast,
To find in thee the promis'd rest.
3 Thou say'st thou wilt thy servants keep
In perfect peace, whose minds shall be
Like new-born babe6, or helpless sheep,
Completely stay'd, dear Lord ! on thee :
How calm their state, how trulv blest, l-
Who trust on thee, the promis'd rest.
4 Take me, my Saviour? as thine own,
And vindicate my righteous cause ;
Be thon my portion, Lord, alone,
And bend me to obey thy laws :
In thv dear arms or' love caress'd,
Give me to find thy promised rest.
5 Bid the tempestuous rase of sin,
With all its wrathful fury, die ;
Let the Redeemer dwell within,
And turn my sorrows into joy :
Oh, mav my heart, by thee possers'd,
Know thee to be my promis'd rest.
26? C. M. Dr. Doddrilgc.
Bedford 91. Ann's :-3.
God hath commanded all Men every where t»
repent. Acts xvii. SO.
1 ( "DEPENTl' the voice celestial cries,
-^ Nor lonsr^rdare delay:
The wretch, that scorns the mandate, dies,
And meets a fiery day.
2 No more the sovereign eye of God
O'erlooks the crimes of men ;
His heralds are dispatch'd abroad
To warn the world of sin.
3 The summons reach thro' all the earth ;
Let earth attend and fear;
Listen, ye men of roval birth,
And let your vassals hear!
26$, 269
REPENTANCE.
270, 27 1
1 Together in bit
And .ill your guilt COttl
Bmbrai e the h i now,
Nor trifle with his t;r .
Bow, ere the awful kmmpet i ound,
And call yoa to Ins bar;
For mercy know* the appointed hound,
And turns to ventreanee there.
6 Amazing- low! that yet will call,
And yet prolong our days!
Our hearts, subdu'd hy poodneta, fall,
And weep, and love, and praise,
268 (1st Fart.) C. ML Dr. Doddridge.
Walsal 237. Bangor 2 51.
Peter's Admonition to Simon Magna, turned hue
prayer, Acts viii. ft— 44.
1 CEARCHER of hearts, before thv face,
0 I all my soul display ;
And, conscious of its innate art-,
Intreat thy strict survey.
2 If lurking- in its inmost folds
I any sin conceal,
Oh, let a ray of ligrht divine
The secret guile reveal !
a If tlnetur'd with that odious gall
Unknowing I remain,
Let grace, like a pure silver stream,
Wash out th' accursed stain.
4 If, in these fatal fetters bound,
A wretched slave I lie.
Smite off my chaius, and wake my soul
To light and liberty.
5 To humble penitence and prayer
Be gentle pity given :
Speak ample pardon to my heart,
And seal its claim to heaven.
268 (2d Pari.) L. M.
Rothwell 174. Portugal 97.
Hardness of Heart lamented.
1 T ORD ! shed a beam of heavenly day
1-t To melt this stubborn stone away ;
Now thaw, with rays of lo<e divinej
This heart — this frozen heart of mine.
2 The rocks can rend; the earth can quake ;
The seas can roar; the mountains snake ;
Of feelinar all thingrs shew some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.
3 To heir the sorrows thou hast felt.
What but an adamant would melt!
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To move this stupid heart of mine.
4 But One can yet perform the deed ;
That One in all his grace I need ;
Thy Spirit can from dross refine,
And melt this stubborn heart of mine.
5 Oh, Breath of Life, breathe on my soul !
On me let streams of mercy roll:
Now thaw, with rays of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.
969 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Coomb's 45. Bromley 101. Gloucester 12.
Christ exalted to give Repentance, Acts, v. 31.
1 "pXALTED Prince of Life ! we own
-Lj The royal honours of thy throne ;
Tis fix'd by God's almighty hand,
And seraph's bow at thy^command.
2 Exalted Saviour! we confess
The sovereign triumphs of thy grace ;
Where beams of gentle radiance thine,
And temper majesty divine.
3 Wide ' m eptr • >.\.t\,
Till all thine em
Wide maj tin crou its virtues prore,
\n i conqiM r mkliom i»v it- i ,
4 Mighty to vanquish and form*.' !
Thine Urai l BhaH repent an I ii\e ;
And loud proclaim thy healing breath,
\\ bich work- their Ure who wrought thy death.
870 7* Vr. s. st, mutt.
I'ookhani M. gtoel 2ul.
PeniUntnd Sighs.
1 pATHER! at thy call I come:
In thy bosom there is room
For a -uihy soul to hide,—
Press'd with grief on every side.
2 Here I'll make mv piteous moan!
Thou canst understand a groan:
Here my tins and ■ trrows tell ;
What I feel thou knowest well.
3 Ah ! how foolish I have been
To obey the voice of sin —
To forget thy love to me,
And to break my vows to thee.
4 Darkness fills my trembling soul;
Floods of sorrow o'er me roll ;
Pity, Father ! pitv me;
Ml my hope's alone in thee.
5 But may such a wretch as I, —
Self-condemn'd, and dooiu'd to die, —
Brer hope to be forgiven.
And be smi!"d upon by Heaven?
C May 1 round thee cling and twine,
Call myself a child of thine,
And presume to claim a part
In a tender Father's heart ?
7 Yes, I may ! for I espy
Pity trickling from thine eye:
'Tis a father's bowels move, —
Move with pardon and with love.
S AVell I do remember, too,
What his love hath deign'd to do;
How he senc a Saviour down,
All my follies to atone .
9 Has my elder brother died !
And is "justice satisfied i
Why, — oh, why— should I despair
Of my Father's tender care !
271 C. M. Dr. S. Stevneti.
Charmouth 28. Ann's 58.
The Penitent,
1 pROSTRATE. dear Jesus ! at thy feet
x A guilty rebel lies;
And upwards to the mercy-seat
Presumes to lift his eyes.
2 Oh let not justice frown me hence;
Stay, <ray the vengeful storm:
Forbid it that Omnipotence
Should crush a feeble worm.
3 If tears of sorrow would suffice
To pay the debt I owe,
Tears should from both my weeping eyes
In ceaseless torrents flow.
4 But no such sacrifice I plead
To expiate my guilt ;
No tears, but th'oKe which thou hast shed,
No blood, but thou hast spilt.
5 Think of thy sorrows, dearest Lord !
And all my sins forgi\e:
Justice will well approve the word
That bids the dinner live.
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272, 273, 274, 275 GRACES OF THE SPIRIT. 276, 277
272 CM. Steele.
Ludlow 84. Crowlc 3.
Penitence and Hope,
1 TYEAR Saviour ! when my thoughts recal
•LJ The wonders of thy grace,
Low at thy feet ashani'd I fall,
And hide this wretched face.
By earth's low cares detaiu'd,— betray'd
From Jesus to depart.—
3 From Jesus--- who alone can give
True pleasure, peace, and rest:
"When absent from my Lord, I live
Unsatisfy'd, unblest.
4 But he, for his own mercy's sake,
My wandering soul restores :
He bids the mourning heart partake
The pardon it implores.
i Oh, while I breathe to thee, my Lord,
The penitential >igh,
Confirm the kind forgiving word,
With pity in thine eye !
6 Then shall the mourner at thy feet
Rejoice to seek thy face ;
And grateful own how kind -how sweet
Thy condescending grace.
273 L. M. Beddome.
Ulverstone 179. Paul's 246. Gould's 272.
The Prodigal Son; or, the repenting Sinner
accepted, Luke, xv. 32.
1 HPHE mighty God will not despise
■*■ The contrite heart for sacrifice ;
The deep-fetch'd sigh, the secret groan,
Rises accepted to the throne.
2 He meets, with tokens of his grace,
The trembling lip, the blushing face ;
His bowels yearn when sinners pray ;
And mercy bears their sins away.
3 When fiil'd with grief, o'erwhelm'd with
shame,
He, pitying, heals their broken frame;
He hears their sad complaints, and spies
His image in their weeping eyes.
4 Thus what a rapt'rous joy possest
The tender parent's throbbing breast,
To see his spend-thrift son return,
And hear him his past follies mourn !
274 C M. Beddome.
Walsal 237. Bangor 231.
Why weep est thou 1 John xx. 13.
1 VXTHY, O my soul ! why weepest thou i
*v Tell me from whence arise
Those briny tears that often flow,
Those groans that pierce the skies.
2 Is sin the cause of thy complaint,
Or the chastising rod]
Dost thou an evil heart lament,*
And mourn an absent God?
3 Lord, let me weep for nought but sin!
And after none but thee !
And then I would- -Oh, that I might! —
A constant weeper be !
* Or— Dost thou departed friends lament '
275 C M. Cowper.
Ellenborough 170. Brighthelmstone 208.
The contrite Heart, Isa. lvii. 15.
1 f~PHE Lord will happiness divine
A On contrite hearts bestow ;
Then tell me, gracious God ! is mine
A contrite heart or no?
2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain,
Insensible as steel ;
If aught is felt, 'tis only pain
To~find I cannot feel.
3 I sometimes think myself inclin'd
To love thee, if I could ;
But often feel another mind,
Averse to all that's good.
4 Mv best desires are faint and few,
I fain would strive for more;
But, when I cry, ' My strength renew/
Seem weaker than before.
5 Thy saints are comforted, I know,
And love thy house of pray'er ;
I sometimes go where others go,
But find no comfort there.
6 Oh, make this heart rejoice or ache ; —
Decide this doubt for me ;
And, if it be not broken, break —
And heal it, if it be.
i76 C M. Beddome.
Abridge 201. Wantage 201.
Resignation ; or, God our Portion.
1 TV/TY times of sorrow and of joy,
iYJ- Great God ! are in thy hand ;
My choicest comforts come from thee,
And go at thy command.
2 If thou shouldst take them all away,
Yet would I not repine;
Before they were possess'd by me,
They were entirety thine.
3 Nor would I drop a murmuring word,
Tho' the whole world were gone,
But seek enduring happiness
In thee, and thee alone.
4 What is the world, with all its store?
'Tis but a bitter sweet ;
When I attempt to pluck the rose,
A pricking thorn I meet.
5 Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found,
The honey's mix'd with gall :
'Midst changing scenes and dying friends,
Be Thou my all in all.
cz77 C M. Cowper.
Bedford 91. Crowle 3.
Submission.
1 r\ LORD ! my best desires fulfil,
^ And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to thy will,
And make thy pleasure mine.
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears ?
3 No! let me rather freely yield
What most I prize to thee,
Who never hast a good withheld,
Nor wilt withhold, from me.
4 Thv favour all my journey thro*
Thou artengag'd to grant ;
What else I want, or think I do,
'Tis better still to want.
& Wisdom and mercy guide my way :
Shall I resist them both?
A poor blind creature of a day,
And crush'd before the moth !
6 But ah ! my inmost spirit cries,
Still bind me to thy sway ;
Else the next cloud, that veils ray skies,
Drives all these thoughts away.
27-8,279,280 SELF-DENIAL, SINCERITY. 281,282,283
278 C. M. S
James's 1«3. Tunbridge 1"3.
/•'</ia/ Stibmitsfou, Heb, \ii. 7.
1 A NDcan mv heart aspire bo high,
-"■ To iay. • M.
Lor.l ! at thy feet 1 fain would lie,
And learn to kbs the rod.
2 I would submit to all thy will,
For thou art fcood and \\ ise ;
Let every anxious thought b -t .11,
Nor one faint murmur ri-( .
, 3 Thy love can che. r the darksome gloom,
And hid me wait M 1
Till hopes and joy» immortal bloom,
And brighten all the s
4 ' My Father,'— O permit my heart
To plead her humble claim,
And ask the bliss those words impart,
In my Redeemer's name.
279 P. If. T. Greene.
Grove House 113. Condescension 116.
// is the Lord— let him do what stemeth good,
1 Sim. iii. 18.
1 TT is the Lord— enthron'd in light,
Whose claims are all divine;
Who has an undisputed rijrht
To govern me and mine.
2 It is the Lord— should I distrust,
Or contradict his will,
Who cannot do but what is just,
And must be righteous still ?
3 It is the Lord— who gives me all
My wealth, my friends, my ease ;
And, of his bounties, may recal
Whatever part he please.
4 It is the Lord — who can sustain
Beneath the heaviest load —
From whom assistance I obtain
To tread the thorny road.
5 It is the Lord — whose matchless skill
Can, from afflictions, raise
Matter eternity to fill
With ever-growing praise.
Whose gracious promise, seal'd with blood,
Must ever be the same.
7 His cov'nant will my soul defend
Should nature's self expire,
And the great Judge of All descend
In awful flames of fire !
• And can my soul, with hopes like these,
Be sullen, or repine \
No, gracious God ! take what thou please,
To thee I all resign.
980 CL M. Ncedham.
Braintree 25. Huddersfield 202.
Self-Denial ; or, taking up the Cross,
Mark viii. 38. Luke far, 26.
1 A SHAM'D of Christ!— mv soul, disdain
■**• The mean ungen'rous thought :
Shall I disown that fr'n nd, whose blood
To man salvation brought !
■2 With the glad news of love and peace,
From heaven to earth he came ;
For us endur'd the painful cross —
For us despis'd the shame.
3 At his command we must take up
Our cross without delav ;
Our lives — and thousand lives of ours —
Can ne'er His love repay.
Wuli infinite d
Their li\< - loh u it death*
ire 1 » sight.
hi* D line- -In- CTOtt to bear —
our highest honour this !
Who nobly suffers now for him
Shall reiirn with him in bibs.
0 Bui should we, in the erilday,
From our projessi m
Jesus, the Judge, before the world,
The traitor will deny.
2M <'■ >'•
Grove-House 1 '.j. Brighthelmstone 208.
Silf-Dtui.il, Ma
1 AND must I part with all I have,
■rv My dearest Lord, for thee.'—
It is bin right I since thou hast done
Much more than this for me.
2 Yes, let it e:o !~-Oue look from thee
Will more, thin make amends
For all the IdsSm - I sustain
Of credit, riches, friends.
3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives- —
Hew worthies- they appear
Compar'd with thee, "Supremely Good !
Divinely bright and Fair!
4 Saviour of souls! could I from thee
A single smile obtain,
Tho' destitute of all things else,
I'd glory in my gain.
282 C. M. Dr. Watts's Sermons.
Crowle 3. Gainsborough S9.
Sincerity and Truth, Phil. iv. 6.
1 T ET those who bear the Christian name
*-* Their holy vows fulfil ;
The saints— the followers of the Lamb -
Are men of honour still.
2 True to the solemn oaths they take,
Tho' to their hurt they swear,
Constant and just to all they speak —
For God and angels hear.
3 Still with their lips their hearts agrse,
Nor rlatt'ring words devise;
They know the God of truth can see
Thro' ev'ry false disguise.
4 They hate th' appearance of a lie,
In" all the shapes it wears,
Firm to the truth ; and, when they die,
Eternal life is their's.
5 Lo ! from afar the Lord descends,
And brings the judgment flown ;
He bids his saints — his faithful friends,
Rise and possess their crown.
6 While Satan trembles at the sight,
And devils wish to die,
Where will the faithless hypocrite
And guilty liar fly .'
233 S. M. Beddome.
Stoke 207. Harborough 142.
Sincerity desired.
1 TF secret fraud should dwell
1 Within this heart of mine;
Purge out, O God ! that cursed leaven,
And make me wholly thine.
2 If any rival there
Dare's to usurp the throne,
Oh, tear the internal traitor thence,
And reiga thyself alone.
C 12
284, 285
GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
286, 287
3 f s a ny lust conceal'd ?
Bring it to open view ;
Search", search, dear Lord! my inmost soul,
And all its powers renew.
284 (1st Part.) C. M. Fawcett.
Ann's 58. Stillman 6(3.
Spiritual Mindedntss ; or, Inivard Religion.
1 tjELIGION is the chief concern
**' Of mortals here below ;
May I its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know !
2 More needful this than glittering wealth,
Or aught the world bestows;
Not reputation, food, or health,
Can give us such npose.
3 Religion should our thoughts engage
Amidst our youthful bloom;
'Twill fit us for declining age,
And for the awful tomb.
4 Oh, may my heart, by grace renew'd,
Be my Redeemer's throne ;
And be my stubborn will subdu'd,
His government to own!
5 Let deep repentance, faith, and love,
Be join'd with godly fear ;
And all my conversation prove
My heart to be sincere.
6 Preserve me from the snares of sin,
Thro' my remaining days;
And in me let each virtue shine
To my Redeemer's praise.
7 Let lively hope my soul iuspire ;
Let warm affections rise ;
And may I wait with strong desire,
To mount above the skies !
284 (2d Part.) C. M.
Sprague lf>6.
Godliness profitable ; or, the Benefit of genuine
Religion, 1 Tim. iv. 8.
1 TJOW vast the blessings, how divine,
-** From godliness which flow !
Nor men, nor angels, should they join,
Can half its value shew.
2 Ten thousand comforts it procures
To christians, while on earth;
It endless happiness secures,
And free from endless death.
3 God, for himself hath set apart
The godly, whom he loves :
Thev have a place within his heart;
Their conduct he approves.
4 [There is arih and free reward,
The eve of faith descries,
R.eserv'6. for all, who fear the Lord,
Above the starry skies.]
5 A glorious kingdom, and a crown,
Christ will on such bestow ;
For them the seeds of bliss are sov. n,
The fruits of glory grow.
285 C. M. Tate.
Exeter 4. Michael's 119.
Encouragement to truest and love God,
Psalm xx\ iv.
1 rpHRO' .11 the changing scenes of life —
-*- In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
2 Of his deliverance I will boast,
Till all, who are distrest,
From mv example comfort take,
And charm their grief to rest.
3 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just;
Protection he affords to all
Who make his name their trust.
4 Oh, make but trial of his love! —
Experience will decide
How blest are they and only thev,
Who in his truth confide.
5 Fear him, ye saints! and you will the*
Have nothing else to fear ;
Make you his service your delight, —
Your wants shall be his care.
6 While hungry lions lack their prey,
The Lord will food provide
For such as put their trust in him,
And see their needs supply'd.
236 (1st Part.) L. M.
Bowden 78. Rowles 73.
Trust and Confidence ; or, looking beyond pre '
sent Appearances, Hab. iii. 17, 18.
1 A WAY, my unbelieving fear!
xx Let fear in me no more take place;
My Saviour doth not vet appear;
He hides the briyhtne'ss of his face :
But shail I therefore let him go,
And basely to the tempter vield ?
No, in the strength of Jesus, no !
I never will give up my shield.
2 Akho' the vine its fruit denv,
Altho' the olive yield no oil",
The withering fig-tree droop and die,
The field illude the tiller's toil —
The empty stall no herd afford —
And perish all the bleating race;
Yet, I will triumph in the Lord !—
The God of my salvation praise !
3 Away, each unbelieving fear !
Let fear to cheering hope give place;
My Saviour wifi at length appear,
And shew the brightness of his face :
Tho' now my prospects all be cross'd—
. My blooming hopes cut off I see;
Still will I in my Jesus trust,
Whose boundless' love can reach to me.
4 In hope — believing against hope —
His promis'd mercy will I claim ;
His gracious word "shall bear me up
To seek salvation in his name :
Soon, my dear Saviour, bring it nigh !
My soul" shall then outstrip the wind,
On wings of love mount up on hiq:h,
And leave the world and sin behind.
286 (2d Part.) L. 31.
Portugal 07. Paul's 246.
All Thing.': working for good, fyc.
Rom. viii.28.
1 TEMPTATIONS, trials, doubts, and fears.
*■ Wants, losses, crosses, groans, and tears
Will, thro' the grace of God, our friend,
In everlasting triumphs end !
2 To those who him sincerely love,
All penal evils blessings prove ;
Whom grace hath calf'd and made his om
Nor fires can burn, nor floods can drown.
3 Lord, let thi- thought in deep distress
Our hopes confirm, our spirits raise ;
Midst earth and heii's opposing pow'rs
We still are safe if thou art ours.
287 (1st Part.) L. M.
Cherston 179. Dresden 178.
Humble Trust; or, Despair prevented.
1 T ORD,. didst thou die, but not for me I
*-* Am I forbid to tru»t thy blood?
Hast thou not pardons rich and free?
And grace, an overwhelming flood !
287, 288
TRUST.
288, 289, 2ftft
2 Who, then, shall drive my trembling sou!
From thee, t" ; -.iir !
Who lias >urvcy'd thu sacred roll,
And found niy name ;u>t written Hh< I
3 Presuroptuoi's thought ! to fix the bound—
To limit mercy's sorefe en men :
What other happy mmiIs have found
I'll seek; nor shall I seek in vain.
4 I own my iruilt ; my ihtfdMfl
Can men or devils make them more!
Of crime's, already numberless,
Vain the attempt to swell the score.
0 W« rr> the Mack list before my sight,
While I rememlfer thou hast dy*<L
TwoaW o;i!> ufjfje my speedier flight
To seek salvation at thy side.
6 Low at thy feet I'll east me down,
To thee reveal my guilt and fear;
And— if thou spurn me from thy throne—
I'll be the first who perish'd there.
287 (2d Part.) C. M.
Grove House 143. Bedford 91.
Trust encouraged by the Promise — I will be
their God.
1 TF God is mine, then present things,
x And things to come, are mine ;
Yea. Christ, his word, and Spirit too,
And glory all divine.
2 If he is mine, then, from his love,
He every trouble sends;
All thing's are working for my good,
And bliss his rod attends.
3 If he is mine, I need not fear
The rage of earth and hell ;
He will support my feeble frame,
Their utmost force repel.
4 If he is mine, let friends forsake, —
Let wealth and honours flee —
Sure he, who giveth me himself.
Is more than these to me.
5 If he is mine, I'll boldly pass
Thro' death's tremendous vale :
He is a solid comfort, when
All other comforts fail.
% Oh, tell me, Lord ! that thou art mine ;
What can I wish beside ?
My soul shall at the fountain live
When all the streams are dry'd.
288 C- M. Beddome.
Oxford 177.
Fear not.
1 ^yE trembling souls ! dismiss your fears ;
■*• Be mercy all your theme;
Mercy, which, like a river, flows
In one continue. 1 stream.
S Fear not the powers of earth and hell ;
God will these powers restrain;
His mighty arm their rage repel,
And make their efforts vain.
3 Pear not the want of outward good :
He will for his provid ,
Orant them supplies of daily food,
And all they need beside.'
4 Fear not that he will e'er forsake,
Or leave his work undone ;
He's faithful to his promises, —
And f; tirhftil to his Son.
1 Fear not the terrors of the grave,
Or death's tremendous stfn? ;
He will from endless wrath preserve —
To endless glory bring.
C, You, in His wUdom, power, and grace,
May confidently trust ;
Hi* wisdom guides, his power protects,
His grac- rewards, tueju>t.
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Worksop SI, Ludlow 8*.
Trust hi God promoted by gratef\il
Recollection.
1 T\GAR Lord ! why should I doubt thy love,
-"-^ Or disbelieve thy grace I
Sore thy compassions ne'er remove,
Altho' thou hide thy face.
2 Thy smiles have freed my heart from pain.-
My drooping spirits cheer'd :
And wilt thou not appear again
Where thou hast once appear'd ♦
3 Hast thou not form'd my soul anew,
And told me I am thine '
An i wilt thou now thy work undo,
Or break thy word divine!
4 Dost thou repent! wilt thou deny
The gifts thou hast bestow'd !
Or, are those streams of mercy dry,
Which once so freely flow'd"!
5 Lord ! let not groundless fears destroy
The mercies now possess'd :
I'll praise for blessings 1 enjov.
And trust for all the rest.
289 8, 8, 6. Jesse.
Chatham 59. Hinton 266.
Fears removed— It is 1 ; be not afraid,
John vi. 20.
1 TTNCLEAN ! unclean! and full of sin,
^ From first to last, O Lord, I've beeo'
Deceitful is my heart ;
Guilt presses down my burden'd soul;
But Jesus can the waves controul,
And bid my fears depart.
2 When first I heard his word of grace,
Ungratefully I hid my face, —
Ungratefully delay'd :
At length his voice "more powerful came*
' 'Tis I,1 he cried, * I, still the same ;
' Thou need'st not be afraid.'
3 My heart was chang'd; in that same hour
My soul confess'd his mighty power ;
Out flow'd the briny tear:
I listen'd still to hear his voice;
Again he said, * In me rejoice;
* 'Tis I ; — thou need'st not fear.'
4 ' Unworthy of thy love !' I'cried :
1 Freely I love,' he soon reply'd,
« On'ine thy faith be staid :
' On me for every thing depend;
' I'm Jesu> still, the sinner's friend,—
• Thou need'st not be afraid.'
290 104th. Newton.
Old Hundred and Fourth 148. Sussex 70.
/ will trust and not be afraid, Isaiah xii. 2»
1 "DEGONE, unbelief! my Saviour is near,
-k* And for my relief will surely appear:
BV prayerletme wrestle, and he w ill perform?
With Chrrstin the vessel, I smile at the storm.
2 Tho' dark be my way, since he is my guide,
Tis mine to obey, 'tfs his to provide:
Tho' cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail,
The word he has spoken shall surely prevail.
3 His love, in time past, forbids me to think
He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink;
Each sweet Ebeneier I have in review,
Confirms his good pleasure to help me quif
thrr>.'
D
291, 292
THE CHRISTIAN.
293
4 Deterrain'd to save, he watch 'd o'er my path,
When, Satan's blind slave, I sported with
death ;
And can he have taught me to trust in his
name,
And thus far have brought me to put me to
shame ?
5 Why should I complain of want or distress,
Temptation or pain? — he told me no less :
The heirs of salvation, I know from his word,
Thro' much tribulation must follow their Lord.
6 How bitter t'.at cup no heart can conceive,
Which he drank quite up, that sinners might
live !
His way was much rougher and darker than
mine;
Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I re-
pine J
7 Since ail that I meet shall work for my good,
The bitter is sweet, the med'cine is food ;
Tho' painful at present 'twill cease before
long,
And then, Oh, how pleasant the conqueror's
song!
291 L. M.
New Sabbath 122. Langdon 217.
True Wisdom, Prov. iii. 13 — 18.
1 "LIAPPY the man who finds the grace —
AJ- The blessing of God's chosen race;
The wisdom coming from above,
And faith that sweetly works by love !
2 Happy, beyond description, he
Who knows, ' the Saviour dy'd for me' —
The gift unspeakable obtains,
And heavenly understanding gains.
3 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
*nd all her flowery paths are peace:
Wisdom to silver we prefer,
And gold is dross compar'd with her.
4 He finds, who wisdom apprehends,
A life begun that never ends ;
The tree of life divine she is, .
Set in the midst of Paradise.
5 Happy the man, who wisdom gains, .
In whose obedient heart she reigns ;
He owns, and will for ever own,
Wisdom, and Christ, and heaven, are one.
292 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Lewton 30. Rowles 73.
Zeal for Christ; or, Peter and John following
their Master, John xxi. 18 — 20.
1 "DLEST men, who stretch their willing hand6
•D Submissive to their Lord's commands,
And yield their liberty and breath
To him that lov'd their souls in death!
2 Lead me to suffer and to die,
If thou, my gracious Lord ! art nigh :
One smile from thee my heart shall fire,
And teach me, smiling, to expire.
[ make,
3 If nature at the trial shake,
And from the cross or flames draw bad
Grace can its feebie courage raise,
And turn its tremblings into praise.
4 While scarce I dare with Peter sav,-
I'll boldly tread the bleeding way-'
X?\'S thy steps» like John> ['d move
W ith humble hope and silent love.
29.S (1st Part.) C. M. Beddome.
Bedford 91. Grove House 143.
Holy Zeal and Diligence.
1 \VHILE carnal men, with all their might,
Earth's vanities pursue,
How slow th' advances which 1
With heaven itself in view !
2 Inspire my soul with holy zeal;
Great God ! my love inflame ;
Religion without zeal and love
Is but an empty name.
3 To gain the top of Zion's hill
May I with fervour strive ;
And all those powers employ for thee
Which I from thee derive !
293 (2d Part.) C. M.
Great Milton 212. Condescension 116.
Zeal for God ; or, longing for the Mind of
Christ.
1 TF duty calls, and suffering too,
x My Lord ! I'd follow thee ;
As thou hast done, so would I do ;
As thou art, would I be.
2 With zeal inflam'd, 'twas thy delight
To do thy Father's will ;
May the same zeal my soul excite
Thy precepts to fulfil.
3 Meekness, humility, and love,
Did through thy conduct shine ;
Oh, may my whole deportment prove
A copy, Lord, of thine !
4 Depending on thy sov'reign grace,
I'll tread the heavenly road ;
With w illing mind thy footsteps trace,
And climb to thine abode.
PAUSE.
3 Oh, let me run the christian race
With diligence and speed !
God's Word, his Spirit, and his Grace,
Do all to duty lea:'.
6 Did Jesus leave the realms of bliss
To save from sin and hell ? —
A love so wonderful as this
Calls for a glowing zeal.
7 Those who to Christ for refuge flee
Should in his footsteps tread ;
Our Prophet, Priest, and King, should be
Both trusted and obev'd.
THE CHRISTIAN.
294 (1st Part.) L. M. Fawcett,
Pawcett 184. Ulverston 179. Gould's 272.
The Christian awakened. — ' What must I do to
be saved >' Acts, ix. 6.
1 "\17TTH melting heart and weeping eyes,
'* My guilty soul for mercy cries;
What shall I do, or whither flee,
T' escape that vengeance due to me ?
2 Ti'l now, I saw no danger nigh:
I liv'd at ease, nor feard to die;
Wrapt up in self-deceit and pride,
4 I shall have peace at last,' I cry'd.
3 But when, great God ! thy light divine
Had shone on this dark soul of mine,
Then I beheld, with trembling awe,
The terrors of thy holy law.
294-, 295
THE CHRISTIAN.
29 i
4 How dreadful, now, nay guilt appears,
In childhood, youth, and growing year*!
Before thy pure discerning eye,
Lord, what a tilth) wretch am 1 !
• Should vengeance still my soul pursue,
Death and destruction are my uue ;
Yet mercy can my guilt forgive,
And bid a dying sinner live.
6 Does not thy sacred word proclaim
Salvation free in Jesus' name 1
To him I look, and humbly cry,
* O save a wretch condemn'd to die !'
294 (2d Part.) C. ML
Abridge 201. Ann's 58. Ellenborough 170.
The great Question answered.
1 TS there, in heav'n or earth, who can
A A wretched mortal save !
Make a poor lep'rous sinner clean?
Redeem an helpless slave ! —
2 Who can appease an angry God! —
Relieve a burden'd mind !
In whom a soul, o'erwhelm'd with guilt,
May ease and safety find!
3 Yes ! there is One, who dwells on hijh,
That can do this and more ;
A Being of unbounded love
And uncontroulied power —
4 Immanuel is his name ; who once
Upon tb' accursed tree,
Bcre the vast weight of all their sins
Who, burden'd, to him flee.
3 But now he lives—he ever lives,
And pleads what he hath done ;
Whilst God ten thousand crimes forgives,
Through his atoning Son.
6 Jesus ! I to thv feet repair,
And there will prostrate lie;
Be thou propitious to my prayer,
And I shall never die.
295 8» 7. -D. Turner.
Trowbridge 21. Welsh 210. Tabernacle 239.
Supplicating—Jesus, thou Son of David,
heve mercy on me, Mark x. 47.
1 TESUS, full of all compassion,
J Hear thy humble suppliant's cry ;
Let me know thy great salvation ;
See ! I languish, faint, and die.
2 Guilty, but with heart relenting,
Overwhelm'd with helpless grief,
Prostrate at thy feet repenting,
Send, Oh send me, quick relief!
3 [Whither should a wretch be flying,
But to him who comfort gives ?
Whither, from the dread of dying,
But to him who ever lives ?]
4 [While I view thee, wounded, grieving,
Breathless, on the cursed tree,
Fain I'd feel my heart believing
That thou suffer'dst thus for me.
5 With thy righteousness and Spirit,
I am more than angels blest ;
Heir with thee, all things inherit, —
Peace, and joy, and endless rest.
G Without thee, the world possessing,
I should be a wretch undone ;
Search through heaven, — the land of blessing,
Seeking good, and finding none.]
T Hear then, blessed Saviour, hear me!
My soul cleaveth to the dust;
Send the Comforter to cheer me;
Lo ! in thee I put my trust.
8 On the word thy blood hath sealed
Hun niy evcrlnstina; all;
Let thine arm be now revealed ;
Stay, Oh stay me, lest I fall!
9 In the world of endless ruin,
Let it never, Lord, he sai<i,
• Here's a soul that perish'd suing
4 For the boasted Saviour's aid !'
10 Sav'd — the deed shall spread new glory
Thro' the shining realms above !
Angels sing the pleasing story.
All enraptur'd with thy love !
2.76 (First Part.) 7s.
Stoel 164. Cookham 36.
Longing for an Interest in the Redeemer ; #r,
venturing on the Mercy of God, in Christ.
1 rjRAClOUS Lord, incline thine ear!
VJ My requests vouchsafe to hear;
Hear ray ne\ er-ceasing cry ;
Give me Christ, or else I d"ie.
2 Wealth and honour I disdain,
Earthly comforts, Lord, are vain;
These "can never satisfy,
Give me Christ, or else I die.
3 Lord, deny roe what thou wilt,
Only ease me of my guilt:
Suppliant at thy feet I l.e,
Give me Christ, or else I die.
4 All unholy and unclean,
I am nothing else but sin;
On thy mercy I rely,
Give me Christ, or else I die
5 Thou do6t freely save the lost;
In thy grace alone I trust :
With my earnest suit comply ;
Give me Christ, or else I die.
8 Thou dost promise to forgive
All who in thy Son believe ;
Lord, I know thou canst not lie :
Give me Christ, or else I die.
7 Father, dost thou seem to frown ?
Let me shelter in thy Son !
Jesus ! to thine arms I fly ;
Come and save me, or I die.
296 (Second Part) C M.
Bedford 91. Abridge 201.
The plain sei-ious Christian's daily Hymn.— Help
me, my God — Oh save me, Ps. cix. 26.
1 T-JELP and salvation, Lord ! I crave ;
1J- For both I greatly need :
None else these blessings can bestow;
From thee they must proceed.
2 Help me thy glories to behold,
Tny loveliness to see :
Sate from an atheistic heart,
Which shuns the deity.
me the turpitude of i
i shame to realize :
Save from impenitence ; and thaw
A breast as hard as ice.]
4 Help me to cleave to Christ alone !
Where else can sinners fly !
Save me from all self-righteousness,
And every idol nigh.
5 Help me to live upon thy word, —
The Christian's daily food :
Save me from unbelief, that foe —
That bar to every good.
6 Help me to do thy holy will ;
Let duty bliss dispense :
Save from a disobedient heart,
From sloth and negligence.
297
THE CHRISTIAN.
298, 299
7 Help me to persevere in grace;
Still gladly following on :
Save me from euch backsliding path
To which my heart is prone.
8 [Help, in prosperity, that I.
True gratitude may find:
Save me from pride and carnal ease,
And from an earthly mind.
9 Help, in adve.iv.ity, to bow
My neck to bear the yoke :
Save me from wrath and discontent,
Which would my God provoke.]
10 Help me to conquer all my foe»,
Satan, the world, and bin :
Save from temptation's snares without.
And this base heart within.
11 Help me to wait the time decreed,
And then meet death with ji»ji :
Save me from all the ills of life",—
The dread of death destroy.
29 (First part.) L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Mark's 65. Howies 73.
Choosing the better Pari , Luke x. 42.
1 T>ESET with snares on every hand,
-t> In life's uncertain path I stand :
Saviour divine ! diffuse thy lisr.ht
To guide my doubtful footsteps right.
2 Engage this roving treach'rous heart
To fix on Mary's better part.
To scorn the trifles of a day
For joys that none can take" away.
3 Then let the wildest storms arise;
Let tempests mingle earth and skies;
No fatal shipwreck shall I fear,
But all my treasures with me bear.
4 If thou, my Jesus! still be nigh,
Cheerful I" live, and joyful die ;
Secure, when mortal comforts flee,
To find ten thousand worlds in thee.
297 (Second Part.) 8, 8, 6.
Westbury-Leigh 273. Broadmead 150.
Admiring the Love of God in Christ.
1 "IX/TY God ! thy boundless love we praise :
-L'A How bright on high its.glories blaze —
How sweetly bloom below?
I | streams from thy eternal throne;
Thro' Heaven its joys, for ever run,
And o'er the earth they flow.
2 'Tis Love that erilds the vernal ray-
Adorns the flow'ry robe of May —
Perfumes the breathing gale :
'Tis Love that loads the plenteous plain,
With blushing fruits and golden grain,
And smiles o'er ev'ry vale.
3 But, in thy Gospel, it appears
In sweeter fairer characters,
And charms the ravish 'd breast;
There, Love immortal leaves the sky
To wipe the drooping mourner's eye,
And give the weary rest.
4 There smiles a kind propitious God—
There flows a dying Saviour's blood,
The pledge of sins forgiv'n ;
There Faith, bright cherub, points the way
To regions of eternal day,
And opens all her heav'n.
5 Then, in redeeming Love, rejoice
My soul !— and hear a Saviour's voice
That calls thee to the skies :
Above life's empty scenes aspire —
Its sordid cares and mean desire—
A««i seize th? eternal prize.
298 (Fiist Part.) S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Kibworih 219. Eagle Street New 55.
Devoting himself to God, Roin. xii. 1.
1 AND will th' eternal King
■cx So mean a gift reward !
That off' ring, Lord, with joy we being,
Which thine own hand prepar'd.
2 We own thy various claim;
And to tiiihe altar move,
The willing victims of thy grace,
And bound with cords of love,
3 Descend, celestial fire!
The sacrifice inflame :
So shall a grateful odour rise,
Thro' our Redeemer's name.
cz98 (Second Part.) S. M.
Broderip's 252. Aynhoe 108.
Going forioard ; or, Difficulties the Occasion of
Prayer and Pleading, Exod. xiv. 15.
1 T IKE Israel; Lord, am I !
Xj My soul is at a stand :
A sea before, an host behiitd,
And rocks on either hand.
2 O Lord ! I cry to thee,
And would thy word obev !
Bid me advance"; an 1, thro' the sea,
Create a new-made way.
3 Without thee> I. must sink
Beneath the swelling, flood,
Or fall a prey to those who think
To glut them with my blood.
4 The time q£ greatest straits
Thy chosen time has been
To manifest thy power is great,
And make thy glory seen.
5 Thou wast by Ahra'm own'd
A God in time of need : —
Thou art JehovaJirJirth found
By all of Abra'm's seed;
6 Thy power is still the same;
On thee I would rely :
Wilt thou not answer to thy name
To such a worm as I ?
7 Oh, send deliv'rance down !
Display the arm divine !
So shall the praise be ail thy o*n,
And I be doably thine.
£98 (3d Part.) L. M.
Lebanon 79. Paul's 246.
Renouncing the moral Law as a Covenant of Life,
but admiring it <.«-? o Rule of Conduct.
1 \X7"HE\ Jesus for hi* people dy'd,
vV The holy law was satisfied :
Its awful penalties Ike bore;
It can command, but -curse no more.
2 He having snfijer'd in tlveir stead,
The law in eov'nanl form is dead,
But rules them with a gentle sway ;
And they, with sweet delight, obey.
,3 Amazing Love!— how rich, how free!
That Christ should die for such as we !
From hence, the holiest duties flow
Of saints abov»* and saints below.
299 (1st Part.) L. M. Dv. S. Stennett.
New Court 173. Derby 169.
Our Bodies the Temples of the Holy Ghost,
1 Cor. vi. 19. 1 John v. 21.
1 AND will the offended God again
-**• Return, and dwell with siniul nitu '
Will he within this bosom raise
\ living temple, to his praisf/
. 300
THE CHRISTIAN.
301, 301:
2 The joyful news transports m\ lire. ml :
All hail ! I try, thou hcavenb |
Lift up your heads, *e powfrs Wiahn,
And let the king of Glory in.
3 Enter with all thy hi avnly train!
Here lire, and here for ever Feign !
Thj sceptre o'er nay passions sw*j ,
Let love command, and I'll ohey."
< Reason and eotjtciettce shaTI ^tiiin-i i t,
Au.l pa\ their Uottafe at flij
To thee I'll consecrate m\ hear,
Ami hid cuch rival thence depart.
5 No i.li .l-«_r«"l itmll hold a pla^
Within this ti mple of th\ rrrace:
Dagon befor • rhe ark a' all fall,
%M i.'<>d in Christ he all in all.
l29? (~* I'artO C.M.
Frcinc 255. Salem 139. Foster 9C
Imploring the Presence of God.
1 T ORD ' let nit- tee rhy l.eanteous face !
*-* It y:cld^ a heav n below:
And aiiTtfis rornd the throne will say
Tia ail the heaven they kno.v.
2 A e limpse -a single glimpse of thee
Would more delight my soul
Than this v.* in world, with all its joys,
Coula . ii' «. .
<>-K) (3d Pin,) L. M.
•Rowles 73. Lamrdon 217.
IIvj , lion of GoA,
Psalm xlvi. 4.
I TNDULGENT God ! to Thee I raise
A Mv spirit fraught with ;oy and praise:
Grateful I bow hi lore thy throne,
My debt of mercy there to own.
•j Rivers descending, Lord! from Thee,
Perpetu tee me :
1 irtues to rehe
Utmands an everlasting verse.
3 And yet tliere is, be\on 1 the fl -t.
One stream— the widest and the best—
Solvation ' Lo, the purple flood
Rolls rich with tny Redeemer's blood.
4 I ra^te — delight succeed* to woe ;
I bathe — no waters cleanse me so :
Such joy and purity to share,
I would" remain enfaptur'd there.—
5 Till death shall five this soul to know
The fuines sought in vain below; —
The fulness of rha: boandtees sea
Whence tlow'd the river down to me.
6 My soul — with such a scene in view —
bids mortal joYs a triad adieu;
Nor dreads a few chastising woes
Sent with such love— so soon to cio^e.
30Q 8, 8, 6. J. C. IV.
Chatham 59. broad mead 150. Westbury-
Leisrh 278.
The Spiritual Pilgrim.
1 T4^W happy is the piitrrim's lot.
x± How free from anxious care and thought,
From worldly ho-e and fear!
Confiu'd to neithV-r court nor cell,
His soul disdain* on earth to dwell,
He adlj sojourns here
: His happiness in part is mine ;
Already sav'd from self-design,
From every creature-love—
B esa'd with the sc»rn of finite jrood —
My soul is lighren'd of it- l
eks the things abo» e\
3 The tkutgti eternal 1 pursue,
And happMK !S8 l>. \ofil tin \ ic.s
of those who basely pant
For tinners h\ n iedfe fell ana
Their honour-, wealth, ami plea— rei men.
• her h.ue nor want.
4 Nothinrr on earth I call my own :
A stranger, to fl»e world unknown,
I all tin n goad* despise!
I n-ample on Hiii-ii whole delight,
And seek a aeajutry <>ut of -isrht, —
A country in the skies.
5 There is. m\ hon-e and portion f.nr ;
My trea-uie and m: heart arc there.
And si.y abiding h •
For me m>" elder brethren -lay ;
And Angela beckon iiu
Asd Jevtrs bids me Mite.
6 I come, thy servant, Lord ! replies
1 come to meet thee in tlo si
And claim my heavenlj
Now let tire ptlurim's ionrnev end:
Now— Oh, my Sarrbifr, brother, friend '---
Receive tuc to fhy breast !
301 ?,6.
Amsterdam 136.
The POgVlaVj Song.
1 TjrSF., my gbull and stretchthy wings,
XX/ Thy better portion trace :
Rise, from transitory i hints,
Towards heav 'a. thv nhfiV% phice !
Sun, and moon, and star-, decay ;
lime shall -oon this earth remote ;
iir-e, my so'il, (rod haste awfty
To seats pre par d above !
2 Risers to the ocean run,
Nor stay in all tlu-ir COuTrfe ;
Fire, ascendrntr, ^e,k- the sun:
both speed them vo their source
Thus a somI, wew-born of Go\,
bants, to view his elorioas face,
Upward ten i- to bis abode
To res; in his ernbraie.
3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourh ;
Press onward to the prize ;
Soon the Saviour will return
Triumphant in the ski^s :
Yet, a season, and you know
Happy entrance will be eiven, —
All your sorrows left below ,
And eart i exchauL'd for heav'n.
302 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Camb. New 74. Purman 135. Milbourn
i'ort 188.
Running th-e Christian Race, Phil. iii. 12—n
1 A WAK ", my soul ! stretch everv nerve.
-£X And press with vigour on:
A heav'nty race demands thv zeal,
And an immortal crown.
2 'Tis God's all-animatinff voire
That calls thee from on high :
Tis his own hand presents Me prize
To thine aspiring eye.
3 A cloud of witnesses around
Hold thee in fuil survey;
Forget the step- already trod,
And onward urge thy' way.
4 blesVd Saviour! inrrorino'd bv thee,
Have we our race be:run ;
And, crown d with vict rv, at thv fcp*.
We'll lav our laurels down.
D3
303, 304, 30.5
THE CHRISTIAN.
306
303 L. M. Dr. S. Slennett.
Coombs'6 45. Bromley 104. Derby 169.
The Christian Warfare, Eph. vi. 13—17.
1 TVTY Captain sounds th' alarm of war:
-LTX • Awake ! the powers of hell are near !
' To arms ! to arms !' I hear him cry,
Tie yours to conquer or to die 1'
2 Rous'd by the animating sound,
I cast my eager eyes around ;
Make haste to gird my armour on,
And bid each trembling fear begone.
3 Hope is my helmet; faith my shield;
Thy word, my God, the sword I wield :
With sacred truth my Joins are girt,
And holy zeal inspires* my heart.
4 Thus arm'd, I venture on the fight ;
Resolv'd to put my foes to flight;
While Jesus kindly deigns to spread
Hi6 conqu'ring banner o'er my head.
» In him 1 hope; in him I trust;
His bleeding cross is all my boast :
Thro' troops of foes he'll lead me on
To vict'ry, and the victor's crown.
304 J 46th.
Eagle Street 16. Grove 125. Clapham 18.
The Christian's Spiritual Voyage.
1 TESUS ! at thy command
** I launch into the deep,
And leave my native land,
Where sin lulls all asleep :
For thee I would the world resign,
And sail to heaven with thee and thine.
2 Thou art my pilot wise ;
My compass is thy word :
My soul each storm defies,
While I have such a Lord !
I trust thy faithfulness and pow'r
To save me in the trying hour.
3 Tho' rocks and quicksands deep
Thro' all my passage lie ;
Yet Christ will safely keep
And guide me with his eye :
My anchor hope shall firm abide,
And I each boist'rous storm outride.
4 By faith I see the land, —
The port of endless rest:
Mv soul, thy sails expand,
And fly to Jesus' breast !
Oh, may f reach the heavenly shore
Where winds and waves distress no more.
5 Whene'er becalm'd I lie,
And storms forbear to toss,
Be thou, dear Lord! still nigh,
Lest I should suffer loss :
For more the treach'rons calm [ dread
Than tempests bursting o'er my head.
6 Come, Holy Ghost ! and blow
A prosp'foiis gale of grace ;
Waft me from all below
To heaven — my destin'd place !
Then, in full sail, my port I'll find,
And leave the world and sin behind.
305 7s.
Hotham 224.
Tempted — but flying to Christ the Refvge.
1 TESUS ! lover of my soul,
** Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the raging billows roll —
While the tempest still is high !
Hide me, O my Saviour ! hide
Till the storm of life is past :
Safe into the haven guide ;
Oh, receive my soul at last !
2 Other refuge have I none, —
Hangs my helpless soul on thee !
Leave, ah ! leave me not alone !
Still support and comfort me !
All my trust on thee is stav'd;
All my help from thee I bring :
>ver my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.
3 Thou, O Christ ! art all I want :
All in All in thee I find :
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind :
Just and holy is thy name,
I am all unrighteousness,
Vile and full of sin I am—
Thou art full of truth and grace.
4 Plenteous grace with Thee is found-
Grace to pardon all my sins :
Let the healing streams abound ;
Make and keep me pure within:
Thou of Life the fountain art !
Freely let me take of Thee !
Spring thou up within ray hearts-
Rise to all eternity !
306 (1st Part.) L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Lewton 30. Rowles 73.
The Christian's Temptations moderated, a Proof
of God's Fidelity, 1 Cor. x. 13.
1 "MOW let the feeble all be strong,
x And make Jehovah's arm their song :
His shield is spread o'er every saint,
And thus supported who shall faint I
2 What tho' the hosts of hell engage
With mingled cruelty and rage !
A faithful God restrains their hands,
And chains them down in iron bands.
3 Bound by his word, he will display
A strength proportion'd to our day :
And, when united trials meet,
Will shew a path of safe retreat.
4 Thus far we prove that promise good,
Which Jesus ratified with blood :
Still is he gracious, wise, and just ;
And still, in him, let Israel trust.
306 (2d Part.) 7s. Cowper*
Bath Abbey 147. Alcester 213.
Welcoming the Cross.
1 j'TMS my happiness below
x Not to live without the cross;
But the Saviour's power to know
Sanctifying every loss :
Trials must and will befal ;
But — with humble faith to see
Love inscrib'd upon them all —
This is happiness to me.
2 God. in Israel, sows the seeds
Of affliction, pain, and toil;
These spring up, and choke the weed*
Which would else o'erspread the soil ;
Trials make the promise sweet ;
Trials give new life to pray'r;
Trials bring me to his feet, —
Lay me low, and keep me there.
3 Did I meet no trials here—
No chastisement by the way —
Might I »ot, with reason, fear
I should prove a cast away?
307, 303, 309
THE CHRISTIAN.
3 1 0, 3 1 1
Bastards mav e scape the rod *
Sunk in earthly vain delight ;
Bat the true born child of Cod
Must not,— would not, if he might.
* Heb. xii. 8.
307 L. M. Dr. S. SUnnrtt.
Chard 175. Derby 169.
The Ministry of Angels.
1 fjREAT God ! what h »ts ofaageli stand,
VJ Fn shining rauks at tliy ritrht hand,
Army'd in robes of dazzling lis lit,
With pinions stretch'd for distant flight !
2 Immortal fires ! seraphic flames !
Who can recount their various names!
In strength and beauty they excel;
For near the throne of God they dwell.
3 How ca»erlv tlu-y Wish to know
The duties he would have them do:
Wh it joy their active spirits feel
To execute their sovereign's will !
4 Hither, at his command, they fly
To guard the beds on which we 1 e ;
To shield our persons night and day,
And scatter all our fears away.
5 [Aghast the hostile Syrian band
Around the helpless prophet stand,
While mighty Gabriel downward dies,
An 1 with his" chariot fills the skies.
6 Herod attempts, but all in vain,
To bin.1 I Peter with his chain :
At one soft word an anarel speaks,
The massy chain asunder breaks.]
7 Send. O my God, <=ome angel down,
(Tho* to a mortal eve unknown)
To guide and guard my doubtful way
Yp to the realms of endless day.
308 <• M- Steele.
Charmouth 26. Worksop 31.
Walking in Darkness, and trusting in God,
I -a. I. 10.
1 T-TEAR, gracious God, my humble moan,
11 To thee I breathe my sighs;
When will the mournful nigfit be gone;
And when my joys arise?
2 Mv God,— O could I make the claim —
My father and my friend—
And call thee mine, by ev'ry name,
On which thy saints depe'nd ! —
3 By ev'ry name of power and love,
"I would thy grace entreat ;
Nor should niy^humble hopes remove,
Nor leave thy sacred seat.
4 Yet tho' my soul in darkness mourns,
Thy word" is all my stav ;
Here I would rest till light returns,
Thy presence makes my day.
5 Speak, Lord, and bid celestial peace
Relieve my achiner heart;
O smile, and* bid my sorrows cease,
And all the gloom depart.
6 Then shall my drooping spirit rise,
And bless thy healing rays.
An I change these deep complaining sighs
For songs of sacred "praise,
309 s- m.
Stoke 207. Harborongh 140.
Complaining — The Good that I would, I do vet,
Rom. vii. 19.
1 T WOULD, but cannot sing,
I would, but cannot pray ;
For Satan meets me when I try,
And frights nay soul away.
2 I would, but can't repent,
Tho' I endeavour oft ;
This stony heart can ne'er relent
Till JesUS make it soft.
3 I would, but cannot love,
Tho' woo'd by love divine ;
No arguments have power to move
A soul so base as mine.
4 1 would, but cannot rc>.t
In God's most holy will ;
I know what he appoints is best,
Yet murmur at it still.
5 O could I but believe !
Then all would easy be :
I would, but cannot— Lord relieve,
My help mast come from thee!
G But if indeed 1 vonUi,
Tho' I can nothiug do;
Yet the desire is something good,
Fur which my praise is due.
7 By nature prone to ill,
Till thine appointed hour,
1 was as destitute of will
As uow I am of power.
8 Wilt thou not crown at length
The work thou hast begun .'
And with a will afford me~stren/th
In all thy ways to run?
310 L. M. Beddomc.
Virginia 234. Lewton 30.
Complaining of Inconstancy.
1 'rHE wandering star, and fleeting wind,
A Both represent the unstable mind :
The morning cloud and early dew-
Bring our inconstancy to view.
2 But cloud, and wind, and dew, and star,
Faint and imperfect emblems are ;
Nor can there aught in nature be
So fickle and so raise as we.
3 Our outward walk, and inward frame,
Scarce thro' a single hour the same ;
We vow, and straight our vows forget,
And then these very vows repeat.
\ We sin forsake, to sin return ;
Are hot, are cold, now freeze, now burn;
In deep distress, then raptures feel,
We soar to heaven, then sink to hell.
5 With flowing tears, Lord, we confess
Our folly and unsteadfastnes s :
When stiall these hearts more fixed be,
Fix'd by thy grace, and fix'd for thee?
311 L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Mark's 65. Ulverston 179.
Pride lamented.
1 (~)FT have I turn'd my eye wilhin,
^ And brought to light some latent sin;
But Pride, the vice I most detest,
Still lurks securely in my breast.
2 Here w ith a thousand arts she tries
To dress me in a fair disguise,
To make a guilty wretched worm
Put on an angel's brightest form.
3 She hides my follies from mine eyes,
And lifts my virtues to the skies;
And, while the specious tale she tell*.
Her own deformity conceals.
4 Rend, O my God, the veil away,
Bring forch the monster to theday ;
Expose her hideous form to viewj
And all her restless power subdue,
D4
312, 313, 314
THE CHRISTIAN.
315,316
5 So shall Humility divine
Again possess this heart of mine ;
And form a temple for my God.
Which he will make his lov'd abode.
312 C.M. fir. S. Stennett.
Crowle 3. Wantage 204.
Pleading ivith God under Affliction,
V Y\7"HY should a.living man complain
Of deep distress within,
Since every sigh, and every pain,
Is but the fruit of sin?
2 No, Lord, I'll patiently submit,
Nor ever dare rebel ;
Yet sure I mav, here at thy feet,
My painful feeling's tell.
3 Thou seest what floods of sorrow rise,
And beat upon my soul ;
One trouble to another cries,
Billows on billows roll.
■t From fear to hope, and hope to fear,
My shipwreck'd soul is tost;
'Fill I'm tempted in despair
To give up all for lo6t.
j Yet thro' the stormy clouds I'll look
Once more to thee, my God :
O fix my feet upon a rook,
Beyond the gaping flood.
4 One 'ook of mercy from thy face
Will set my heart at ease ;
One all-commanding word of grace
Will make the tempest cease.
313 7, 6, 8.
Clark's 131. Tottenham Court ill.
Backsliding and returning ; or, the Backslider's
Prayer.
\ TESUS, let thy pitying eye
*-* Call back a wandering sheep;
False to tnee. like Peter, 1
Would fain like Peter weep ;
Let me be by grace restor'd,
On me be aiTics freeness shewn;
Turn and look unon me, Lord,
And break my' heart of stone.
5> Saviour, prince, enthrou'd above,
Repent,) nee to impart,
Give me, thro' ftbv dving love,
The humble contrite heart;
Give, what I have Ion? iruolor'd,
A portion of thy love unknown;
Turn and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
3 See me, Saviour, from above,
Nor suffer me to die;
Life, and happiness, and love,
Smile in thy gracious eye :
Speak the reconciling word,
And let thy mercy melt me down ;
Turn and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stop .
4 Look, as when thy pitying eye
Was clos'd that v. e misiit live ;
« Father Cat the point to die
Mv Saviour gasp'd), forgive !'
Surely with that dying word,
He turns, and looks, and cries, «Tis done !'
O mv loving, bleeding Lord,
This breaks ray heart of stone.
314 C. M. Fawcett.
London 180. Bangor 231.
Peter's Fall and Recovery, Luke xxii. 54— 62.
I LIOW did the powers of darkness rage
■n Against the Son of God !
While cruel raen m earth engage
To shed his precious bUxnl.
2 His friends forsook him with surprise,
When that dread scene began ;
And one perfidiously denies
He ever knew the man.
3 How feeble human efforts prove
Against temptation's power !
E'en Peter's flaming. zeal and love
Are vanquish'd in an hour-
4 His firmest purpose will not stanc". ;
Behold his guilt and shame !
Lord, keep me by thv mighty hand,
Or I shall do the same.
5 At length the suffering Saviour turns,
And looks with pitying eyes!
Peter relents, withdraws, and mourns
And loud for mercy cries.
6 So boundless is Jehovah's grace,
He hears the humble prayer ;
If I am found in Peter's case,
I would not still despair.
7 Look on me, Lord, with eyes of love,
My wandering soul restore ;
My guilt forgive, my fears remove,
And let me sin no more.
315 C. M. Newton.
Crowle 3» Worksop 51.
0 that I were as in months past ! Job. xxix. :
1 GWEET was the time when first I felt
° The Saviour's pardoning blood
Apply'd to cleanse my soui from euilt,
And bring me home to God.
2 Soon as the morn the light reveal'd,
His praises tun'd my tongue ;
And, when the evening shades prevail'd,
His love was all my song.
3 In vain the tempter spread his wiles,
The world no more could charm ;
1 liv'd upon my Saviour's smiles,
And lean'd upon his arm.
4 In prayer my soul drew near the Lord,
And saw his glory shine;
And, when I read his holy word,
I call'd each promise mine.
5 Then to his .saints J oft. n spoke
Of what his love had done;
But now my heart is almost broke,
For all my joys are gone.
6 Now when the evening shade prevail*,.
My soul in darkness mourns ;
And when the morn the 'ight reveals,
No light to me returns.
7 My prayers are now a chalt'ring noise,
For Jesus hides his face !
I read, tht promise meets my eyes,
But will not reach my case.
8 Now Satan tlixeatens to prevail,
And make my soul his prey ;
Yet, Lord, thy mercies cannot fail,
O come without delay.
316 C.M. Stale.
Bedford 91. Charmouth 28.
Troubled, but making God a Refuge.
1 T\E\R Refuge of my weary soul,
1J On thee, when sorrow* rise,
On thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.
2 To thee, I tell each rising grief,
For thou alone canst heai ;
Thy word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I "
•ring a s
i Iuel.
317, 318
THE CHRISTIAN.
319,320, 321
3 But O! when fcloomj doubti prevail,
il tc) <■;<'! Enee mine;
The spring! of COTofoft <•»•> m to fail,
And ali my hdpefi decline.
4 Yet, gracious God, where shall I flee '.
Thou art mv only trust;
And still mv soul would < leave to thee,
Tho' prostrate in tlie dust.
5 Hast thou not hid me seek thj
And -hall J seek n vaftl !
And can the i fcf of ->v. rekn grace
He deaf when I eofim
6 No, still the ear of sovereign grace
Attends the mourner's prayer ;
O mav I ever find access
To breathe my sorrows there !
7 Thv mercy seat i> open --.nil,
Here let mv soul retreat:
With humble hope attend thy will,
And wait beneath thy feet
317 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Cambridge New ?4. Hephz:bah 77.
Persecution to be expected bp ceery true
Christian, 2 Tim. iii. 1 -J.
1 OREAT Leadei of thine Israel's host,
^ We shout thy conquering name;
Legions of fix s beset thee round,
An t Legions tie I with - .ame.
a A vict'rv sriorioiia and ( ompiete,
Thou 'by thy death dids: gain:
So in thv cause may we contend,
And death itself sustain !
3 By our illustrious General fir'd,
'We no extremes would fear;
Prepar'd to struggle and to bleed,
If thou our Lord be near.
4 We'll trace the foot>teps thou hast drawn
To triumph and renown ;
Nor Shoo thy combat and thy cross,
May we but share thy crown.
318 *i 7, 4. Faucttt.
V. »-tbury 51. Trtrecca ;7.
(' Mtf !Joicnf yet hoping in God, P?. xliii. i.
1 r\ MV soul, what means this B&ddeMl
^/ Wherefore art thou thus tnet down !
Let tny griefs be turn'd to sladuess,
Bid thy restless fears be gone ;
Look to Jesus,
And rejoice in his dear name.
5 What tho' Satan's strong temptations
Vex and tease thee, day by day ;
And thv sinful inclinations
Often'fiU thee with dismay ;
Thou shalt conquer,
Thro' the Lamb's redeeming blood,
3 Tho' ten thousand ills beset thee
From v. ithout and from within ;
Jesus saith, he'll ne'er forget thee,
But will save from hell and sin :
He i> faithful
To perform his gracious word.
4 Tho' distresses now attend thee,
And thou tread'st the thorn v road;
His rislu hand shall still defend thee,
Soon he'll bring thee home to God ;
Therefore prai-e him,
Praise the great Redeemer's name.
■ 0 that I could now adore him,
Like the heavenly host above,
Who for ever bow before him,
And unceasing sing his love !
Happy songsters !
U ben shall I your chorus join ?
319 < • It.
l!riirhihefni«tofie 20«. Prom
House H3.
The Request.
l i; \\ UFAl, whate'er of earthly bliss
1 !h> sovereign vs ill deuu s,
ed ,'t fh> throne of grace,
Let thi^ petiuon rise ;
•j ' Give me a calm, a thankful hear*,
• From every murmur free;
* The blessings of thy grace Impart,
• AMI make DM lue id thee:
3 'Let the sweet hope that thou art mine,
• Mv life and death attend ;
* Thy presence thro' my journey dtffle,
• And crown my jotv • -
3-20 C. It, St, (I,.
Bath Chapel 26. Satem 139.
Wateh/utntm and Prayn , Matth. xxvi. 41,
1 A E I S ' what hourly dangers ri ;e '
** WhatWftfes MMi my way !
To htav'n, O let me nit ot] I
An hourly watch and pray!
2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain,
And nrelt in flowing tears:
M> weak resista.tce, ah ! how vain!
How strong my foes and fears !
3 O rraciors God, in whom 1 live,
My feeble effort- atid ;
Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,
Tho' trembling and afraid.
4 Increase my faith, increase my hope,
When foes and fears prevail;
And bear my fainting spirit t\p,
Or scon my strength will fail.
5 Whene'er temptations fright my hearL
Or lure my feet a*ide,
My God, thy powerful aid impart,
My gaardian and my scuide.
6 O keep me in thy heavenly way,
And bid the tempter flee ;
And let me never never stray
From happiness and thee.
321 L. M. Neieten.
Kingsbfidge 88. Rippon's 136.
Prayer ansicered by Crosses.
1 T ASK'D the Lord that I might grow
x In faith, and love, and every grace,
Might more of his salvation know,
And seek, more earnestly, his fare.
2 'Twas he who taught me thus to pray,
And h.', I trust, has answer'd prayei";
But it baa been in such a way
As almost drove me to despair.
3 1 hop'd that in some favour'd hour
At once he'd answer my request,
And by his love's con-training power
Subdue my sms. and give me rest.
4 instead of this he made me feel
The hidden evils of m\ heart,
And let the angry powers of hell
Assault my -out in every part.
5 Yea, more, with his own hand he seem'ti
Intent to aggravate my wo«,
Cross'd all the fair designs 1 sehem'd,
Blasted my gourds, and laid me low.
6 ' Lord, why is this !' I trembling crv'd ;
' Wilt thou" pursue thy worm to death-!'
1 'Tis in this way,' the Lord r«-pl>M,
* I answer prayer for grace and faith ;
b 5
322, 323, 324
THE CHRISTIAN.
325, 526, 327
7 ' These inward trials I employ,
* From self and pride to set thee free ;
* And break thy schemes of earthly joy,
' That thou may'st seek thy all in me.'
322 L- M. Dr. Doddridge.
Ulverston 179. Portugal 97.
Growing in Grace, 2 Peter iii. 18.
1 T->RAISE to thy name, eternal God,
x For all the grace thou shed'st abroad ;
For all thy influence from above
To warm our souls with sacred love:
2 Bless'd be thy hand, which from the skies
Brought down this plant of paradise ;
And gave its heavenly beauties birth
To deck this wilderness of earth.
3 But why does that celestial flower
Opes and thrive and shine no more!
Where are its balmy odours fled 1
And why reclines its beauteous head?
4 Too plain, alas ! the languor shews
Th' unkindly soil in which it grows;
Where the black frost and beating storm
Wither and rend its tender form.
i Unchanging Sun, thy beams display
To drive the frost and storms away ;
Make all thy potent virtues known
To cheer a plant so much thy own.
6 And thou, bless'd Spirit, deisrn to blow
Fresh gales of heaven on shrubs below ;
So shall they grow, and breathe abroad
A fragrance grateful to our God.
323 L. M. G .
Lebanon 79. New Sabbath 122.
Rising to God.
1 MOW let our souls, on wings sublime,
** Rise from the vanities of time,
Draw back the parting veil, and see
The glories of eternity.
2 Born by a new celestial birth,
Why should we grovel here on earth?
Why grasp at transitory toys?
So near to heaven's eternal joys?
3 Shall aught beguile us on the road,
When we are walking back to God ?
For strangers into life we come,
And dying is but going home.
4 Welcome, sweet hour of full discharge,
That sets our longing souls at large,
Unbinds our chains, breaks up our cell,
And gives us with our God to dwell.—
5 To dwell with God, to feel his love,
Is the full heaven enjoy'd above ;
And the sweet expectation now
Is the young dawn of heaven below.
3^24 L. M. Fawcett.
Magdalene 214. Lewton 30.
Remembering all the Way the Lord has led
him, Deut. viii. 2.
1 "T^HUS far my God hath led me on,
A And made his truth and mercy known ;
My hopes and fears alternate rise,
And comforts mingle with my sighs.
£ Thro' this wide wilderness I roam,
Far distant from my blissful home ;
Lord, let thy presence be my stay,
And guard me in this dangerous way.
3 Temptations every where annoy,
And sins and snares my peace destroy ;
My earthly joys are from me torn,
And oft an absent God I mourn.
4 My soul with various tempests toss'd,
Her hopes o'erturn'd, her projects cross'd,
Sees every day new straits attend,
And wonders where the scene will end.
5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road
Which leads us to the mount of God ?
Are these the toils thy people know,
While in the wilderness below ?
6 'Tis even so thy faithful love
Doth all thy children's graces prove;
'Tis thus our pride and self must fall.
That Jesus may be All in All.
325 S. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Sutton 149. Stockport 47.
Waiting for the coming of his Lard; or, the
active Christian, Luke xii. 35 — 38.
1 VE servants of the Lord,
x Each in his office wait,
Observant of his heavenly word,
And watchful at his gate.
2 Let all your lamps be bright,
And trim the golden flame;
Gird up your loins, as in his sight,
For awful is his name.
3 Watch, 'tis your Lord's command ;
And while we speak he's near:
Mark the first signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.
4 O happy servant he
In such a posture found !
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honour crown'd.
5 Christ shall the banquet spread
With his own bounteous hand,
And raise that favourite servant's head,
Amidst th' angelic band.
326 L. M.
Ulverston 179. Lewton 30.
Solicitous of finishing his Course with Joy,
Acts xx. 21.
1 A SSIST us, Lord, thy name to praise
■"■ For the rich gospel of thy grace ;
And, that our hearts may love it mere,
Teach them to feel its vital power.
2 With joy may we our course pursue,
And keep the crov.n of life in view;
That crown which in one hour repays
The labour of ten thousand days.
3 Should bonds or death obstruct our way,
Unmov'd their terrors we'll survey,
And the last hour improve for thee,
The last of life or liberty.
4 Welcome those bonds which may unit*
Our souls to their supreme delight:
Welcome that death whose painful strife
Bears us to Christ our better life.
3^7 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Sterling 217. Portugal 97.
The Believer committing his departing Spirit
to Jesus.
1 (\ THOU, that hast redemption wrought,
yj Patron of souls tiiy blood hath bought!
To thee our Spirit we commit,
Mighty to rescue from the pit.
2 Millions of blissful souls above,
In realms of purity and love,
With songs of endless praise proclaim
The honours of thy faithful name.
3 When all the powers of nature fail'd,
Thy ever-constant care prevail'd;
Courage and joy thy friendship spoke,
When every mortal" bond was broke.
4 We on that friendship, Lord, repose,
The healing balm of all our woes:
And we, wnen sinking in the grave,
Trust thine omnipotence to save.
328, 329, 330
WORSHIP.
331, 332
• O may our spirits, by thy hand,
Ik* ga'ther'd to that happv band,
Who, 'midst the blessing of thy reign,
Lose all remembrance of their pain.
• In raptures there divinely sweet
Give D9 our kindred souls to meet,
And vrait wth them that brighter day,
Which al! thy triumph shall display I
328 <• M- Dr- Doddridge.
Evaiu'a 190. Cambridge New 74.
The Christiar Warrior animated and croicned,
Rev. ii. 10.
1 tt^RK ! tia our heavenly Leader's voice
-Fl j pom hi? triumphant seat;
'Midst all the war's tumultuous noise,
How powerful and how sweet I
2 ' Fight on, my faithful band,' he cries,
' Nor fear the mortal blow :
1 Who first in such a warfare dies
• Shall speediest victory know.
3 * I have my days of combat known,
' And in "the dust was laid ;
' lint thence I mounted to my throne,
' An 1 glory crowns my head.
4 ' That throne, that glory, you shall share ;
1 Mv hinds the crown shall give;
' And you the sparkling honours wear,
■ While God himself shall live.'
5 Lord, 'tis enough ; our souls are fir'd
W itli courage and with love ;
Vain are the assaults of earth and hell,
Our hopes are fix'd abo\c.
WORSHIP.
PRIVATE WORSHIP.
329 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Paul's 246. Green's Hundred 69.
Retirement and Meditation, Psalm iv. 4.
1 "DETURN, my roving heart, return,
-t*/ And chase these shadowy forms no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn,
And thy forsaken God implore.
2 O thou, great God, whose piercing eye
Distinctly marks each deep recess;
In these sequester'd hours draw nigh,
And with thy presence fill the place.
S Thro' all the windings of my heart,
Mv search let heavenly wisdom guide,
And still its radiant beams impart,
Till all be search'd and purify'd.
4 Then, with the visits of thy love,
Vouchsafe my inmost soul to cheer;
Till everv grace shall join to prove
That God" has fix'd his dwelling there.
330 L.M. Bedd0me.
Ulverston 179. Portugal 97.
Reading the Scriptures.
1 pREAT God, oppress'd with grief and fear
^ I take thy boolc, and hope to find
Some gracious word of promise there,
To sooth the sorrows of my mind :
2 I turn the sacred volume o'er,
And search with care from page to page;
Of threatening find an ample store,
But nought that can my grief assuage.
3 And is there nought? Forbid, dear Lord,
So base a thought should e'er arise :
PI! search asrain; and, while I search,
0 may the scaler fall off mine eyes !
4 Tis done: and, with transporting joy,
1 read the heaven-inspire 1 lines ;
There mercv spreads its brightest beams,
And truth with dazzling lustre shines.
5 Here's heavenly foo<l for hunery Bonis,
And mines of go! i t' enrich the poor;
Here's healine balm for every wound,
A salve for every festering «ore.
331 L. M. President Davits.
Magdalene 214. Paul's 246.
Self-examination, Gal. iv. 19, 20.
1 \yHAT strange perplexities arise !
vv What anxious fears and jealousies!
WThat crowds in doubtful light appear!
How few, alas ! approv'd and clear !
2 And what am I ? — My soul, awake,
And an impartial survey take :
Does no dark sign, no ground of fear,
In practice or in heart appear!
3 What image doe6 my spirit bear ?
Is Jesus form'd, and living there?
Say, do his lineaments divine
In 'thought, and word, and action shine?
4 Searcher of hearts, O search me still ;
The secrets of my soul reveal ;
My fears remove ; let me appear
To God, and my own conscience clear.
5 Scatter the clouds which o'er my head
Thick glooms of dubious terror spread ;
Lead me into celestial day,
And 10 myself, myself display.
6 M i> I at that b'ess'd world arrive,
Where Christ thro' all my soul shall live,
Airl give full proof that he is there,
Without one gloomy doubt or fear.
332 cm.
Charmouth 28. Bedford 91.
Secret Prayer, Matt. vi. 6.
1 T^TireR divine, thy piercing eye
■*■ See<= thro' the darkest night; '
In deep retirement thou art nigh,
With heart-discerning sight.
2 There may that piercin? eye survey
My duteons homage paid,
Witn every morning's dawning ray,
And every evening's shade.
3 O let thy own celestial fire
The incense still inflame;
Whiie mv warm vows to thee aspire,.
Thro* mv Redeemer'* name.
D6
333, 334, 335
WORSHIP.
336, 337,336
1 So shall the visits of thy love
Mv soul in secret bless:
So shalt thou deign in worlds above
Thy suppliant to confess.
PAUSE.
5 Mercy, good Lord, mercy I ask,
This is the total sum ;
Mercy, thro' Christ, is all my suit ;
Lord, let thy mercy come.
FAMILY WORSHIP.
333 C. M,
Great Milton 212. Matthews 34.
Going to a new Habitation.
1 /^REAT God, where'er we pitch our tent,
^* Let us an altar raise;
And there with humble frame present
Our sacrifice of praise.
2 To thee we give our health and strength,
While health and strength shall last;
For future mercies humbly trust,
Nor e'er forget the past.
334 L. M. Steele.
Magdalene 214. Sterling 317.
The Christian's noblest Resolution,
Joshua xxi v. 15.
1 AH, wretched souls who strive in vain,
^^ Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin !
A nobler toil may 1 sustain,
A nobler satisfaction win.
2 May I resolve with all my heart,
With all my powers, to serve the Lord,
Nor from his precepts e'er depart,
Whose service is a rich reward.
3 O be his service all my joy,
Around let my example shine,
Till others love the bless'd employ,
And join in labours so divine.
4 Be this the purpose of my so.ul,
My solemn, ray detennirvV\ choice,
To yield to his supreme eoritrovil,
And in his hind commands rejoice.
5 O may I never faint or tire,
Nor wandering leave his sacred ways :
Great God, accept my soul's desire,
And give me strength to live thy praise.
335 L. M. Br. Doddridge.
Portugal 97. Ulverston 179.
Family Religion, Gen. xviii. 19.
1 "OATHER of all, thy care we blegs,
A Which crowns our families "with peace ;
From thee they spring, and by thy hand
They have been, and are still sustaiu'd.
2 To God, most worthy to be prais'd,
Re our domestic altars rais'd;
Who, Lord of heaven, scorn* not to dwell
With saints in their obscurest cell.
3 To thee may each suited house,
Morning and night, present its vows:
Our servants there, and rising race,
Be taught thy precepts, and thy grace.
4 O may each future age proclaim
The honour* of thy glorious name !
While pleas'd and thankful we remove
To join the family above.
336 s. m.
Eagle Street New 55. Shirland 304.
Prayer/or Infants ; or, Children, Day by Day,
given to Hod.
1 r^RE AT God, now condescend
^ To bless our rising race;
Soon may their willing spirits bend
To thy victorious grace !
2 O what a vast delight
Their happiness to see !
Our warmest wishes all unite
To lead their souls to thee.
3 Dear Lord, thy Spirit pour
Upon our infant seed ;
O bring the long'd-for, happv hour
That makes them thine indeed.
4 May they receive thy word,
Confess the Saviour's name,
Then follow their despised Lord
Thro' the baptismal stream.
5 Thus let oar favour'd race
Surround thy sacred board,
There to adore thy sovereign grace,
And sing their dying Lord.
337 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Condescension 116. New York 38.
Christ's condescending Regard to little
Children, Mark x. 14.
1 CEE Israel's gentle Shepherd stand,
0 With all-engaging- charms;
Hark, how he calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in his arms !
2 ' Permit them to approach,' he cries,
4 Nor scorn their humble name ;
' For 'twas to bless such soius as these
4 The Lord of angels came.'
3 We bring thera, Lord, by fervent prayer,
Thine let our offspring be !
4 [Ye little fioek, with pleasure hear;
Ye children, seek his face ;
And fly wiili transport to receive
The blessings of his grace.]
5 If orphans they are left behind,
Thy guardian care we trust ;
That care ah ill heal o.ur bleeding hearts,
If weeping o'er their dust.
POBL'.C WORSHIP.
333 14 5th. B. Francis.*
Clapham 18. Dartmouth 46. Greenwich
New 62.
On opening a IHace of Worship.
1 TN sweer exalted strains
A The King of Glory praise;
O'er heaven and earth he reigns,
Thro' everlasting days;
He, with a md, the world controuls,
Sustains or sink-, the distant poics.
2 To earth he bends his throne,
His throne of grace divine ;
Wide is his bounty known,
And wide his glories shine:
Fair Salem, still his chosen rest,
Is with his smiles and presence blest.
* SttRg °n opening the Meeting House at
Horsiey, (•laucesiershire, September lb, 1774;
an I aiso at the opening of the New Meeting
House at iKnvne.id, near Bristol, October 4,
17»r
339, 340, 341
3 Then, Kiu. of Co.., .
Ami will* thy favour crown
This temple as thv d^ine,
This people as th\ own :
j;t math thi> roof, «» deign fo shew
Hon God can dwell with men l>elow.
4 Here, may Uj
Our ii U
All m . |
- -ouud,
And spread ccle-nJ j > % » around !
5 Here, may tli ata uinr throng
Imbibe thy truth an I
Aud converts join tlie song
Of agraphia above ;
wn)ltng crowds surround thy hoard,
\y ith sacred joj .ml sweet accord:
ilev, , may our unborn sons
And .1 1 1 1 y h t c r -; sound <hy praise,
And shine, lifc< j • »i s -i.'tl stones,
': bro' long succeeding days;
splay thy saving power,
-land, ana men adore,
339 L M. Dr. Doddridge.
ChaiJ 175. Ware ha hi 117.
On opening a Place of Worship.
1 pRFAT God, thy watchful care we bus-,
^ Which guards our synagogues in peace ;
Nor dare tumultuous foe's invade
To hi! our worshippers with dread.
•2 These walls we to thy honour raise ;
Lone niiv ihev echo |o thy praise ;
And thou, descending', rili the place
With choicest tokens of thy grace.
3 Here let the cr- at R< deemej rcim
With all the graces of his train;
Whiie power 'divine his word
To conquer foe*, and cheer his frien I .
4 And, in the srreat decisive day,
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear
That crowds were born to glory hero.
340 C. M. AVir/o:?.
Abridge 201. Bedford 91.
On opening a Plact for social Prayer.
1 "TiEVR Shephgr '. •>( thy j eerie, hear,
±J 1'!. , I'-piay;
A- thoi hasj givejj a placr for prayer.
So gi-.e us n'eafts to pray.
2 Within there walls let hoi; p<
And lo^t and concord dwell ;
Here give the troubled conscience ta*e,
The wounded spirit heal.
3 Shew u.s *oine token of thy love,
Our fainting hope to raise;
And pour ihi btessinjjs from above,
That we may render praise.
4 And may the srospeTsjovful sound,
Eoforc'd by might] ;:racc,
Awaken ra imv - i.ners round
To come an I ml th^ place.
,>H S. Ml Dr. SL St*
id yot. Vermont 1 14.
The Plea. ure of social Worship.
T-T'W charu.i:i_
11 Where m.%
worship.
... 34-3
itib-. «>i hi.> face,
- ol ills
And she Is hw \o\
3 Not ilie f.iir p
Jo which thf
:e to he i ..i.i(i,uM >v Itl
Where Je>as hoidfl his oourt.
; H- r. , on the meny-eat,
rown'd,
-mile on .ill around,
t T-> hun » ieir pr.tve
humble »»u\ pn -
He listens to their or >k< p n
An 1 grant* them all
5 To them ln» boa i reign will
II- graci
An I in return accepts, *- uh smih s.
The trihut • of their uearts.
ie, O Lord, a pla. e
Within thy blest abode,
Among the children oi thy grace,
J he aervanU <■: OftJ Goj. ~
S^2 7-. D. Turner.
FeVersham 220. Shore Cottage 302.
Tin Excclhn?y of public Workup.
I T ORD ofbo.i-. I. .a |.,,:v fair,
■*-* E'en on earth thy temples are!
HervJ tliv waiting people -ee
Much Of heave* and much of thee.
l From thy gracious presence flows
Blis* that softens all oai
While thy Spirit's ho.v lire
Warms our he rts with pure desire.
3 Here we supplicate t! j throne,
Here thou in tk'st thy glories known ;
Here we le ..rn bay righ e •;- i tys,
TasU ;!:;. low* and Sing dr.
I Thus with festh
We our hippy tiv«« employ;
Till i'rom ear::: - , tr.
'. 17 3.
The Happiness of hvmble Worship,
I's. i v.WIV.
1 TJOW lovely, how divinely sweet,
1-L O Lor i, "rhv sacred courts appear!
Fain w<-
The gione» oftnj presence there.
2 O, b!e-i their e-nplo^-,
Whom thy indulgent favoan raise "
To dwell in tno^e abodes of jo.,
And siu? the nevei-ceasine paaaar
3 Happy the men, whom strength divine
With ardent love and zeal inspire.-;
Whose Bit pi to thv blast wav incline,
With willing htarts and warm desires.
4 One day wrhin thy sacred gate
Affords
Than thousands in the t into
The meanest place is biiss with th^e.
5 God is a sun; our bright)
From his reviving presence fk
God :- a &hie) ', M11^ *ii the
To guard us from sarrOun ling
o He pours his k
Prbraseiy down on souls ■sim I
A.i I ^r .;» crows,
7 ( '» Lor i of hosts-, tho:i
" v bk-st, divinely West, : '
■
.; lii- V
D 7
s hopes oti
344, 345, 346
WORSHIP.
347
344- L.M.
Bramcoate 8. Lewton 30. Eaton 291.
Delight in God's House, and Confidence in him,
Psalm xxvii.
1 'THOU, Lord, my safety, thou my light,
A What danger shall my soul affright ?
Strength of my life ! what arm shall dare
To hurt whom thou hast own'd thy care 1
2 One wish, with holy transport warm,
My heart has forni'd, and yet shall form ;
One gift I ask, that to my end
Fair Sion's dome I may attend ;
3 There joyful find a sure abode,
And view the beauty of my God ;
For he within his hallow'd" shrine
My secret refuge 6hall assign.
4 When thou, with condescending grace,
Hast bid me seek thy shining face,
My heart replyM to thy kind word,
Thee will I seek, all-gracious Lord.
6 Should every earthly friend depart,
And nature "leave a parent's heart ;
My God, on whom my hopes depend,
Wiil be my father and my friend.
6 Ye huaible souls, in every strait,
On God with sacred courage wait:
His hand shall life and strength afford;
O ever wait upon the Lord.
f 45 S. M. Dr. Watts1 s Lyrics.
Price's 187. Hopkins's 157. Shirland 301.
Forms vain without Religion.
1 A LMIGHTY Maker, God !
-^ How wondrous is thy name !
2 Nature in every dress
Her humble homage pays,
And finds a thousand ways t' express
Thine undissembled praise.
i My soul would rise and sing
To her Creator too;
Fain would my tongue adore my King,
And pay the" worship due.
I But pride, that busy sin,
Spoils al! drat I perform,
Cufs'd pride, that creeps securely in,
And swells a haughty worm.]
j Create my soul anew,
Else all my worship's vain ;
This wretched heart will ne'er be true,
Until 'tis form'd again.
i Let joy and worship spend
The remnant of my days,
And to my God, my soul' ascend
In sweet perfumes of praise.
THE LORD'S DAY.
346 8, 8, 6. Merrick.
Baltimore 167. Leach 290.
Zeal for the House of God, and Delight in
Worship, Psalm exxii.
l HpHE joyful morn, my God, is come,
A That calls me to tny honour'd dome,
Thy presence to adore :
My feet the summons shall attend,
With willing steps thy courts ascend,
And tread the hallow'd floor.
2 Hither from Judah's utmost end,
The heaven-protected tribes ascend;
Their offerings hither bring:
Here, eager to attest their joy,
In hymns of praise their tongues employ,
And hail the immortal King.
3 Be peace implor'd by each on thee,
O Sion, while with bended knee
To Jacob's God we pray :
How bless'd, who calls himself thy friend!
Success his labour shall attend,
And safety guard his way.
4 O may'st thou, free from hostile ear,
Nor the loud voice of tumult hear,
Nor war's wild wastes deplore :
May plenty nigh thee take her stand,
And in thy courts, with lavish hand, >
Distribute all her store !
5 Seat of my friends and brethren, hail!
How can mv tongue, O Sion, fail
To bless tny lov'd abode?
How cease the zeal that in me glows,
Thy good to seek, whose walls enclose
'I he mansions of my God J
347 7s. D. Turner.
Alcester 213. Feversham 220.
A Song of Praise to the Redeemer, Ps. xl. 7, S.
"1 TJOLY wonder, heavenly grace,
■LA Come, inspire our humble lays,
While the Saviour's love we sing,
Whence our hopes and comforts spring.
2 Man, involv'd in guilt and woe,
Touch'd his tender bosom so,
That when justice death demands,
Forth the great Deliverer stands;
3 Cries to God, * Thy mercy shew ;
' Lo ! I come thy will to do !
' I the sacrifice will be,
1 Death shall plunge his dart in me.'
4 Tho' the form of God he bore,
Great in glory, great in power,
See him in our flesh arrayM,
Lower than his angels made.
5 [He that heaven itself possessed
Now an infant at the breast !
Angels, from the world above,
See and sing th' amazing love !
6 Thro' the shining hours of day,
Toil and danger mark his way ;
Lonely mounts, and chilling air,
Witness oft his midnight prayer.]
7 Now the heavenly lover dies!
Darkness veils die mid-day skies !
Angels round the bloody tree
Throng, and gaze in ecstasy !
8 [Powers unseen earth's bosom heave,
Rocks and tombs asunder cleave ;
While the Temple's rending veil
Tells the priest the awful taie.j
9 Hut, the third day's dawning come,
Lo! the Saviour leaves the lomb !
>l<>asctnds his native bky,
Where he lives, no more to die.
10 On his cross he builds his throne,
W hence he nukes his glories known,
Sends his Spirit down to give
Dying sinners grace to live*
348, 349, 350
LORD'S DAY.
351, 352
318 L. M. J. Stennrtt.
Howies 73. Magdalene -214. Sterling JIT.
The Sabbath.
1 A NOTHER si\ day-' work is done,
•**■ Another Sabbath" i> begun ;
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest.
Improve the day thy God 'hath bles>'d.
2 Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns
So sweet ■ rest to wearied minds;
Provides in ante past of heaven,
And gives this day the food of seven.
3 O that oar thoughts and thar.'.s net ri se,
As grateful incense, to the skies i
And draw from heaven that sweet repo.-e
Which none but he that feels it know?.
4 This heavenly cairn, within the breast,
is the dear pledge of glorious, rest,
Which for the inarch of God remains,
The end of care6, the end of pains.
9 With joy, great God, thy works we view,
In various scenes,, both old and new;
With prai-e, we think on mercies past ;
With nope, we future pleasures taste.
• In holy duties, let the day,
In holy pleasures, pass away;
How sweet a Sabbath thus to spend,
Iu hope of one that ne'er shall end!
349 "8th.
Carter Lane 141. Dartmouth 46.
A Hymn for Lord's Day Morning.
l A WAKE, our drowsv souls,
«"- Shake off each slothful band ;
The wonders of this day
Our noblest songs demand :
Auspicious morn f thy blissful rays
Bright seraphs hail in song6 of praise.
t At thy approaching dawn,
Reluctant death resiarn'd
The glorious Prince of Life,
In dark domains confin'd :
Th' angelic host around him bends,
And 'midst their shouts the God ascends.
3 All hail, triumphant Lord !
Heaven with hosannas rings;
While earth, in humbler strains,
Thy praise responsive sings;
4 W'nhhy art thou, who once wast slain,
4 Thro' endless years to live and reign.'
4 Gird on, great God, thy sword,
Ascend thy conquering" car,
While justice, train, and love
Maintain the glorious war:
Victorious thou, thy foes shalt tread,
And sin and hell in triumph lead.
* Make bare thy potent arm,
And wing th' "unerring dart,
With salutary pangs,
To each rebellion.- heart:
Then dying souls for life shall sue,
Numerous as drops of morning dew.
350 CM. B
Salem 139. New York 33.
A Hymn for the Ertning of the Lo 'd's Day.
1 TTREQUENT the day of God n
x To shed its quickening b,.a
I returns
teams ;
And yet how slow devotion burn* I
Ho.v languid are its llamas !
2 Accept our faint atti mpts to love,
Our frailties, Lord, forgive;
We would be like thy saints above,
And praise thee while we live.
. O Lord, our faith and hope,
And lit u^ to ascend
Where the assembly ne'er breaks up,
The sabbath ne'er shall end;
i Where we >hall breathe in heavenly air,
With heavenly lustr« shine;
Before the throne of God appear,
And feast on love divine;
5 Where we, in high seraphic strains,
Shall all our powers emplov ;
Delighted range th' ethereal plains,
A nl take our fill of joy.
3;5l C. M. Ctnnick.
Brighthelmstone 208. Providence College Id.
Lord's Day Evening.
1 TmiEN, O dear Jesus, when shall I
' ' Behold thee all serene ;
Blest in perpetual sabbath-day,
Without a veil between!
2 Assist me, while I wander here,
Amidst a world of care.-;
Incline my heart to pray with love,
And then accept my prayers.
3 [Release my soul from every chain,
No more hell's captive led;
And pardon a repenting child,
For whom the Saviour bled.
4 Spare me, my God, O spare the soul
That gives itself to thee ;
Take all that i p< ssess below,
And give thyself *.o me.]
5 Thy Spirit. O mv Father, give,
To be my guitfe and friend,
To light my path to ceaseless joys.
To sabbaths without end.
351 (2d Part.) L. M. Dr. Walts.
Portugal 97. New Sabbath 122. China 300.
lord's Day Evening.
1 T ORD, how delightful 'tis to see
J-J A whole assembly worship thee !
At on'e they sing, at once they pray -'
They hear pf heav'n, and learn the way,
2 I have been there, and still would go ;
'Tis like a little heaven below :
Not all that hell or sin can say
Shall tempt me to forget this day.
3 O write upon my mem'ry, Lord,
Ih.e text and doctrine of"thy word;
That I may break thy laws no more,
But love tnee better "than before.
4 With thoughts of Christ and things divine
Fill up this foolish heart of mine ;
That, hoping pardon thro' his blood,
I may lie down and wake with God.
352 I~M»
Gloucester 12. Lebanon 79.
The eternal Sabbath, Heb. iv. 9.
1 TTHINE earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love,
x But there's a nobler rest above ;
To that our labouring souls aspire
With ardent pangs of strong desire.
2 N more f.;ri2-ie, no more distress;
Nor <;n, nor hell shall reach the place;
No groans to mingle with r!ie songs
Which warble from immoital tongues.
D8
553, 354
WORSHIP.
355,356,357
3 No rude alarms of raging foes,
No cares to break the long repose ;
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.
4 Thine earthly sabbaths, Lord, we love,
But there's a nobler rest above ;
To that our labouring- souls aspire,
With ardent pangs of strong desire.
HYMNS BEFORE PRAYER.
3.^3 If« M* Cowpcr.
Portugal 97. Lang-don 217.
Exhortation to Prayer.
1 vyHAT various hindrances we meet,
' * In comine to a mercy-seat !
Yet who that knows the worth of prayer,
But wishes to be often th ere .
2 Pravet makes the darken'd cloud withdraw.
Pra*yer ctiinhf the ladder Jacob saw,
Cx'wh* c\ rcjse to faith and love,
Brings every blessing' from above.
3 Restraining prayer, we cea*e to fight;
Prayer makes the christian's armour bright;
And Sai.ii nemHcs '.shen he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
4 While Moses stood with arms spread wide,
Success was found on Israel's side;
But when thro' weariness they fail'd,
That moment Amalek prevail'd.
■n r * words 1 ah, think again,
W ..ir-i-" i5'V. apace when you complain,
An4 fill your fellow-creature's ear
With the sad tale of all your care.
6 Were half the breath thus vainly spent
To heaven in supplication sent,
Your cheerful songs would oft'ner be,
' Hear what the Lord has done for me !'
354 7s.
Cookiiam 3S. Sfoel 164.
I trill not let thee go, except thou bless me,
Gen. x'xxii. 26.
1 T ORP, ! cannot let thee go,
*~* Till a Messing thou bestow:
Do not turn away thy face,
Mine's an urgent "pressing ease.
2 Dost thou ask me who i ami
Ah ! my Lord, thou know'st my name ;
Yet the question gives a plea
To support my suit with thee.
3 Thou didst once a wretch behold,
In rebellion blindly bold,
Scorn thy grace, thy power defy;
That poor rebel. Lord, was!.
4 Once a sinner near despair
Sought thy mercy-seat by prayer;
Mercy heard, and set him free;
Lord,' that mere;, came to me.
5 Many ways have pass'd since then,
Manv ciianu'Cs I have seen ;
Yet have' been upheld till now;
Who could hold me up but thou!
f, Thou hast help'd in every need ;
This emboldens nie to pfead;
After so much merrv past,
Canst thou let me sink at last ?
7 No— I inns', maint'in my hold,
'Tis thy goodness makes" me bold ;
I can no lenial tfcke,
W h< n I plead for Jesus' sake.
355 C.M. Edmund Jones.
Lud.'ow 84. Crowle 3.
The successful Resolve— I will go in unto the
King, Esther iv. 16.
1 r^OME, humble sinner, in whose breast
^ A thousand thoughts revolve,
Come, with your guilt and fear opprest,
And make this last resolve :
2 « I'll go to Jesus, tho' ray sin
' Hath like a mountain rose;
' I know his courts, I'll enter in,
* Whatever may oppose :
3 ' Prostrate I'll lie before his throne,
• And there my guilt confess;
' I'll tell him I'm a wretch undone
' Without his sovereign grace :
4 ' I'll to the gracious Kincr approach,
' Whose sceptre pardon gives;
* Perhaps he may command mv touch,
' And then the suppliant lives,
5 • Perhaps hs will admit my plea,
' Perhaps will hear ray prayer:
' But if I perish I will prav,
' And perish only there. "
6*1 can but perish if I go,
' I am resolved to try ;
' For, if I stay a way, "I know
' I must for "ever die.'
7 But if f die with mercy sought,
When 1 the King have tried,
This were to die (deltsrhtfuf thought!)
As sinner never died.
356 s.M.
Eagle Street New 55. Broderip's 252.
A broken Heart, and a bleeding Saviour.
1 TTNTO thine altar, Lord,
^ A broken heart 1 bring;
And wilt thou graciously accept
Of such a worthless thing !
2 To Christ, the bleeding Lamb,
My faith directs its ev» s :
Thou may'st reject that'v.orthless thin*,
But not his sacrifice.
3 When he gave up the ghost,
The law was satisfy'd ;
And now to its most fi?orous claims,
I answer, ■ Jesus died.'
357 L. M. Beddomc.
Rippon's 188. Ulverstone 179.
Holy Boldness.
1 CPRINKLED with reconciling blood,
^ I dare approach thy throne, O God!
Thy face no frowning aspect wears,
Thy hand no vengeful thunder bear-!
2 Th'- encircling rainbow, peaceful sign!
Doth with rcfulirent brightness shine;
And while my faith beholds it near,
I bid farewdl to every fear.
3 Let me my grateful homage pay ;
With courage sing, with fervour pray;
And, tho' my elf a wretch undone,
Hope for acceptance thro' thy Son —
4 Thy Son, who on th' accursed tree
Expir'd to set the vilest free ;
On this F build my only claim,
And all I ask is in his name.
358, 359, 360 BEFORE SERM< >N.
361,362,363
358 8. B. 6 . ./. Straphan.
Chatham ft& Iiinton a66.
The Lord's Pruyir, Matt. vi. 9—13.
1 r)l]R Father, whose eternal -way
yj The bright angelic busts obey,
O lend a pitying tar;
V> hen on thy awful Mate we call,
And a: thv feet submissive fall,
O! condescend to hear.
2 Far mav thy irlorious Reign exrend.
May rebels to thy sceptr. beutk,
Aid yield to sovereign lov< :
Way we i.Lke piea*ur<' to fulfil
lhe sacred dictates of thy w,U,
As angel? do above.
3 From thy kind hand each temporal good,
Our raiment and our daily food,
In rich abundance come :
Lord, »ive us still afresh supply,
If thou withhold thy baud, we die,
And fill the silent tomb.
4 Pardon our sins, O God ! that rise
\ud call for vengeance from the skies;
And, while we are forgiven,
(.rant that revenge may "new r rest,
And ma! ce harbour in that breast
L hat feels the love of beared.
5 Protect us in the dangerous hour,
And from the i>v tempter's power
O I s t our spirits tree :
And if temptation shout I assail,
May mighty grace o'er ail prevail,
And lead our hearts to thee.
G Thine s the powe •, to thee belongs)
The constant tribute of oar songs,
All glory to thy name :
Let .v tin our lays,
in one resoti v.ioe
Thy wonders to~ proclaim.
HYMNS DLTO.IT. SEilMON.
X)9 L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Porfa gal 97. "vVaieham 117.
Fu be tung between Prayer ami Sermon.
1 YITHERE two or three, with sweet accord,
*v Obedient to their sovereign Lord,
Meet to recount h;s acts of gnice,
And offer solemn prayer and praise ;
2 ' There,' says the Saviour, * will I be,
1 Amid this" little company ;
• To them unveil rav smiling face,
1 And shed my glories round tlie place/
3 We meet at thy command, dear Lord,
Relying on thy' faithful Wyord :
Now send thy' Spirit from above,
Now fill our hearts with heavenly love.
360 C.JJ.
Great Milton 212. Condescension I hi.
1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.
1 TN vain Apoiios' silver tongue,
■*■ And I iiul's with strains profound.
Diffuse among the listening throng
The gospel's gladdening sound.
2 Jems, the work is wholly thine
To form the. heart anew ;
JYow let thy sovereign grace divine
Each stubborn soul subdue.
gfjj It**. Fawcett.
Uficnim 93. Carey's II. Hoxton 121.
Before Sermon.
l HPHY presence, gracious God, afford,
■*- Prepare us i<> receive thy word:
Now let ihr voice engage '>u'r fir,
And faith be mi\'.i w.th what we bear:
C/tor. Thus, Lord, thy waiting servants bless,
An ; i rowu th> gotpel with uccess.
3 Distracting thoughts and earesre move,
And fix our hearts and bones .
With fool divine may \\t !)♦• it],
An t sati-fv'd with living bread :
Choi: Thus, 6tc.
3 To us the saered word apply,
With sovereign power and energy;
And mav we, in thy faith and fear,
Reduce "to practice what we hear:
CAor. Thus, .vc.
4 Fath r, in us thy Son reveal;
Teach us to know and do «hy will:
Thy saving po.\er and love display;
And guide us to the realms of day :
C/wr. Thus, Lord, thy waiting servants bless,
Aud crown thj gospei with success.
361 (2d Hart.) L.M.
Rippon'p 16a. Pam saio. '-mid's 272.
Longing for the Presence and Blessing of God,
1 Sam. vii. 2.
1 T OOK from on high, great God, and see
J-J Thy saints lamenting after th;.'e :
We sifh, we languish, and compi un;
Revive thy gracious work again.
2 'i > lairj by ofceersag gra^1 impart,
Bind up and heal -h. braisen heart;
Our sine >ubdue, our sou.s restore,
And let our Toes prevail no more.
3 Thj presence in thv house afford,
To ev.jrv heart apply thy word;
Thai ?inncrs may tlnir danger see
An 1 now begin s* mourn for thee.
3>S2 & ^T- Brrldome.
Bath Chapel 2;. MachaeL'fl 119.
The Freentss of the Gospel.
I TJOW free and boundless is the grace
**■ Of our redeeming: Cod,
Eectendiug to t eGi ek and Jew,
And men of everv biood !
He bids the beggar and the princ*
I'r.rtn the goepej feaat.
3 None a-e excluded thence, bnt those
Who uo theme* lees exclude ;
Welcome the learind and poiite,
The Ujn >rant and rude.
4 Come then, ye men of every name,
Of every ran'.; and ron?i;e ;
What you are willing to receive,
Doth umo you belong.
363 7C-
Stoe! 1G1. Cookham 36.
A Blessing Iiuril'ly requested.
1 T ORD, we come before, rhee now,
*-* it thy feet we humbly bow ;
O ! d ■ oo( oar sujJ disd lip,
Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain?
2 In thy own appointed way.
Now we seek thee, here we stag ;
Lord, from hence we would not go,
Till a blessing thou heatewi
D9
364—367 WORSHIP.
3 Send some message from thy word,
That may joy and peace afford ;
Let thy Spirit now impart
Full salvation to each heart.
4 Grant that all may seek and find
Thee a God supremely kind ;
Heal the sick, the captive free,
Let us all rejoice in thee.
364 L.M.
Portugal 97. Horsley 205. Gould's 272.
The Pool of Bethesda, John v. 2—4.
368—371
H°
TOW long, thou faithful God, shall I
1X Here in thy ways forgotten lie?
When shall the means of heaiiner be
The channels of thy grace to rne 1
2 Sinners on ev'ry side step in,
And wash away their pa;n and sin ;
But I, an heipless sin-sick soul,
Still lie expiring at the pool.
3 Thou cov'nant angel, swift come down,
To-day thine own appointments crown;
Thy power into the means infuse,
And give them now their sacred us \
4 Thou seest me lying at the pool,
I would, thou know'st I would, be whole ;
O let the troubled waters move,
And minister thy healing love.
365 8, 7, 4. Toplady's Collection.
Helms'.ey 223. Pains wick 162.
Prayer for Minister and People.
1 T\EAREST Saviour, help thy servant
-^ To proclaim thy wondrous love!
Pour thy grace upon this people,
That thy truth they mav approve :
Bless, O bless them,
From thy shining courts above.
2 Now thy gracious word invites them
To partake the gospel-i'^ast ;
Let thy Spirit sweetly dr.tw them ;
Every soul be Jesu's guest!
O receive us,
Let us find thy promis'd rest.
366 L.M.
Islington 40. Lebanon 79.
Casting the Gospel-Net, Luke v. 5. John xxi. 6.
1 MOW, while the gospel-net is cast,
iy Do thcu, O Lord, the effort own ;
From numerous disappointments past,
Teach us to hope in thee alone.
2 May this be a much-favour'd hour
To souls in Satan's bondage led ;
O clothe thy word with sovereign power
To break the rocks, and raise the dead !
3 To mourners speak a cheering word,
On seeking souls vouchsafe to shine ;
Let poor backsliders be restor'd,
And all thy saints in praises join.
4 [O hear our prayer, and give us hope
That, when thy voice shall call us home,
Thou still wilt "raise a people up
To love and praise thee in our room.]
367 s« M. Beddome.
Harborough 142. Wirksworth 158.
He beheld the City, and wept over it,
John \ix. 41.
1 TV D Christ o'er sinners weep ;
^J And shall our cheeks be dry ?
Let floods of penitential grief
JJurst forth from every eye.
The Son of God in tears,
Angels with wonder see !
Be thou astonish'd, O my soul,
He shed those tears for thee.
t He wept that we might weep,
Each sin demands a tear ;
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping there.
368 8,7,4.
Helmsley 223. Lewes 63.
A Blessing requested.
Let each heart thy grace inherit,
Raise the weak, the hungry feed :
From the gospel
Now supply thy people's need.
2 O may all enjoy the blessing,
Which thy word's design'd to give:
Let us all, thy love possessing,
Joyfully the" truth receive ;
And for ever
To thy praise and glory live !
369 H8th.
Bethesda 112. Carmarthen New 35.
Blind Bartimeus, Luke, xviii. 35— *B.
1 OINFUL, and blind, and poor,
•^ And lost without thy grace,
Thv mercy I implore,
And wait to 6ee thy face :
Begging [ sit by the way side,
And long to know the Crucify'd.
2 Jesus, attend my cry.
Thou Son of David, hear,
If now thou passest by,
Stand still and call me near ;
The darkness from my heart remove,
And shew me now thy pardoning love.
37;) L. M. Beddome.
Coombs's 45. Islington 40.
Thy Kingdom come, Matt. vi. 10.
1 A SCEND thy throne, almighty King,
**■ And spread thy glories all abroad ;
Let thine own arm salvation bring,
And be thou known the gracious God.
2 Let millions bow before thy seat,
Let humble mourners seek thy face,
Bring daring rebels to thy feer,
Subdu'd by thy victorious grace.
3 O let the kingdoms of the world
Become the kingdoms of the Lord ;
Let saints and angels praise thy name,
Be thou thro' heaven and earth ador'd.
371 L- M.
Wareham 117. Green's Hundred 89.
EzekieVs Vision of the dry Bones,
Ezek. xxxvii. 3.
1 T OOK down, O Lord, with pitying eye ;
-*-J Sea Adam's race in ruin lie ;
Sin spreads its trophies o'er the eround,
And scatters slaughter'd heaps around.
2 And can these mouldering corpses live!
And can these perish'd bones revue!
That, miuhtv God, to thee is known ;
That wondrous work is all thy own.
3 Thy ministers are sent in vain
To prophesy upon the slain ;
In vain thev call, in vain thev cry>
Till thine almighty aid is nigh,.
372—375
AFTER SERMON.
37G— 379
4 But if thy Spirit deign to breathe.
Life spreads thro' all the realm* of death;
Dry bones obey th> powerful roice;
I h; y mo\e, i tit- y aaJLen, tin y rejoice.
5 So when thy trumpet's awful sound
Siullshake"thehea\ens and rend the ground,
Dead saints shall from their tombs arise,
And spring to life beyond the skii^.
HYMNS AFTER SERMON.
372 CM.
Bath Chapel 26. New York 33.
The Parable of the Soever, Matt. xiii. 3— 23.
1 VTOW, Lord, the heavenly seed is sown,
■*■" Be it thy servants' care
Thv heavenly b!es>ing to bring down,
By humble fervent prayer.
2 la vain we plant without thine aid,
And water too ia vain ;
Lor I of the harvest, God of grace,
Send down thy heavenly rain.
3 Then *hall our cheerful hearts and tongues
Begin this song divine;
1 Thou, Lord, hast given the rich increase,
' And be the glory thine.'
373 MSth. Newton.
Bethesda 112. Eagle Street 16.
fXS what has now been sown,
V7 Thy blessing, Lord, bestow ;
The power is thine alone
To make it spring and grow;
Do thou the gracious harvest raise,
And thou alone shalt have the praise.
374 L. M.
Denbigh 54. Rowles 73. Bodenham 3C9.
The Spread of the Gospel, Matt. vi. x.
1 nPO distant lands thy Gospel send,
x And thus thy empire wide extend :
To Gentile, Turk, and stubborn Jew,
Thou King of Grace ! salvation shew.
2 Where'er thy 6un or light arise,
Thy name, O God! immortalize :
May nations yet unborn confess
Thy wisdom, power, and righteousness.
375 c. m.
Bedford 91. Abridge 201.
Duties and Privileges, Jude 20, 21.
1 "W7H1LE sinners, who presume to bear
YV The christian's sacred name,
Throw up the reins to every lust,
And glory in their shame ;
2 Ye saints preserv'd in Christ and cail'd,
Detest their impious ways,
And on the basis of your faith
An hea\enly temple raise.
3 Upon the Spirit's promis'd aid
Depend from day to day,
And, while he breathes his quickening gale,
Adore, and praise, and pray.
4 Preserve unquench'd your love to God,
And let the flame ar'isp,
And higher and still hieher blaze,
Till it ascend the skies.
3 With a transporting joy expect
The grace your Lord' shall give,
When all his'saints shall from his hands
Their crown* of life recen e.
376 C. M. Toplady\ ColLction.
Grove Hotttt 1 i i. Footer 96* Salem 138.
/Vine U (he aectpted Time.
1 pOME, guilty souls, and flee away
^ To Clir st, and h< al your wounds;
Thia i* the welcome gospel-day,
Wherein free grace abounds.
2 God lov'd the church, and gave his Son
To drink the cup of v. r .th :
And Jesn* tajs, he'll cu- 1 out none
That come 'to him by faith.
376 (2<1 fart.) L. M.
Paul's 24o. Gould's 272.
The convinced Sinner encouraged.
1 VyHO is the trembl ng sinner, who
That owns eternaf death his due?
Who Mourn* his ^in, his guilt, his thrill,
And does on God for mercy call !
2 Peace, troubled soul, dismiss thy fear,
Hear, Je?us speaks, He of good cheer ;
I poa his cleansing grace rely.
An i thou shalt never, uever die.
377 E. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Angels Hymn 60. Paul's 246. Sterling 317.
Acceptance through Christ alone, John xiv. ».
1 TJOW shall the sons of men appear,
Jri Great God, before thine awful bar!
How may the guilty hope to find
Acceptance with th' eternal mind I
2 Not vows, nor groans, nor broken cries,
Not the most costly sacrifice,
Not infant blood profusely spilt,
Will expiate a sinner's guilt.
3 Thy blood, dear Jesus, thine alone,
Hath sovereign virtue to atone:
Here we wilfrest our only plea
When we approach, great God, to thee.
377 (2d Part.) 7s.
Cookham 36. Stoel 164. Hotham 224.
The Pleasures of Religion.
1 >rTlS religion that can give
•*■ Sweetest pleasures while we live
'Tis re igion must supply
Solid comfort when we die.
2 After death, its joys will be
Lasting as eternity !
Be the living God my frien 1,
Then my bliss shall never end.
378 L. M.
Rowles 73. Portugal 97. Bodenham 309.
Habbakuk iii. 17, 18.
TS Jesus mine! I'm now prepar'd
x To meet with what I thought most hard
Yes, let the winds of trouble blow,
And comforts melt away like snow ;
No blasted trees or failing crops
Can hinder rav eternal hopes;
Tho' creatures ehanse, the Lord's the same,
Then let me triumph in his name.
379 76.
Deptford 124. Turin 241. Rest 262.
Help, Hosea xiii. 9.
OELF-destrov'd, for help I pray :
^ Help me, Saviour, from above,
Help me to believe, obey,
Help me to repent, and love ;
Help to keep the graces given.
Help me quite from hell to heaven.
D 10
380, 381, 382
WORSHIP.
383, 384
3S0 c. m.
Abridge 201. Grove House 143.
Felix trembling, Acts, xxiv. 24, 25.
1 CEE Fel x, cloth'd with pomp and power,
*■* See his respondent bride,
Attend to hear a prisoner preach
The Saviour crucify 'd.
2 He well describes who Jesus was,
His Klories and his love,
How he obey'd and bled below,
And reigns and pleads above.
3 Felix up starts, and trembling cries,
* Go, for this lime, away,
1 I'll hear thee on these points again
* On some convenient day '
4 Attention to the words of life
Let Felix thus adjourn ;
Lord, let us make these solemn trutlis
Our first and last concern.
381 s. m.
Eagle Street New 55. Vermont 134.
Jabei's Prayer, 1 Chron. iv. 9, 10.
1 < r\ THAT the Lord indeed
v/ < Would me hi« servant blest,
' From eyepy evil shield my head,
* And crown my paths with peace !
2 * Be his almighty hand
' My helper and my guide,
* Till "with his saints in Canaan's lajid
* My portion he divide.
382 (1st Part.) C. M.
Brighthelmstone 208. Ann's 58.
Desiring to walk in the Way of Holiness to
Happiness, Psalm lxxxiv. 8.
1 T ORO God, omnipotent to bless,
Xu My sunphcation hear;
Guardian of Jacob, to my voice
Incline hv gracious car:
2 If I h;tve never yet begun
To tread the sacred road,
O teach my wandering feet the way
To Zion's blest abode !
3 Or, if I'm travelling in the path,
Assist me with rhy strength,
And let me swift advances~make,
And reach thine heaven at length !
4 My care, my hope, ray first request,
Are all compr»sM in this,
To follow v here thy saint* have led,
And then partake their bliss.
382 (2d Part.) C. M.
Spr?gue 166. Bedford 91. Portsea 284.
Good Hope of Interest united with Gratitude.
1 TF, Lord, in thy fair book of life
■*• My worthless name doth stand ;
And "in my heart the law is writ
By thine unerring hand ;
2 1 am 6ecure, by grace divine,
Of crowns above the 6kies;
And on the road, from thy rich stores,
Shall meet with fresh supplies.
3 To thee in sweet melodious strains
Mv Grateful voice I'll raise ;
But life's too short, my powers too weak,
To shew forth half thy praise.
4 [Had I ten thousand thousand tongues,
Not one should silent be;
Had I ten thousand thousand hearts,
I'd give them all to thee.)
383 io4th
Sussex 70. Hanover 130.
Praise for Salvation.
1 OUR Saviour alone, the Lord let us bless,
v^ Who reigns on his throne, the Prince of
our Peace ;
Who evermore saves us by shedding his blood ;
All hail, holy Jesus, our Lord and our God !
2 We thankfully sing thy glory and praise,
Thou merciful spring of pity and grace :
Thy kindness for ever to men we will tell,
And say our dear Saviour redeems us from hell
3 Preserve us in love, while here we abide ;
0 never remove thy presence, nor hide
Thy glorious salvation, til! each of us see
With joy the bless'd vision completed in thee
383 (2d Part.) L. M.
Portugal 97. Bredby 165.
Gratitude to Christ.
1 HPO bim who on the fatal tree
*■ Pour'd out his blood, his life for me,
In grateful strains my voi e I'll raise,
Ant in his service spend my days.
2 To listening multitudes I'll tell
How he reaeem'd my soul from hell ;
And how, reposing on his breast,
1 lost my cares and found my rest.
3 Thro' him my sins are all forgiven,
He ever pleads my cause in heaven ;
I'll build an altar to his name,
And to the world his grace proclaim.
384 (is* Pa**«> r- M.
Boston 159. Mi all 240. Suffolk 315.
Not unto us, Ps. cxv, 1.
1 "MOT unto us, but thee alone,
■^ Bless'd Lamb, be glory given :
Here shall thy praises be begun,
And carried on in heaven.
2 The hosts of spirits now with thee
Eternal anthems sing :
To imi'ate them here, lo ! we
Our h .Uelujahs bring.
3 Had we our tongues like them inspir'd,
Like theirs our songs should rise ;
Like them we never should be tir'd,
But love the sacrifice.
4 Till we the veil of flesh lay down,
Accept our weaker lays;
And, wlien we reach thy Father's throne
We'll give thee nobler praise.
384 (2d Pa".) C. M.
Cambridge New 7*. Otford 106.
Missionary 257.
Joying and glorying in the Lord.
1 ~\7E saints of every rank, with joy
■* To God your offerings bring;
Let towns and cities, hills and vales,
With loud Hosannas ring.
2 Let him receive the glory due
To his exalted name;
With than! ful tongues and hearts inflam
His wondrous deeds proclaim.
3 Praise him in elevated strains,
And make the world to know,
How great the Master whom you serve,
And yet how gracious too.
385, 366, 387
AI-TKR SERMON.
383—392
Lot k 49. Lambeth j:. Potsdam 319.
Our God for e+etdnd cur, Psalm xiwii. h.
-|Mll> God is thv- God we a '
1 <»ur faithful unchangeable friend ;
Whose low* i» as rarg( .i-, hi> power.
A )i neither know- measure por end:
Tis Jesus the tir-t and thelast,
Whose Spirit -diall guide us sif. home;
We'll praise him for all that is
Ami trust him for all that's to come.
SH6 C Hi Comtek.
Newinftea til. ('.rear Milton 212.
Chritt the Burden oj the Song.
1 HPHOU dear Redeemer, dying Lamb,
A We love to bear of thee ;
No music's like thy charming name,
Nor half BO sweet ran he.
2 O let us ever hear th> \
In mercy to us speak,
Ami in our Priest »t will rejoice,
Thou great Melchised-r.
s Our Jesus shall be s-t ii i our theme,
WhHB in this world we sta\ :
• ug our Jes'i'- lovely name,
When all tbiqgs e!3c decay.
4 When we appear in yonder cloud,
With all thy favuu'rM throng,
Then will we "sing more sweet, more loud,
And Christ shall be our :>onsr.
387 6,4.
Bermondsev 52. Bridgewater 261.
Mariner's 266.
Worthy the Limb.
1 pDRY to God on high !
^ Let earth and skies rej ly,
Praise ve his name :
His love and grace. adore,
Who all our sorrows- bore;
Sing aloud evermore,
"Worthy the Lamb.
2 Jesus, our Lord and God,
Bore sin's tremendous load,
Prai.-e ye his- name :
Tell what his arm hath done,
What spoils from death he won;
Sing his great name alone ;
Worthy the Lamb.
3 While they around the throne
Cheerfully" join in one,
Praising his name :
Those who have feJt hi*. Wood
Sealing their peace with God,
Bound his dear lame abroad,
W orth} the Lamb.
4 Join, all ye ransom'd race,
Our holy Lord to bless :
■' Praise ye his name ;
In him we will rejoice,
And make a ioyful noise,
Shoutin? with heart and voice,
Worrfiy the Larab.
1 5 What tho' we change our place,
Yet we shall nevercease
Praising his name:
To him our" songs we brimr,
Hail him our gracious King,
And without ceasin? >niir,
Worthy the Lamb.
* Then let the hosts above,
In realms of endless love,
Praise his dear name :
To him ascribed be
Honour and ma"
Thro' all eternity :
Worthy the L*amfe.
3H3 i>. M. «■*•
Lebanon 79. Manning 215.
/' I )t\ mission.
i "T)ISMISS us with thy blessing, Lord,
1J Help us to feed upon thy word;
All that ' forgive,
And let thy truth within us live.
2 Mho' we are guilty, thou art rrood,
Wash all our w irks in Jesu's blood ;
Give e
And bid iw ai! depart in i»eace.
;>39 8. 7. 4.
Helraslej 333. \"^ estbury m.
Ai Dtgtniuieit.
1 T ORD, <li>in!*» us Mith thv Massing,
*-* Fill our hearts with jo; and peac;;
Let ns each, thy loie possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace:
O refresh us !
Travelling thro' this wildeni
2 Thank- .. ration.
For lh\ I -ouuvl ;
Ma) the ffuits of thy salvation
Iii our hearts and "lives abound:
May thv pi i w
With us evermore be found !
3 So, whene'er the signal's giv'n,
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels' wings to heaven,
Glad to leave our cumbrous clav,
readv
Rise, and reign in endless day !
390 C. M.
Bath Chapel 26. Brighthelmstone 263.
Sanctification and Growth, Heb. xiii. 20, 2i.
1 "MOW may the God cf peace and love,
11 Who, from ttf imprisoning crrave,
Restor'd the shepherd of the sheep,
Omnipotent to save,
2 Thro' the rich merits of that blood
Which he on Calvary spilt.
To make th' eternal corenant sure,
On which our hopes are built,
3 Perfert our souls in every arrace
T' accomplish1 all hi* wilf,
And all that's pleasing in Iris sight
Inspire us to fetffil !
4 For the groat Mediator's sake,
We every blessing pray :
With s-lory let his hame'be crown'd
Thro' heaven's eternal day !
591 L.M.
Islington 40. Lebanon 79.
The Peace of God thall keep, <^c. Phil. iv. 7.
1 HPHE peace which God alone reveals,
x And bv his word of grace imparts.
Which only the believer feels,
Direct, and keep, and cheer our hearts:
2 And mav th. holy Three in One,
The Father, Word", and Comforter,
Pour an abundant blessing. down
On ever)' sou! assembled here !
, q-J B, 7. 2Vtu.7on,
Welsh 210. Jewin Street 222.
lf-iv the Grace, H. 2 Cor. xiii. 14.
"\T\Y the iirace of Christ our Saviour.
iy± And ihe Father's Iwmndtess love.
With the Holy Soirit's fa^<u:.
Res! upon us from aN»*e '
393—398
THE WORLD.
398— 40C
Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord ;
And possess, in sweet communion,
Joys which earth can not afford.
DOXOLOGIES.
393 CM.
Grove House 143. Condescension 116.
»T»0 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
-1- Who made the earth and heaven,
Of equal dignity possest,
Be equal honours, giv'n.
394 S. ftf. Beddome.
Aynhoe 108. Price's 187.
nnO the eternal Three,
■*■ In will and essence One,
Be universal honours paid,
Co-equal honours dene.
395 L. M. Bp. Ken,
Magdalene 214. Old Hundred 100.
"pRAlSE God, from whom all blessings flow;
x Praise him all creatures here below ;
Praise him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holv 'Ghost.
396 104th.
Sussex 70. Hanover 130.
rjIVE glory to God, ye children of men,
vjr And publish abroad, again and again,
The Son's glorious merit, the Father's fre<
grace,
The gifts of the Spirit, to Adam's lost race.
397 (l«t Part.) 8. 7. 4.
Helmsley 223.
"pATHF.R Son, and Holy Spirit,
A Thou the God whom we adore ;
May we all thy love inherit,
To thine image us restore ;
Vast eternal !
Praises to thee evermore.
397 (2d Part.) 8. 8. 6.
Baltimore 167. Broadmead 150.
fyO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
■*■ Be praise amid the heavenly ho9t,
And in the church below,
From whom all creatures drew their breath
By whom redemption bless'd the earth,
From whom all comforts flow!
THE WORLD.
398 L. M. Blaekmore.
Portugal 97. Green's Hundred 89.
The Vanity of earthly Things,
1 TX7HAT are possessions, fame, and power,
vv The boasted splendour of the great!
What gold, which dazzled eyes adore,
And seek with endless toils and sweat?
2 Express their charms, declare their use,
Thai we their merit may descry ;
Tell us what good they can produce,
Or what important wants supply.
3 If, wounded with the sense of sin,
To them for pardon we should pray,
Will they restore our peace within, .
And wash our guilty stains away ]
4 Can they celestial life inspire,
Nature with power divine renew,
With pure and sacred transports fire
Our bosom, and our lusts subdue?
5 When with the pangs of death we strive,
And yield all comforts here for lost,
Will they support us, will they give
Kind succour, when we need it most?
6 When at th' Almighty's awful bar
To hear our final doom we stand,
Can they incline the Judge to spare,
Or wres't the vengeance from his hand?
7 Can they protect us from despair,
From the dark reign of death and hell,
Crown us with bliss, and throne us where
The just, in joys immortal, dwell J
8 Sinners, your idols we despise,
If these reliefs they cannot grant :
Why should we such delusions prize,
Ana pine in everlasting want ?
399 C. M. Br. S. Stennett,
New York 33. Suffolk 315.
Vanity of the World, Psalm iv. G.
1 TN vain the giddv world inquires,
1 Forgetful of their God,
* Who will supply our vast desires,
' Or shew us any good P
2 Thro' the wide circuit of the earth
Their eager wishes rove,
In chase of honour, wealth, and mirth,
The phantoms of their love.
8 But oft these shadowy joys elude
Their most intense pursuit ;
Or, if they seize the fancied good,
There's poison in the fruit.
4 Lord, from this world call off my love,
Set my affections right ;
Bid me aspire to joys above.
And walk no more by sight.
5 O let the glories of thy face
Upon my bosom shine ;
Assur'd of thy forgiving grace,
My joys will be divine.
400 C. M. Needham.
Tunbridge 103. Abridge 201.
The rich Fool surprised, Luke xii. 16 — 2e
1 "[^ELUDED souls ! who think to find
XJ A solid bli9s below :
Bliss, the fair flower of paradise,
On earth can never grow.
2 See how the foolish wretch is pleasM
T' increase his worldly store;
Too scanty now he finds his bams.
And coyets room for more.
401,402
THE GOSPEL CHURCH.
103—405
3 ' What shill T do !' distress'd he cries,
' This scheme will 1 pursue ;
* Mv scanty barns shall now come down,
« I'll bufl'd them large and new :
4 ' Here will I lay my fruits, and bid
4 My soul to take its ease :
« Ear, drink, be glad; mi lasting store
1 Shall gi\e what joys f please,?
5 Scarce had he spoke, when, lo ! from heaveu
Th' Almighty made repli :
' For whom dosi thou provide, thou foal?
' This night thyself shalt die.'
6 Teach me, my God, all earthly joys
Are but an 'empty dream:
And mav I seek my bliss alone
Id thee the good" supreme !
4/)i an.
Tharmouth 28. Bangor 231.
The whole World no Compensation for the Loss
04 one Soul, Mark viii. 36.
1 T ORD, shall we part with sold for dross,
■*-* With solid good f >r show '■
Outlive our bliss, and mourn our loss,
In everlasting woe !
2 Let us not lose the living God
For one short dream of joy :
With fond embrace cling to a clod,
And fling all heaven away.
j Vain world, thy wc.k attempt! forbear
W c all thy ch inii-. <:efy ;
Au I rate oar pr o dear
For all thy weaith to buy.
402 C. M. Dr. (VattS* Lyrics.
Lebanon 70. Maanimj 245. Laton 291.
The ffa
1 T)rxD be my heart to all below,
*-* To mortal jo\s an I mortal cares;
To temmal Mm that charms us -.»,
Be dark, mine eyes, and .icaf, my ears.
2 Lord, I renounce mv carnal taste
Of the far fruit that sinners prize:
Their par idise shad never waste
One thought of mine, but to despise.
3 AU earthly joys are overweigh'd
With mountains of vexatiovs care;
And wh re's the sweet that is not laid
A bait to some destructive snare .'
4 Be<rone, for ever, mortal things!
Thon. mighty mole hill, earth, farewell!
Angels aspii«e on loft] wines,
And leave the globe for ants to dwell.
5 Come, heaven, and fill my vast desires,
My soul pursues the sovereign good;
She was all made of heavenly fires,
Nor can she live on meaner "food.
THE GOSPEL CHURCH.
403 CM.
New York 33. America 263.
The Church described; or, the Stability and
Glory of Zion, Ciut. vi. 10.
1 CAY, who is she, that looks abroad
0 Like the sweet blushing dawn,
When with her living lisrht she paints
The dew-drops of the lawn ?
9 Fair as the moon, when in the skies
Serene her throne she guides,
And o'er the twinkling stars supreme
In full-orb'd glory rides :
3 Clear as the sun, when from the east
Without a cloud he springs,
And scatters boundless light and heat
From his resplendent wings :
4 Tremendous as a host that moves
Majestically slow,
With banners wide display'd, all arm'd,
All ardent for the foe I
5 This is the Church by heav'n array'd
With strength and srrace divine";
Thus shall she strike her foes with dread,
And thus her glories shine.
404 L. M. Steele.
Derby 169. Wells Row 98.
The Presence of Christ the Joy of his People.
1 '"PHE wond'ring nations have beheld
■*• The sacred prophecy fulfil I'd;
And angels hail the glorious morn,
That shew'd the great Me?siah born
2 The Prince ! the Saviour ! long desir'd,
Whom men foretold, by heaven inspir'd,
And raptur d saw the Blissful day
Rise o'er the world with healing ray.
3 Oft, in the temples of his grace,
His saints behold his smiling- her- ;
And oft have seen his gloried shine
With power and majesty divine :
4 But soon, alas ! his absence mourn,
And pray and wish his kind return:
Without'his life-inspiring light,
'Tis all a scene of gloomy night.
5 Come, dearest Lord, thy children cry,
Our graces droop, our comforts die ;
Return, and let thy glories rise
Again to our admiring eyes;
6 'Til!, fill'd with light, and joy, and love,
Thy courts below, like those above,
Triumphant hallelujahs raise,
Aud heaven and earth resound thy praise.
405 C M. Dr. Doddridge.
Great Milton 221. Exeter 4. Suffolk 31*.
Asking the Way to Zion, Jer. 1. 5.
1 TTNQTJIRE, ye pilgrims, for the way
■*-* That leads to Sion's hill,
And thither set your steady face,
With a determin'd will.
2 Invite the strangers all around
Your pious march to join;
And spread the sentiments you feel
Of faith and love divine.
3 O come, and to his temple haste,
And seek his favour there ;
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And pour your fervent prayer !
4 O come, and join your souls to God,
In everlasting bands;
Accept the blessings he bestows,
With thankful hearts and hands.
D U
406, 407
THE CHURCH.
408, 409, 410
406 H8th. !*»'. Doddridge.
Swithin's 44. Darwell's 82.
At the forming a Church, Isa. hi. G, 7.
r.Iatt. xxi. 13. and Eph. ii. J3, 19.
1 rj. REAT Father of mankind;
VT We bless that wondrous grace
Which could tor Gentiles find
Within thy courts a place .
How kind the care
Our God displays,
For us- to raise
A house of prayer!
2 Tho' once estrang'd afar,
We now approacn the throne*,
For Jesus brings us near,
And makes our cause his own:
Strangers no more
To thee we come,
And find our home,
And rest secure.
3 To thee our souls we .join,
And love thy sacred name;
No more our own, but thine,
We triumph in thy claim ;
Our Father — king-,
Thy cov'nant grace
Our souls embrace,
Thy titles sing.
4 Here in thy house we feast
On dainties" all divine ;
And, while such sweets we taste,
With joy our faces shine;
Incense shall rise
From flames of love,
And God approve
The sacrifice.
5 May all the nations throng
To worship in thy house;
And thou attend the song-,
And smile upon their vows;
Indulgent still,
Till earth conspire
To join the choir
On Zion's hill.
407 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Portugal 97: Derby 169.
The Institution of a Gospel Ministry from
Christ, Eph. iv. 8, 11, 12.
i "LEATHER of mercies, in thy house
*■ Smile on our homage ana our vows ;
While with a grateful heart we share
These pledges, of our Saviour's care.
2 The Saviour, when to heaven he ro^e
In splendid triumph o'er his foes,
Scatter'd his gifts on men below,
And wide his royal bounties flow.
3 Hence sprung th' Apostles' honour'd name,
Sacred beyond heroic fame :
In lowlier form to bless our e*-es,
Pastors from hence, and Teachers rise.
4 From Christ their varied gifts derive,
And fed by Christ their graces live :
While, guarded by his potent hand,
'Midst all the rage of hell they stand.
j So shall the bright succession n:n
Thro' the last courses of the suu ;
While unborn churches by their care
Shall rise and flourish large and fair.
6 Jesus our Lord, their hearts shall know,
The spring whence all these blessings How ;
Pastors and people shont his praise
Thro' Lhe long round of endless days.
408 L. M.
Wareham 117. Sterling 317.
On sending a Member into the Work of the Mi-
nistry*— Isaiah's Obedience to the
heavenly Vision, Isa. vi. 8.
1 (~)UR God ascends his lofty throne,
XJ Array 'd in majesty unknown ;
His lustre all the temple fills,
And spreads o'er all th' ethereal hills :
2 The holy, holy, holy Lord,
By ail the Seraphim ador'd,
And, while they stand beneath his seat,
They veil their faces and their feet.
3 Lord, how can sinful lips proclaim
The honours of so great a name !
O for thine altar's glowing coal
To touch his lips, to fire his soul!
4 Then if a messenger thou ^sk,
A labourer for the hardest task,
Thro' all his weakness and his fear,
Love shall reply, ' Thy servant's here.*
5 Nor let his willing- soul complain,
Tho' every eflbrt Veem in vain ;
It ample recompence shall be
But to have wrought, O God, for thee.
409 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Paul's 246. Rippon's 18S. Gould's 272.
Seeking Direction in the Choice of a Pastor.
1 SHEPHERD of Israel, bend thine ear,
0 Thy servant's groans indulgent hear;
Perplex'd, distress'd, to thee we cry,
And seek the guidance of thine eye.
2 Send forth, O Lord, thy truth and light.
To guide our doubtful footsteps right;
Our drooping- hearts. O God, sustain,
Nor let us seek thy face in vain.
3 Return, in ways of peace return,
Nor let thy floek neglected mourn :
May our bless'd eyes a shepherd see,
Dear to our souls," and dear to thee.
410 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Abridge 201. Bedford 91.
Watching for Souls. An Ordination Hymn,
Heb. xiii. 17.
1 T ET Sion's watchmen all awake,
-L* And rake th' alarm they give;
Now let them from the mouth of God
Their awful charge receive.
2 'Tis not a cause of small import
The pastor's care demands;
But what might fill an Angel's heart,
And fill'd a Saviour's hands.
3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord
Did heavenly bliss forego ; —
For souls whiclMttM for ever live,
In raptures, or in woe.
4 j All to the great tribunal haste,
Th' account to render there ;
An 1 shauldst thou strictly mark our faults,
Lord, where should we appear !
5 Mav ihey, that Jesus whom they preach,
Their 6v\n Redeemer see:
And watch thou daily o'er iheir souls,
That they may watch for thee.
* If sung on any other occasion, * his.* in
the three last verses, may be exchanged for
* my.'
411,412, 113
ORDINATIOxN.
414, 11 3
411 UN. Dr. Doddridge.
Aiiie Street 241. Portugal "7.
The Goodness of God acknowledged in giving
Vast oi r$ after his own Heart, J it. iii. 15.*
At the Settlement of a WaMfT.
1 CHEPIIKKD of Israel, thou dosl keep,
0 With roust. nit care, thy bumble sheep;
By thee inferior pastor-, ma
To feed our souls and bless our eyes.
2 To all thv churches such impart,
MmlellM'hv thy on n gracious heart,
Whose courage, watchfulness, and love,
Men may attest, and God approve.
3 Fed bv their active tender care,
Healthful may all thy sheep appear;
And, bv their fair example led,
The way to Zion's pasture tread!
4 Here hast thou listen'd to our vows,
Ami scattered blessings on thy house ;
Thy saints are succour'd, and no more
As "sheep without a guide deplore.
5 Completely heal each former stroke,
And bless "the shepherd and the flock ;
Confirm the hopes thy mercies raise,
And own this tribute of our praise.
41/J C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Suffolk 315. Braintree 25.
Christ's Care of Ministers and Churches,
Rev. ii. I.
1 UTE bless th' eternal source of light,
v v Y» ho makes the stars to shine ;
Ant', thro' this dark beclouded world,
Ditluseth rays divine.
2 We bless the church's sovereign King,
Whose golden lamps we are ;
Fix'd in the t; mples of his love
To shine with radiance fair.
3 Still be cur purity preserv'd ;
Still fed with oil the flame;
And in deep characters inscrib'd
Our heavenly Master's name !
4 Then, while between our ranks he walks,
And all our state surveys,
His smiles shall with new lustre deck
The people of his praise.
413 LU-
Babylon Streams 23. Paul's 246. Gould's 272.
On the dangerous Ilhiess of a Minister.
1 f\ THOU, before whose gracious throne
" We bow our suppliant spirits down,
View the sad breast, the streaming eye,
And let our sorrows pierce the sky.
2 Thou knowM the anxious cares we feel,
And all our trembling lips would tell;
Thou onlv canst assuage our grief,
And yield our woe-fraught heart relief.
3 Tho' we have sinn'd, and justly dread
The vengeance hovering o'er our head,
Yet, Power benign, thy servant spare,
Nor turn aside thy people's prayer.
4 Avert thy swift descending stroke,
Nor smite the shepherd of the flock,
Lest o'er the barren waste we stray,
To prowling wolves an easy prey.
> Restore him, sinking to the grave,
Stretch out thine arm, make haste to save ;
Back to our hope and wishes give,
And bid our friend and father live.
I * See Hymn 407, and Association Hymns,
6 Uound to each soul by tendefest ties,
In ererj breast his image lies ;
Thy pitying aid, O God, impart,
Nor read him from each bleeding heart.
7 Yet, if our suppl;catious fail,
And prayers and tears can nought preva
Condemn'd on this dark desert coast
To mourn our niuch-lov'd leader lost ;
8 I!e thou hit Strength, be thou his stay,
Support him thro' the gloomy way;
Comfort his sosl, surround his bed,
And guide him thro' the dreary shade.
y Around him may thy angels wait,
Deck'd with their robes of heavenly blate,
To teach his happy soul to risr,
And waft him to his native skies.
41 1 C.M.
Huddersfield 202. Matthews J i.
At a Minister's leaving his People. PauVt,
farewell Charge, Acts xx. 26, 27.
1 vy"HEN Paul was parted from his friends,
vv It was a weeping day;
But Jesus made them all amends,
And wip'd their tears away.
2 In heaven they met again with joy
(Secure no more to part),
Where praises every tongue employ,
And pleasure fills each heart.
3 Thus all the preachers of his grace
Their children soon shall meet;
Together see their Saviour's face,
And worship at his feet.
4 But they who heard the word in vain,
Tho' oft and plainly warn'd,
Will tremble when they meet again
The ministers they scorn'd.
5 On your own heads your blood will (all,
If any perish here ;
The preachers who have told you all
Shall stand approv'd and clear.
6 Yet, Lord, to save themselves alone,
Is not their utmost view;
O ! hear their prayer, thy message own,
And save their bearers too.
415 L.M.
Bowden 78. Chard 175. Sterling 317.
The People's Prayer for their Minister ; or,
Ministers and Missionaries * com-
mitted to God.
1 YjyiTH heavenly power, O Lord, defend
YV Himf whom we now to thee commend:
His person bless, his soul secure,
And make him to the end endure.
2 Gird him with all-sufficient grace;
Direct his feet in paths of peace;
Thy truth and faithfulness fulfil,
And help him to obey thy will,
3 Before him thy protection send :
O love him, save him to the end !
Nor let him, as thy pi grim, rove
Without the convoy of thy love.
4 Enlarge, enflame, and fill his heart;
In him thy mighty power exert:
That thousands yet unborn may praise
The wonders of redeeming grace.
* See also hymn 420, first, second, and
third part.
t The pronouns in this hymn, if necesfarj*
may be read in the plural, ■ them,' *xr. toe.
416,417, 41S
THE CHURCH.
418
416 L. M. Dr. Gibbons.
Portugal 97. Magdalene 214.
The Pastor" s Wish for his People, Phil. iv. 1.
1 TV/TV brethren, from my heart belov'd,
■*-"■ Whose welfare fills" my daily care,
My present joy, my future crown,
The word of exhortation hear.
2 Stand fast upon the solid rock
Of the Redeemer's righteousness :
Adorn the gospel with your lives,
And practise what your lips profess.
3 With pleasure meditate the hour,
When he, descending from the skies,
Shall bid yoar bodies, mean and vile,
In his all-glorious image rise.
4 Glorv in his dear, honour'd name,
To him inviolablv cleave ;
Your all he purchas'd by his blood,
Nor let him less than all receive.
5 Such is your pastor's faithful charge,
Whose soul desires not vour's, but you ;
O may he, at the Lord's right hand,
Himself and all his people view !
417 L-M.
Wareham 117. Mark's 65.
At a Choice of Deacons, I Tim. iii. 8--13.
1 "PAIR Sion's King, we suppliant bow,
^ And hail the grace thy church enjoys ;
Her hol\ deacons are thine own,
With all the gifts thy love employs.
2 Up to thy throne we lift our eyes,
For blessings to attend our choice*
Of such whose generous, prudent zeal
Shail make thyTavour'd ways rejoice.
3 Happy in Jesus, their own Lord,
May thev his sacred table spread,—
The table of their pastor fill,
And fill the holy poor with bread !
4 [When pastor, saints, and poor, they serve,
May their own hearts with grace be crown'd !
While patience, sympathy, and joy,
Adorn, and thro' their lives abound.]
5 By purest love to Christ, and truth,
tO may they win a good degree
Of boldness in the christian faith,
And meet the smile of thine and thee!
6 \nd when the work to them assign'd—
The work of love, is fully done,
Call them from serving tables here,
To sit around thy glorious throne.
MONTHLY AND MISSIONARY PRAYER
MEETINGS.
418 (1st Part.) s.7.
Carlisle 95. Welsh 210. Trowbridge 21.
Glorious Things spoken of Zion the City of God,
Ps. lxxxvii. lea. xxxiii. 20, 21.
l pLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
^ Zion, city of bur God !
He, whose word can not be broken,
Form'd thee for his own abode:
On the Rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose ?
With salvation's walls surrounded,
Thou may'st smile at all thy foes.
* If this hymn be sung before the Choice,
then the second line of the second verse may
stand thus ;
* For Wisdom to direct our Choice.'
2 [See ! the streams of living waters
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and dausrliters,
And all fear of want remove :
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows thy thirst t' assuage \
Grace, which", like the Lord, the giver,
Kever fails from age to age.
3 Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear!
For a glory and a covering,
Shewing that the Lord is near :
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna
Which he gives them when they pray.]
4 Blest inhabitants of Zion,
Wash'd in the Redeemer's blood !
Jesus, whom their souls rely on,
Makes them kings and priests to God:
'Tis his love his people raises
Over self to reign as kings :
And as priests, his solemn praises
Each for a thank-olTering brings.
5 Saviour, if of Zion's city
I tnro' grace a member am :
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name :
Fading Ls the worldling's pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show !
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Zion's children know.
418 (2d Part.) L. Mi
Gloucester 12. Chard 175.
Prayer for the Spread of the Gospel animated
by Prophecy.
The influence of thy crown increase,
And strangers to thy footstool bring.
2 [We long to see that happy time,
That dear, expected, blissf'il day,
When countless myriads of our race
The second Adam 'shall obey.]
3 Thy prophecies must be fulfill'd,
Though earth and hell should dare oppose ;
The stone cut from the mountain's side,
Though unobserv'd, to empire grows.
4 Soon shall the mingled i-r.age fall,
(Brass, silver, iron, gold, and clay,)
And superstition's gloomy reign
To light and liberty give way.
5 In one vast symphony of praise,
Gentile and Jew shall then unite;
6 Afric's emancipated sons
Shall join, with Europe's polish'd race.
To celebrate, in different tongues,
The glories of redeeming grace.
7 From east to west, from north to south,
Immanuers kingdom must extend ;
And everkf man, in every face,
Shall meet a brother and a friend.
418 (3d Part.) L. M.
Wareham 117. I'ortugal 97.
The approaching Fall of Babylon predictei
Rev. xiv. 6—8.
I T>ROUD Babylon yet waits her doom
* Nor can her toWring paiace fall,
'Till some blest messenger arise
The spacious heathen world to call.
MISSIONS.
Id 8
Ami sec tlic gtoriasss time npproaeh !
Behold Hit* in i l: lit > ansel tiy .'
riir gospel tidings to convey
To even wuad beneath tiie sky !
; (> see, on both the India'- oast,
An I Africa's unhappj shore,
The oalearn'd s.n ige j ress to hear ;
And hearing, wonder and adore :
bile r li ■ ■ joyful (ruth is told,
* That Jesus len his throne in heaven,
1 And suffer'd, died, ahd rose again,
' That guilty souls might be forgiv'n;'
i See what delight, unfrlt before,
Beams in his lix'd attentive eye ;
And 1 ear him ask, * For wretched me,
• Did this divine iledeemer die !
i ' Ah ! why ha\e te so long forborne
' To tell such welcome news as this!
' Go now, let every sinner hear,
' And share in such exalted bliss.']
' The islands, waiting for his law,
W ith rapture greet the sacred sound ;
And, taught the Saviour's precious name,
Cast all i heir idols to the ground.
I Now Babylon, thy hour is come,
Thy curs'd foundation shall give way,
And thine eternal overthrow
The triumphs of the cross display.
413 (4th Part.) L. M.
Wells 102. Devotion 271.
Invitation to propagate the Gospel throughout
the Earth.
I nO, favour'd Britons, and proclaim
KSJ The kind Redeemer you have found;
Publish his ever precious name
To all the wondring nations round.
} Go, tell the unletterU wretched slave,
Who groans beneath a tyrant's rod,
You bring— -J* freedom bought with blood,
The blood of an incarnate God.
I And tell the panting sable chief,
On Ethiopia's scorching sand,
You come — with a refreshing stream
To cheer aud bless his thirsty land.
1 Go, tell on India's golden shores,
The Ganges, Tibet, and Boutan *,
That to enrich their deathless mind,
You come— the friends of God an1 man.
» Teli all the distant isles afar
That lie in darkness and the grave,
You come~a glorious light to show,
Yrou come — their souls to seek and save.
8 Say, the relisrion you profrss
Is all benevo»enca and love •
And, crown'd with energy divine,
Us heavenly origin will | rove.
418 (5th Part., L. ?.i.
Gloucester 12. Derby 169.
Neglect in spreading the Gospel, reproved and
deplored.
1 c pO,' said the voice of heavenly love,
yj ■ My gospel preach to every land;
f Lo ! I am with you to the end ;
{ Observe and follow my command.'
* Tibet and Boutan; parts of Asia, littlt
known to Europeans, but lately mentioned by
the Bsptist Missionaries.
410
2 With joy the first d'sciples heard,
And told the ever-gracious news,
As ftu-y from him receiv'd in charge,
First, to the unbelieving Jews:
3 Then to the Gentiles, tar and near,
Publish'd salvation in his name,
And the glad tidings of his grace
To this dutinguish'd island came.
4 But ah ! to spread their sacred theme,
How few ha\e our attempts been found ?
What heathen lands from us have heard
The glorious heart-reviving soend ?
5 To us their duty they bequeath'd ;
And left the promise' on record;
And had our ardour equad'd theirs,
The same had been our bleat reward.
6 [We too had multitudes beheld
Forsake the gods their hands had made,
And the briglit beam of heavenly day
Their yet benighted realms pervadej)
7 Saviour divine, our guilt forgive!
Inspire our souls with warmer zeal!
Pour out thy Spirit from on high;
And let us all his influence feel.
419 (1st Part.) L. M.
Chard 175. Gloucester 12.
Prospect of Success; or, Encouragement to vse
Means.
1 "DEHOLD th' expected time draw near,
XJ The shades disperse, the dawn appear j
Behold the wilderness assume
The beateous tints of Eden's bloom.
2 Events, with prophecies, conspire
To raise our faith, our zeal to fire :
The ripening fields, already white,
Present an harvest to our sight.
3 The untaught heathen waits to know
The joy the gospel will bestow ;
The exil'd slave waits to receive
The freedom Jesus has to give.
4 Come let us with a grateful heart
In the blest labour share a part;
Our prayers and offerings gladly bring
To aid the triumphs of our King,
o Let us improve the heavenly gale,
Spread to each breeze our hoisted sail,
'1 ill north and south, and east and west.
Shall be, as favour'd Britain, blest,
fi Inv ite the globe to come and prove
A Saviour's condescending love,
And humbly fall before his feet,
Assur'd they shall acceptance meet.
7 [Our hearts exult in songs of praise,
i hat we have seen these latter days,
When our Redeemer shall be known,
Where Satan long hath held his throne.]
8 Where'er his hand hath spread the skies,
Sweet incense to his name shall rise ;
' And Tyre, and Egypt, Greek and Jew,'
By sovereign grace be form'd anew.
419 (2d Part.) C. M.
Cambridge New 74. Evans's lDo. Irish 171.
Missionary 257.
The Increase of the Church promised and
pleaded.
1 "CATITER, is not thy promise pledc'd
x To thine exalted Son,
That thro' ihe nations of the ear'h
Thv word of life shall run ?
El
420
ltlrli i^nuru^rj.
2 ' Ask, ami I give the heathen lands
' For thine inheritance,
< And to the world's remotest shores
* Thine empire shall advance.'
3 Hast thou not said, the blinded Jews
Shall their Redeemer own ;
While Gentiles to his standard crowd,
And bow before his throne !
4 When shall th' untutor'd Indian tribes,
A dark bewilder'd race,
Sit down at our Fmmanucl s teet,
And learn and feel his grace ?
5 Are not all kingdoms, tribes, and tongues,
Under th' expanse of heav n,
To the dominion of thy 5>on,
Without exemption given !
6 From east to west, from north to south,
Then be his name ador'd I
Europe, with all thy millions, shout
Hosaunahs to thy Lord 1
7 A«ia and Africa, resound
From shore to shore Ins fame;
And thou, America, in songs
Redeeming love proclaim.
420 Cist Part.) C. M.
Otford 106. Michael's 119.
Prayer for Missionaries.
1 nREAT-God, the nations of the earth
v* Are by creation thine :
And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine,
o But, Lord, thy greater love has sent
Thy gospel to mankind,
Unv eYilfng what rich stores of grace
Are treasur'd in thy mind.
3 Lord, when shall these glad tidings spread
The spacious earth around,
Till every tribe, and every soul,
Shall hear the joyful sound?
4 O when shall Afric's sab' e sons
Eniov the heavenly word,
And'vlssals lon^ enslav'd become |
The freedmen of the Lord?
5 When shall the untutor'd Heathen tribes,
A dark bewilder'd race,
Sit down at our Immanuel's feet,
And learn and feel his grace?
6 Haste, sovereign mercy, and transform
Their cruelty to love;
Soften the tyger to a lamb,
The vulture to a dove .
7 * Smile, Lord, on each divine attempt
To spread the gospel '« ™y,!i;thrnne
And build on sin's demolished throne
The temples of thy praise.
SSroT yfheMf S^ionane^ on
their departure for India, May 28, i/W.
8 [O charge the waves to bear our friends
Or bid its fury sleep.J
9 Whene'er thy sons, proclaim good news,
Rpneath the Banian's shade,
Lefthe poor Hindoo feel its power,
And grace his soul pervade.
* Verses 7, 9, and 10, of this hymn, may
be sung alone.
10 O let the heavenly Shaster* spread,
Bid Brahmans preach the word ;
And mav all India's tribes become
One Cast to serve the Lord.
PAUSE.
11 Send forth fhv word, and let it fly,
Arin'd with thv Spirit's power,
Then thousands 'shall confess its sway.
And bless the saving hour.
12 Beneath the influence of thy grace
The barren wasies shall rise,
With sudden greens and fruits array d,
A blooming Paradise.
13 True holiness shall strike its root
In each regen'rate heart,
Shall in a growth divine arise,
And heavenly fruits impart.
14 Peace, with her olives crown'd, shall stretch
Her wings from shore to shore :
No trump shall rouse the rage of war,
No murd'rous cannon roar.
15 Lord, for those days we wait; those days
Are in thy word foretold :
Fly swifter, sun, and stars, and bring
This promis'd age of gold.
16 Amen, with joy divine, let earth's
Unnumber'd myriads cry ;
Amen, with joy divine, let heaven s
Unnumber'd choirs reply !
4P0 (2d Part.) L. M.
Warehaml2. Wells 13. Lebanon 79.
A Blessing on Missions and Missionaries re-
quested.
1 \*niERE'ER the blustering north-wind
W bi0,,vs,
And spreads its frost or fleecy snows;
I Where'er the sun, with quickening ray,
Shines all abroad ami gives the uay ;
2 Where'er the lesser orbs of U%}]\ .
Dart forth their beams and gild the nignt,
There mav his heralds loud proclaim
tiip Saviour's love, the Saviour's nam
mere may ms »<;'«7 "~" .^ , ~ a
The Saviour's love, the Saviour's name.
3 For work so pleasing, so benign,
Lord, grant thy influence divine,
Till all < the spacious globe ar.™n°> nd ,
< With' raptur'd ' songs of praise resound.
420 (3d Part.) S.M.
Mount Ephraim 185- Lowell 260.
Mcnsfield 154.
Missionaries addressed and encouraged*
I VE Messengers of Christ,
* His sovereign voice obey ;
Arise' and follow^ where he leads,
And peace attend your way.
« The Master whom you serve
Will needful strength bestow ;
Depending on his promis'd aid,
With sacred courage go.
a Mountains shall sink to plains,
And hell in vain oppose ;
The cause is God's and must prevail,
In spite of all his foes.
4 Go, spread a Saviour's fame,
And tell his matchless grace
To the most guilty and deprav d
Of Adam's numerous race.
* The Shasters are the religious .books <
the Hindoos: the Brahmans are their Priests
and the Casts are the different classes of th
people.
t See also Hymn 415.
4-20, 421
j We wish yon, in lik name,
'Mil- most dil ine su< ■
Assur'd that he wi.o s, nil- you forth
Will your endeavoui -
420 (<th Pan.) ( . M.
Evans'- li>o. Cambridge New 74.
The u'onder-H'orktng God imolid for his
Church, Isaiah li. 9.
) AWAKE, awake, thou night] arm.
-*1- Which bast inch wooden wrought ;
Which captive Israel freed from barm,
And out of Egypt brought.
2 Art thou b it it, which Rahab slew >.
And crushed the dragon's head '
Coustrain'd by thee, the w ■»••> withdrew
From their accustoui'd bed.
3 Again thy wonted prowess show,
lie thou made bare again;
An I let thine adversaries ko >w
That they resist in vain.
421 O** Part.) L. M.
Ailie Street 241. Rochtord 22.
Longing for the Latter Day Glory,
1 UOW many years has man been driven
-*-1 Far off from happiness and heaven 1
V. h i) wilt thou, gracious Lorii, restore
Thy wandering church to roam no more !
2 Six thousand years are nearly past
Since Adam from thy sight was cast;
And ever since, his fallen race
From age to age are void of grace.
3 When will the happy trump proclaim
The judgment of the'martyr'd Lamb .'
When shad the captive troops be free,
And keep the eternal jubilee!
4 Hasten it, Lord, in every land ;
Send t'.iou thine angels and command,
ind deliverance ; loudlj blow
1 Salvation to the saints below!*
i We want to have the day appear !
The promis'd great sabbatic year,
When, far from grief, and sin, and hell,
Israel in ceaseless peace shall dwell.
6 Till then, we w 11 not let ihee rest,
Thou still shalt hear our strong request;
And this r.ar daily prayer shall be,
Lurd, sound the trump" of jubilee.
4-_l (2 1 Part.) L.M.
Ailie Street 241. Portugal 97.
Prayer to God for hit special Interposition in
spreading the Gospel, Zee. ix. 13—16.
1 ( UOW long, O God, ' has man be. n driv'n
IA ' Far off from happine-s and heav'n .'
1 When wilt thou' graciously ' restore'
Thy banish'd sons to rove no more !
2 For near six thousand years, tl
Has triiuuph'd over all below ;
Save that a little flock is found,
With ravening wolves eucompass'd round.
3 Shall not the Lamb, who once was si tin,
An ample compensation gain,
And many happy millions more.
To happiness and God restore !
4 From every nation, every tongue,
A remnant must to him belong ;
Nor can there be too vile a race
To furnish trophies of his grace.
5 F.xert that power which could subdue
The furious slaughter breathing Jew,
And make him in thy cause •
R >me.
MISSIONS.
421, 4-22
6 Now. Lord, before thy servant!
Lei God himself the trumpet blow ;
Hasten the Gospel jubilee
That bids a captive world be free.
481 (3d 1>ilrt«) 10,i'
Warpaw SH. Guestwick 27 4. Upton 314.
The House must he of Fame and Glory tl
out all Countries, 1 Chron. xxii, 25.
Whosi torn foundation-stone his hand hath
bud,
Shall in magnifi ence and fame exceed
Th :t which king Solomon so glorious made.
2 Wide as the spacious globe on which we tread,
This -acred temple shall its bounds extend,
Its blessings, not to Abram's seed contin'd,
Shall millions of the Gentile race befriend.
3 S e, in the torrid regions of the south,
The humble worshipper approach with joy;
An i Bhivering natives of the frozen pole
In the same heavenl j strains their lips employ.
4 With all simplicity of word and deed,
With zeal for God", and love to souls inspirM,
See the successful Missionaries teach ;
Their ardour still by gathering converts lir'd.
5 Hark ! they proclaim salvation by the cross;
And thousands press to accept the boun Hess
t: race ;
Jesus h > own almighty power displays,
His temple now is universal space !
421 (4th Part.) G. M.
Sprague 166. Scatighton 261. Cambridge New 71.
Saints longing to see their King with his
many Crowns, Rev.xix. 12.
1 PO forih, ye saints, behold your King
VJ With god-like honours croun'd,
Ten thousand beauties in his word
Shall spread his fame around.
2 W here'er the sun begins its race,
Or stops its swift career,
Both east and west shall own his grace,
And Christ be honour'd there.
3 Ten thousand crowns encircling show
The victories he hath won:
O may his onqwests ever grow
While time its course shall run.
4 Ride forth, thou mighty conqueror, ride,
And millions more subdue,
Destroy our enmity and pride,
And we will crown thee too.
422 (1st Part.) ii2ch.
Carey *s U. Hoxton 121. Uffculm 98.
Geniiles praying for Jew*, Rom. xi. 1, 2, 2-5, 26.
1 -RATHER of faithful Abra'm, hear
Our earnest suit for Abra'ms seed ;
Justly they claim the softest prayer
Prom us, a lopted in their ste id,
W ho mercy thro' their fall obtain,
And Chri-t by their rejection gain.
2 Outcast from thee, and scatter-.;
Tin.' ever] nation under heaven,
Blaspheming whom they erucifvM,
1 nsav'd, unp;tv'd, unforgiv'n:
Branded like Cain, they bear their load,
AbhoitM of men, and cur^'d of God.
E3
422
THE CHURCH.
422, 423, 424
3 But hast thou finally forsook,
For ever cast thy own away !
Wilt thou not bid the murderers look
On him they pierc'd, and weep and pray!
Yes, gracious Lord, thy word is past ;
* All Israel shall be sav'd at last.'
4 Come, then, thou great deliverer, come,
The veil from Jacob's heart remove ;
Receive thy ancient people home,
That, quicken'd by thy dying love,
The world may their reception view,
And shout to God the glory due.
422 C2dPart.) M3th.
Portsmouth New 144.
Evangelical Philanthropy ; or, the Song of a
Christian Loyalist.
1 "DEJOICE, the Saviour reigns
■*■*■ Among the sons of men ;
He breaks the pris'ners chains,
And makes them free again :
Let hell oppose God's only Son,
In spite of foes his cause goes on.
2 The cause of righteousness,
And truth and holy peace,
Design'd our world to bless,
Shall spread and never cease :
Gentile and Jew, their souls shall bow,
Allegiance due with rapture vow.
T The baffled prince of hell
In vain new projects tries
Truth's empire to repel
By cruelty and lies:
Th'*infernal gates shall rage in vain,
Conquest awaits the Lamb once slain.
4 He died, but soon arose
Triumphant o'er the grave ;
And now himself he shows
Omnipotent to save :
Let rebels kiss the victor's feet,
Eternal bliss his subjects meet.
». All power is in his hand
His people to defend,
To his most high command
Shall millions more attend:
AH heaven with smiles approves his cause,
And distant isles receive his laws.
6 This little seed from heaven
Shall soon become a tree;
This ever-blessed leaven
Diffus'd abroad must be :
Till God the Son shall come again,
It must go on. Amen ! Amen!
PA SE.
Resurrection 72.
i Ye who have known his name,
Subserve his glorious plan ;
Proclaim to all vour race
The friend of God and man :
How happy ve who own his sway !
Ye own'd shall be another day.
8 All hail, incarnate Lord,
Our souls triumphant cry,
Be thv bless'd name ador'd,
By all beneath the sky :
But when we join the host* above,
In strains divine we'll sing thy love.
422 (3d Part.") L. M.
Horsley 111. Magdalene 34. Attwaters 31 i.
The Fields white for Harvest.*
1 T I FT up your joyful eyes, and see
*-* A plenteous harvest all around,
Rip'ning for hiss, and not a gram
Shall ever fa 1 unto the ground :
* The Hymns from the 427th to the 441st
also relate to the spread of the Gospel, and
the happiness of the Church,
2 A harvest of immortal souls,
Seeur'd by an almighty power ;
Nor heat, nor cold, nor storms shall hurt,
Nor ravenous beasts of prey devour.
3 O happy day, when all th' elect
Complete in number shall be found,
And, like their great, their mystic head,
Be with eternal honours crown'd.
424 (-tth Part.) L. M.
Gloucester 12. Lebanon 77. Islington 40.
He must reign; or, the Victories of Christ the
Triumph of Christians.
1 VES, mighty Jesus! thou shalt reign,
x Till all thy haughty foes submit;
Till hell and all her trembling train
Become like dust beneath thy feet.
Thy saints, in that illustrious hour,
Shall conquer with their conquering King.
3 And when, thro' brilliant gates of gold,
Thou leadst thy chosen to the skies,
May we the shining pomp behold,
And partners of theTtriuniph rise.
4 Then, rang'd thy blazing throne around,
The Saviour's honours we'll proclaim ;
While heaven's transported realms resound
Thy glorious deeds and darling name.
ASSOCIATIONS; OR,GENERALMEETING3 of
CHURCHES AND BIINISTERS.*
423 C M. Dr. Doddridge.
Bat i Chapel 26. Suffolk 315.
Spiritual Associations registered in Heaven; or,
God's gracious Approbation of active Attempts
to revive Religion, Mai. iii. 16, 17.
1 HPHE Lord on mortal worms looks down
A From his celestial throne ;
And, when the wicked swarm around,
He well discerns his own.
2 He see9 the tender hearts that mourn
The scandals of the times,
And join their efforts to oppose
The wide-prevailing crimes.
3 Low to the social band he bows
His still-attentive ear;
And, while his angels sing around,
Delights their voice to hear.
4 The chronicles of heaven shall keep
Their words in transcript fair,
In the Redeemer's hook of life
Their names recorded are.
5 ' Yes (saith the Lord) the world shall know
' These humble souls are mine:
' These, when my Jewels I produce,
' Shall in full lustre shine.
6 ' When deluges of fiery wrath
4 ?»Iv foes away sHall bear,
* That hand, which strikes the wicked thro',
' Shad all my children spare'
424 L. M. B. Francis.
Derby 109. Truro 165. Bramcoate 8.
Ministers abounding in the Work of the Lord.
1 T>EFORE thy throne, eternal King,
•D Thy ministers their tribute bring,
Their tribute of united praise
For heavenly news and peaceful days.
* See also Hymns 403—406, 412- -42!>.
425, 420
ASSOCIATIONS.
427
2 We simr the conquests of thy sword,
And publish loud thy healing word :
\\hike angels sound thy glorious namt*,
tag grace our lips proclaim.
3 Thy various service we esteem
Our sweet employ, our bliss supreme;
Ami, while we feel thy heavenly love,
We burn like Seraphim above.
4 Nor seraphs there can ev« r t
N\ ith us, u equal son? of praise :
They are the noblest work off God,
But we, the purchase of his blood.
5 Still in thy work would we abound;
Still prune the vine, or plough the around ;
Thv sheep with wholesome pasture feed,
And watch them with MU ear ied heed.
6 Thou art our Lord, our life, our love,
Our care below, and crown above :
Thv praise shall be our best employ,
Thy pres. nee our eternal joy.
425 c- M« Dr' Doddridge.
Brightheinistone 208. Condescension 116.
Lovest thou mi? feed my Lambs, John xxi. 1-5
1 TV} not I love thee, O my Lord!
-L' Behold my heart and see;
And turn each cursed idol out
That dares to rival thee.
2 Do not 1 love thee from my soul !
Then let me nothin? love":
Dead be my heart to every joy,
When Jesus cannot move.
3 Is not thy name melodious still
To mine attentive ear!
Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound
My Saviour's voice to hear !
4 [Mast thou a Lamb in all thy flock,
I would disdain to feed!
Hast thou a foe, before whose face
I fear thy cause to plead !
5 Would not my ardent spirit vie,
With angels round the throne,
To execute thy sacred will,
An 1 make thy glory know n !
I Would not my heart pour forth its blood
In honour off thy name !
And challenge the cold hand of death
To damp the immortal flame !]
7 Thou know'st I love thee, dearest Lord;
I'm. O ! I lone to soar
Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
And learn to love thee more.
496 I- ■• Bed dome.
Ailie Street 211. Portugal 97.
Prayer for Ministers.
1 "CATHr.R of mercies, bow thine ear,
■*■ Attentive to our earnest prayer:
We plead for ihose who plead for thee,
Successful pleaders may they be!
2 How great their work, how vast the'.
Do thou their anxious souls < itlarge ;
Their best couircmeitts are o.'.r gain,
We share tie i Main.
3 Clothe then, with energy divine,
Their word>, and let those words be thine :
To them thy sacred troth reveal,
Suppress tlieir fear, inflame their zeal.
4 Teach them to sow the precious seed ;
Teach them thy chor-en flock to f« cd :
Teach them immortal souls to gain-
Souls that will well reward their pain.
5 Let throni,'in<r multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound,
In bumble strains thy grace implore,
And feel thy uew-creatiug power.
n \.< i -mncrs break their ma>sy chains,
Distressed souls forget their puius ;
Let light thro' distant realms be spread,
And Zion rear her droopiug In ja I.
42? (1st Part.) 8. 7. 4. Altered by
Dr. Ryland.
Lewes 63. Painswick 162, Heliu-ley 224.
Prayer for a Ileviiul.
1 C WIOl'R, visit thy plantation,
° Grant us, Lord, a gracious, ram '
All will come to desolat on,
Unless thou return again:
Lord, revive us,
All our help must come from thee !
2 Keep no longer at a distance,
Shine upon us from on high,
Lest, for want of thine assistance,
Every plant should droop and die :
* Lord, tee,
3 Surely, once thy garden flourUh'd,
Every part look'd gay and green ;
Then thy word our spirits nourish d,
Happy seasons we have >eeui Lord, x*.
4 But a drought has since succeeded,
And a sad decline we see;
Lord, thy help is greatly needed,
Help can only come from thee : Lor!, &c.
i Where are those we counted leaders
Fill'd with zeal, and love, and truth?
Old professors, tall as cedars,
Bright examples to our youth ! Lord, ice,
6 Some in whom we once delighted,
We shall meet no more below;
Some, alas ! we fear are blighted,
Scarce a single leaf they show : Lord, fee.
7 Younger plants — the sight how, pleasant :—
Cover'd thick with blossoms stood;
But they cause us grief at present,
Frosts have nipp'd them in the bud!
Lord, \c.
5 De rest Saviour, hasten hither,
Thou canst make them bloom again!
O! permit them not to wither,
Let not all our hopes be vain. Lord. Itr.
9 Let oiir mutual love be fervent,
Make us prevalent in prajeiv;
Let each one, esteem'd thy servant,
Shun the world's bewitching snares :
I-ord, fas.
10 Break the tempter's fatal power,
Turn the stony heart to flesh ;
A. id begin from "this good hour
To revive thy work afresh:
Lord, rerh e us.
All our help must come from thee!
" (2d Part.) I .. My
Gould's 272. Babylon Streams 23.
For a Church in a loio Condition,
Psalm li. 18.
1 f\ GOD of Zion ! from thy throne,
^ Look with an eye of pity down ;
Thy church now humbly makes her prayer—
Thy church the object o'f thy care.
2 We are a building thou hast rais'd,
How kind thv hand, that haud be prais'd ;
Vet all to utter rainfalls,
If thou forsake our tntt'rmg walls.
L i
4-27, 428
THE CHURCH.
429, 430
3 We call to mind the happier days
Of life and love; of pray'r and praise, —
When holy services gave birth
To joys resembling heaven on earth.
4 But now the ways of Zion mourn,
Her gates neglected and forlorn :
Our life and liveliness are fled,
And many number'd with the dead.
5 We need defence from all our foes,
We need relief from all our woes ;
If earth and hell should yet assail, —
Let neither earth nor hell prevail.
♦) Near to each other and to thee,
Lord, bring us all in unity ;
()h pour thy Spirit from oh high,
And all our num'rous wants supply.
" Oh show that in our low estate,
No blessing for us is too great ;
We plead thy Son, we plead thy word,
O Founder, Patron, bounteous Lord!
427 (3d Part.) lis.
Geard 156. Broughton 172.
Comfort for the Church in Trouble.
) r\ Zion ! afflicted with wave upon wave,
^ Whom no man can comfort, whom no
man can save ;
With darkness surrounded, by terrors dis-
may'd,
In toiling and rowing thy strength is decay'd.
2 Loud roaring the billows now nigh over-
whelm,
But skilful's the Pilot who sits at the helm,
His wisdom conducts thee, his pow'r thee
defends,
in safety and quiet thy warfare he ends.
3 ' O fearful! O faithless." in mercy he cries,
' My promise, my truth, are they light in thine
eyes;
Still, still I am with thee, my promise shall
stand,
Thro' tempest and tossing I'll bring thee to
land.
4 Forget thee I will not, I cannot, thy name
Engrav'd on my heart doth for ever remain;
The palms of my hands whilst I look on, I see
The wounds I received when suff'ring for
thee.
,'. I feel, at my heart, all thy sighs and thy
groans,
for thou art most near me, my flesh and my
bones ;
In all thy distresses thy Head feels the pain,
Yet all are most needful, not one is in vain.
C, Then trust me and fear not, thy life is secure ;
My wisdom is perfect, supreme is my power ;
In love I correct thee, thy soul to refine,
To make thee at length in my likeness to
shine.
7 The foolish, the fearful, the weak are my
care,
The helpless, the hopeless, I hear their sad
pray'r;
From all their afflictions, my glory shall
spring,
And the deeper their sorrows, the louder
they'll sing.'
423 8. 7. 4.
Trevecca 37. Kentucky 114. Westbury 51.
Longing for the Spread of the Gospel.
\ /"YER the gloomy hills of darkness,
w Look, my soul, he still and gaze;
All the pronrses do travail
With a elorious day of grace ;
Blessed jubilee,
i ft thy glorious morning dawn !
2 Let the Indian, let the Negro,
Let the rude Barbarian see
That divine and glorious conquest,
Once obtain'd on Calvary ;
Let the Gospel
Loud resound from pole to pole.
3 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness,
Grant them, Lord, the glorious light;
And from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night ;
And redemption
Freely purchas'd win the day.
4 [May the glorious day approaching,
On their grossest darkness dawn,
And the everlasting Gospel
Spread abroad thy holy name,
All the borders
Of the great Immanuel's land.]
5 Fly abroad, thou mighty Gospel,
Win and conquer, never cease;
May thy lasting wide dominions
Multiply and still increase ;
Sway thy sceptre,
Saviour, all the world around.
429 L. M. Bcddome.
Gloucester 12. Coombs's 45. Bromley 104.
The Increase of the Church.
1 CHOUT, for the blessed Jesus reigns,
^ Thro' distant lands his triumphs spread:
And sinners, freed from endless pains,
Own him their Saviour and their Head.
2 His sons and daughters, from afar,
Daily at Sion's gate arrive ;
Those who were dead in sin before,
By sovereign grace are made alive.
3 [Oppressors bow beneath his feet,
O'ercome by his victorious power;
Princes in humble posture wait,
And proud blasphemers learn V adore.
4 Gentiles and Jews his laws obey,
Nations remote their offerings bring;
And, un< onstrain'd, their homage pay
To their exalted God and King.]
5 O may his conquests still increase,
And every foe his power subdue;
While angels celebrate his praise,
And saints his growing glories shew,
6 Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb,
From all below, and all above ;
In loftv songs exalt his name,
In songs as lasting as his love.
430 148th.
Dartmouth 46. Carter Lane 141.
The Increase of the Messiah's Kingdom,
1 A LL hail, incarnate God !
•"■ The wondrous things foretold
Of thee in sacred writ
With joy our eyes behold :
Still does thine arm new trophies wear,
And monuments of glory rear.
2 To thee the hoary head
Its silver honours pays,
To thee the blooming* youth
Devotes his brightest days ;
And every age their tribute bring:,
And bow to thee, all-conquering King.
3 O haste, victorious Prince,
That happv glorious day,
When souls, like drop* of dew,
Shall own thy gentle sway :
O may it bless our longing eyes,
Ami bear our shouts beyond the skies.
431, 432,433
COLLECTIONS.
I ;i — 137
\ AN hail, triumphant Lord,
Eternal be thy reign ;
Behold the nations s
To wear ;!'\ genl c . halt) :
When earth ami tin . ■ more,
Thj throne shall stand for ever inre.
431 nsth.
■oath New 144. Grove 123.
The computing of the sp, ritual Tmiple.
1 CING to thn Lord above,
^ Who deigns on earth to raise
A temple to his
a monument i I
Ye sain] ' all its tramc,
Harmonious sound the builder's a
2 Bent 1 care
The edifice shall rise
, \g, and fair,
Then shall be [lace the polish'd stone
Ordained the work of grace to
COLLECTIONS FOR POOR CHURCHES AXD
POOR BRETHREN.*
432 g. 7. b. Francis.
Jewin Street 22:. Northampton Chapel 126.
At a Collection for poor Minister.-, or
Missionaries.
i T>R \ISE the Saviour, all ye nations,
-*■ Praise him all ye host* above;
Shout, with joyful acclamations,
His divine victorious love :
Be his kingdom now promoted,
Let th ! earth her Monarch know ;
Be my All to him devoted,
To my Lord my Ali I owe.
2 See how beauteous on the mountains
Are their feet, whose grand design
Is to guide us to the fountains
That o'erflovv wi»h bliss divine—
Who proclaim the joyful tidings
Of salvation all around —
Disregard the world's deriding?,
And in works of love abound.
I With my substance I will honour
My Redeemer and my Lord ;
Were ten thousand worlds my manor,
His abounding grace proclaim,
Let his friends of every station
Gladly join to spread his fame.
4:33 C M. Br. Doddridge.
Braintree 25. New York 33.
Relieving Christ in his Members,
Matt. xxv. 40.
TESUS, my Lord, how rich thy grace.'
** Thy bounties how complete!
J Ion >hall 1 count the matchless sum?
How pay the mighty debt !
What can rnv poverty bestow.
When all the worlds are thine?
3 But thou hast brethren here below,
The partners of thy grace ;
And wiit confess th. ir humble names
Before thy Father's face.
4 In them thou may'st be cloth'd and fed,
Ami visited and cheer'd ;
And in their accents of distress,
My Saviour's voice is heard.
• See also Hymn 246.
5 Thv face, wiHh reVrence and with lo\e,
■r woald >> e :
0 lei h rather 6eg aur bread
Than keep it back from thee.
434 l~M.
Lebanon 77. Manning 24 3. Islington 40.
Of thine oun It'ii M ^iitnt/ui,
1 ( hrom xx ix. 14.
1 HPHE Lord, who rules the world's at;
1 .- r m.' a welt-spread board prepares;
ful thanks to him shall rise,
He kn )\--s my wants, those \.
2 \nd shall I grudge to give his poor
. r 'ii- store !
No, Lord! th ■ friends of thine an.! thee
Shall a' ways find a frienl in me.
43.", L. M. Ttr. Gibbous.
Martin's Lane 67. Horsley 2 5.
The Bcacf.cincc of Chr'".t for cur Initiation.
1 \17HEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay,
> tt bal were his works from day to day
But miracles of power and grace,
That spread salvation thro' our race ?
2 Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view
Thy pattern, and thy steps pursue;
Let alms bestow'd, let kindness done,
Be witnessed by each rolling sun.
3 That man may last, but never lives,
W ho much receives, but nothing gBes,
Whom none can love, whom none tan thank,
Creation's blot, creation's blank :
4 But he who marks, from day to day,
In generousacts his radiant way,
Treads the same path his Saviour trod,
The path to glory and to God.
436 CM.
Bath Chapel So. Suffolk 313. Staughton 2G-:.
Providing Bags that wax not old,
Luke xii. 33.
1 VES, there are joys that cannot die,
A W ith God laid up in store ;
Treasure, beyond the changin? sky,
Brighter than goldeu ore.
2 The seeds which piety and love
Have scatter'd here" below,
In the fair, fertile fields above
To ample harvests grow.
3 The mite mv willin? hands can give,
At Jesus' feet 1 lav :
Grate shall the humble gift receive,
And grace at large repay.
CHURCH MEETINGS.
437 S. M. Dr. S. Stinnett.
Wirksworth 158 Eagle Street New 55.
Broderip's 232.
Praise for Conversion, Psalm Ixvi. 16.
1 pOME, ye that fear the Lord,
Vy And listen while I teli
How narrowly mv feet escaped
The snares "of death and hell.
2 The flattering joys of *ense
Assail'd my foolish heart,
While Satan," with malicious sk i ! '• ,
Guided the nois'oous dart.
3 I fell beneath the stroke,
But fell to rise again ;
My anguish rous'd me into life,
And pleasure sprung from pain.
E5
438, 439 BAPTISM.
440; 441, 442
4 Darkness, and shame, and grief
Oppress'd my gloomy mind ;
I look'd around me for relief,
Bat no relief could find.
5 At length to God I cry'd ;
He heard my plaintive sigh,
lie heard, and instantly he sent
Salvation from on high.
v My drooping head he rais'd,
My bleeding wounds he heal'd,
Pardon'd my sins, and with a smile
The gracious pardon seal'd.
7 Oh ! may I ne'er forget
The mercy of my God ;
Nor ever want a tongue to spread
His loudest praise abroad.
433 C. ML
Bath Chapel 26. Suffolk 315. Wilkins 308.
The Conversion of Sinners a Matter for Prayer
and Praise.
1 rpHERE's joy in heaven, and joy on earth,
A When prodigals return,
To see desponding souls rejoice,
And haughty sinners mourn.
2 ' Come, saints, and hear what God hath done,'
Is a reviving sound:
0 may it spread from sea to sea,
E'en all the globe around !
3 Often, O sovereign Lord, renew
The wonders of this day ;
That Jesus here may see his seed,
And Satan lose his prey.
4 Great God, the work is all thine own,
Thine be the praises too ;
Let every heart and every tongue
Give thee the glory due.
439 C. M« Newton.
Iirighthelmstone 208. Maidstone 196.
Apostacy—Will ye also go away?
1 v\7HEN any turn from Zion's way,
vv (Alas what numbers do!)
Methinks I hear my Saviour say,
' Wilt thou forsake me too V
2 Ah, Lord ! with such a heart as mine,
Unless thou hold me fast,
1 feel I must, 1 shall, decline,
And prove like them at last.
3 Yet thou alone hast power, I know,
To save a wretch like me;
To whom or whither could I go,
If I should turn from thee 1
4 Bcyon 1 a doubt I rest assur'd
Thou art the Christ of God ;
Wiio hist eternal life secur'd
By promise and by blood.
5 The help of men and angels joiu'd
Could never reach my case ;
Nor can I hope relief to Aim
But in thy boundless grace.
6 No voice but thine can give me rest,
And bid my fears depart ;
No love but thine can make me bless'd,
And satisfy my heart.
7 What anguish has that question stirr'd—
If I will also go ?
Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,
I humbly answer, No I
440 L. M. Steele.
Paul's 246. Wareham 117. Gould's 272.
To whom shall we go but unto thee ? or, Life and
Safety in Christ alone, John vi. 67--69.
1 nnHOU only sovereign of my heart,
■*■ My refuge, my almighty friend —
And can my soul from thee depart,
On whom alone my hopes depend!
2 Whither, ah ! whither shall I go,
A wretched wanderer from my Lord I
Can this dark world of sin and woe
One glimpse of happiness afford 1
3 Eternal life thy worsts impart,
On these my fainting spirit lives;
Here sweeter comforts cheer my heart
Than all the round of nature gives.
4 Let earth's alluring joys combine,
While thou art near, in vain they call ;
One smile, one blissful smile of thine,
My dearest Lord, outweighs them all.
a Thy name, my inmost powers adore,
Thou art my life, my joy, my care ;
Depart from thee— 'tis death — 'tis more,
'Tis endless ruin, deep despair.
6 Low at thy feet my soul would lie,
Here safety dwells, ami peace divine;
Still let me live beneath thine eye,
For life, eternal life, is thiue.
441 L. M. Dr. Gibbons.
Green's Hundred 89. Mark's 6a.
Prayer for the whole Church.
uflTcient God,
. ^iness arise,
That cheer this howling waste below,
And bless the mansions of the skies.
2 We, the productions of thy power,
And pensioners upon thy love,
Look to thy throne v.ith'longing eyes,
And wait thy blessings from above.
3 Protect the young from every snare,
And let thy staff support the old;
Relieve the poor, nor let the rich
Have all their heritage in gold.
4 Let joyful saints still taste thy grace,
Give to the mourners heavenly day,
Sustain the strong, and quick revive
The withering plants from their decay.
TN thee, thou all-sufncier
A The springs of happin
BAPTISM.
442 1 1 2 th.
Carey's 11. Uffculm93.
Christ baptized in Jordan.
I XS Jordan's tide the Baptist stands,
-*- Immersing the repenting Jews ;
The Son of God the rite demands,
Nor dares the holy man refuse :
Jesus descends beneath the wave,
The emblem of his future grave.
2 Wonder, ye heavens ! your Maker lies
In deeps conceal'd from human view;
Ye saints, behold him sink and rise,
A fit example thus for you :
The sacred record, while you read,
Calls you to imitate the deed.
4-1-3, 444
BAPTISM.
445, 440, **?
3 Hut l'>! from yonder opening -ki< -,
What be uus of dazzliiu triors spread!
i) vt-iiketli' Eternal Spirit flies,
And liirhts on the Redeemer*! head;
Amaz'd they see the power divine
Around the Saviour's temples shine.
4 But hark ! my soul, hark and adore!
W hat Bouaps are those that roll along?
Not lik*' loud Sinai's awful roar,
Bol soft and sweet as Gabriel's song :
1 This i> my well-beloved Son,
' I see wcll-p!eas\l what he hath done.'
Thro' parting skies the accents broke,
And bid us hear the Son of God :
O he \r the awful word to-day,
Hear, all ye nations, and obey !
.] J-3 L. M. J.Stennett.
Hramcoate 6. Portugal 97.
A Baptismal Hymn.
1 '"THE ?reai Redeemer we adore,
A Who came the lost to seek and save,
Went humbly down from Jordan's shore
To find a tomb beneath its wave !
2 ' Thus it becomes M to fulfil
' All righteousness,' he meekly said :
' W hv should we then to do his will
4 Or be asham'd, or be afraid !'
3 With thee into thy watery tomb,
Lord, 'tis our glory to descend ;
' I i- wondrous grace, that gives as room
To lie interr'd by such a fri nd.
4 Yet M the yielding waves give way
! o let lis see the light again,
So, en the resurrection day,
The bands of death pro\'d weak and vain.
5 Tims, when thou shall again app ar,
The gates of death shall open wide,
Our oust thy mighty voice shall hear,
And rise and triumph at thy side.
414 8. s. 6. Norms*.
Chatham 59. Lroadmead 150.
Thus it becomelh us, %t. Mat. iii. 15.
T;r> ir became the Prince of Grace,
\nd thus should all the favour'd rac(
High heaven's command fulfil ;
For that the condescending God
Should lead his followers thro' the flood,
Was heaven's eternal will.
2 *Tis not as led by custom's voice,
\\ . m ike these ways our favour'd choice,
And thus with zeal pursue :
No. iw Lren's eternal ?-overeign Lord
- '»f his word,
Enjotn'd us thus to do.
3 And sj.all we ever dare despi-e
The e rations mandate of the skies,
Where condemn ndinir heaven,
To sinful man's apostate race,
la matchless love and boundless grace,
His will reveal'd has given!
4 Thou everlasting gracious King,
Assist us now th\ a race to sing,
And still direct our way
l" tho^e bright realms of peace and re>t,
V. here all th' exulting tribes are bless'd
\\ ith one great choral day.
445 6,7. Faxccett.
Welsh 210. Carlisle 95.
Invitation to follow the Luml>.
TJTMHLE souls, who seek salvation
Thro' the Lamb's redeeming blood.
Hear the voice of Revelation,
Tread the path that J«»u> trod:
Fl< e to him \our only Saviour,
In his might* name confide;
In the whole ot >ot;r behaviour,
own him as y>ur sbyeveiga guide.
2 Hear the bless'd Redeemer call you,
Listen to his irracious voice;
Dread n i ills than can befall you,
While yon make his ways your choice :
■ -, ' Lei each believer
1 He baptized in my name :'
He liimself iu Jordan's ri\er
Was immers'd beneath the stream.
3 Plainly here his footsteps tracing,
Follow hirn without delay;
Gladlj his command embracing,
Lo! your captain leads the way :
Vi< . the rite witii understanding,
Jes - grave before you lies;
He interrd at his commanding,
Ate r his example rise.
446 c'- *•
Charmouth 28. Abridge 201.
The Betiemrr constrained km the Love of Christ
to follow him,
1 "n^-AR. Lord, and will thy pardoning love
XJ Embrace a wretch so vile ?
Wilt thou my load of guilt remove,
And bless me with thy smile?
2 Hist thou the cross for me endur'd,
And all its shame despis'd !
And shall I be asham'd, O Lord,
ITith thee to be baptiz'd \
3 Didst thou the great example lead,
In Jordan's swelling flood!
And -hall my pride di>dain the deed
That's wert y of my God'
4 De>r Lord, the ardour of tliy love
Improves ray cold d>
And now my willing footsteps move
In thy delightful ways-.
4 | * C. M. Br. Kuland.
Devize* 14. Ocford lOo.
Difficulties in the Way mf Dnty surmounted.
Hinder me not, Gen. x\iv. 5o.*
i r\l7HEN Vbraham'S servant to proem
L " A wife for Isaac went,
He met Rebekah- -told bis wish,—
Her parents gave consent.
2 Yet for ten days they urg'd the man
His journej to delay ;
' Hinder ne'noi,' he'q-iick reply'd,
ida erown'd say way.'
3 Twas thus I cryM, when Christ the Lord
MIj soul to him aid wed ;
1 Hinder l e cot,' nor friends nor foes,
1 Since God my way hath sped.'
4 ' Sray,' -ays the word, • and ta^te a while
' My < very pleasant -
' Hinder me not,' my soul replies,
we the way is _
5 ' Stay,' Satan, my old master, cries,
4 Or force shall thee detain;'
* Hinder me not, I will be L"Mie,
1 My God has broke thy chain.']
448, 449, 450
♦3 In all my Lord's appointed way?,
My journey I'il pursue;
Hinder me not, ye much-lov'd saints,
For I must go with you.
7 Thro' floods and flames, if Jesus lead,
I'll follow where he goes;
Hinder me not, shall be my cry,
Tho' earth and hell oppose.
8 Thro' duty and thro' trials too
I'll go at his command ;
Hinder me not, for I am bound
To my Immanuel's land.
9 And when my Saviour calls me home,
Still this my cry shall be,
Hinder me not, come welcome death,
I'll gladly go with thee.
448 C. M. J.Stennett.
Bath Chapel 26. Huddersfield 202.
Immersion.
1 fT\"IUS was the great Redeemer plung'd
A In Jordan's swelling flood,
To shew he must be soon baptiz'd,
In tears, and sweat, and blood.
2 Thus was his sacred body laid
Beneath the yielding wave;
Thus was his sacred body rais'd
Out of the liquid grave.
3 Lord, we thy precepts would obey,
In thy own footsteps tread,
Would die, be buried, rise with thee,
Our ever-living Head.
449 8,7.
Northampton Chapel 126.
Buried with Christ in Baptism, Rom. vi. 4,
1 TESUS, mighty King in Sion !
J Thou alone our guide shalt be ;
Thy commission we~reiy on,
We would follow none but thee :
2 As an emblem of thy passion,
And thy viet'ry o'er the grave,
We who know thy great saivation
Are baptiz'd beneath the wave.
3 Fearless of the world's despising,
We the ancient path pursue;
Buried with our Lord, and rising
To a life divinely new.
450 L. M. J. Stennett.
Chard 175. Rochford 22.
A Baptismal Hymn.
1 CEE how the willing converts trace
° The path their great Redeemer trod ;
And follow thro' his liquid grave
The meek, the Lowly Son of God !
2 Here they renounce their former deeds,
And to a'heaveuly lifc aspire,
Their rags for glorious robes exchang'd,
They shine in clean and bright attire.
3 O sacred rite, by thee the name
Of Jesus we to own begin :
This is our resurrection pledge,
Pledge of the pardon of our sin.
4 Glory to God on high be given,
Who shews his grace to sinful men:
Let saints on earth, and hosts in heaven,
-Id concert join their loud Amen.
BAPTISM.
451, 452,453
451 L. M. Gregg. Altered by B. Francis.
Rippon's 168. Bredby 165. Horsley 205.
Not ashamed of Christ.
1 JESUS ! and shall it ever be
** A mortal man asham'd of thee !
Asham'd of thee, whom angels praise,
Whose glories shine thro' endless days.
2 Asham'd of Jesus! sooner far
Let evening blush to own a star;
He sheds the beams of light divine
O'er this benighted soul of mine.
3 Asham'd of Jesus ! just as soon
Let midnight be asham'd of noon :
'Tis midnight with my soul till he,
Bright Morning Star!" bid darkness flee.
4 Asham'd of Jesus! that dear friend
On whom my hopes of heaven depend !
No ; when I blush— be this my shame,
That I no more revere his name.
5 Asham'd of Jesus! yes, I may,
When I've no guilt to wash away,
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
No fears to quell, no soul to save.
6 Till then — nor is my boasting vain—
Till then 1 boast a Saviour slain !
And O may this my glory be
That Christ is not asham'd of me !
7 [His institutions would I prize,
Take up my cross — the shame despise;
Dare to defend his noble cause,
And yield obedience to his laws.]
452 L- M.
Bramcoate 8. New Court 173.
The Candidates — they zvere baptized, both Men
and Women, Acts, viii. 12.
1 rjREAT God, we in thy courts appear,
yy With humble joy and holy fear,
Thy wise injunctions to obey ;
Let saints and angels hail the day !
2 Great things, O everlasting Son,
Great things for us thy grace hath done ;
Constraint by thy almighty love,
Our willing feet to* meet thee move.
3 In thy assembly here we stand,
Obedient to thy great command;
The sacred flood is full in view,
And thy sweet voice invites us thro'.
4 The Word, the Spirit, and the Bride,
Must not invite and be deny'd;
Was not the Lord, who came to save,
Interr'd in such a liquid grave?
5 Thus we, dear Saviour own thy name,
Receive us rising from the stream;
Then to thy table let us come.
And dwell in Zion as our home.
453 C. M. Beddome.
Bedford 91. Ann's 58.
Morning before Baptism ; or, at the Water Side,
I's. cxix. 32.
1 "LJOW great., how solemn is the work
n Which we attend to-day !
Now for a hoiy, solemn frame,
O God, to thee we pray.
2 O may we feci, as once we felt.
When pain'd and griev'd at heart,
Thy kind, forgiving, me ting look
Reliev'd our every smart.
3 Let graces then in exercise
Be exer is'd again;
And, nurtur'd by celestial power.
In exercise remain.
454—1-67
BAPTISM.
4-C8, 4-60, 470
4 Awake our love, our fear, our hope,
\\ ake fortitude an I
Vain world, he gone; l< t tilings above
our happy thoughts employ.
5 \\ hi 1st thee our Sa\ lour and our GoJ
To all around we own;
Drive each rebellious rival lust,
Each traitor, from the throne.
6 Instruct our Blinds, our wills subdue,
To heareo our passions raise,
That hence our lives, our all, may be
Devoted to thy praise.
■1:4 L- M.
Ailie Street 2ti. Derby iC9.
The Administrator.
1 i f^O teach the nations and baptize,'
VT Aloud th' ascending Jesus cries :
His glad Ap.stles took the word,
And round the nations preach'** their Lord.
2 CommUsion'd thus by Zion's Kfcag,
We to liis holy laser bring
These happy converts, who have kn wn
And trusted in hii grace alone
3 Lord, in thy house they seek thy face,
(» bless thesj with peculiar grace ,
Refresh their souls with love divine,
Let beams of glory round them shine.
SINGLE VERSES ON BAPTISM.*
4A5 - 46 I* M.
Old Hundred 100 Portugal 97.
VtTHATF'LR to thee, our Lord, belongs,
' v Is always worthy of our songs :
And all thy works, and all thy wars,
Demand our wonder and our praise.
B'ddome.
Hosanna to the church's Head,
Who suffered in our room and stead !
He was immers'd in Jordan's flood,
And then immers'd in sweat and blood !
J. Stenmett.
Behold the grave where Jesus lay,
Before he shed his precious blood !
How plain he inark'i the humble way
To sinners thro' the mystic flood !
Bcddom'-.
Come, ye redeemed of the LorJ,
Come, and obey his sacred word;
He died, and rose again fir you;
What more could the Redeemer dot
Beddome.
We to this place are come o shew
What we to boundless mercy owe :
The Saviour's footsteps to explore,
And tr ad the path he trod bet ire.
Eternal Spirit, heavenly Dove,
On these haptitasa waters move;
That we, thro' energy divine,
M i\ have 'he substance with the sign.
All ye that love Immanuel's name,
And' long to feel th' increasing fl<tme,
'Tis you, ye children of the 1 g
The Spirit and the bride invite.
H. F .
Ye who your native viieness mourn,
And to the great Redeemer turn,
Who see vour wretched state by sin,
' Ye b;essedofthe Lord, ome in.*
* As it is now pretty common to sin? by
the v. atcr-side, and as .-ome of our brethren
in the country give out a verse or two, while
th"\ are admin, terine the ordinance, it is
hoped these single verses will be acceptable.
Jesus, my Saviour and my all,
Methinks I hear thy gentle call;
1 bese are the sounds that chide inv Star,
' Ari-c, my love, and come away.'
Amazing grace ! and shall I still
Prove disobedient to thy will !
Ah ! no : dear Lord, the watery tomb
Belongs to thee, and there 1 come.
H .
Apostles trod this holy ground,
'1 his i< the road belief I
My Jesus in this way was
I charge mv soul to "tread it too.
J. Stenwlt.
With lowly minds, an 1 lofty songs,
Let all admire the Saviour's grace,
Till the great rising day reveal
Th' immortal glory of hi- face.
G .
To Father, Son. and Holy Ghost,
We humbh dedicate our powers;
If" with Jehovah's blessing crasvn'd,
Immortal happiness is our*.
-168 148th.
Bethesda li2. Swilhin's 44.
An Address to trie tio'.y Spirit.
T)ES END, cele-tial Doxe,
±J And make thy presence known;
Reveal our Saviour'* love,
And seal us for thine own ;
IJnbless'd by thee, our works are vain,
Nor can we "e'er acceptance gain.
! When our incarnate God,
The sovereign Prince >f Light,
In Jordan's swelling flood
Receiv'd the holy rite,
In open view thy form came down,
An J dove-like flew, the King to crown,
i The day was never known,
Since" time be^an its race,
On which such glory shone.
On which was shewn such ?race,
As that which shed, in Jordairs stream,
On Jesu's head the heavenly beam.
Continue still to shine.
Do thou our souls in=pirc !
Thou wilt attend on all thy sons
• Till time shall end,' thy p'romise ran*.
469 C. M. Jajnes Newton.
Stephen's 292. James's 163.
After Baptism, Mark xvi. 16.
1 .' "DROOL MM,' sauli Christ, ' my wondrous
■*■ ' To all the sons of men; [grace
' He that believes, and is baptiz'd,
* Salvation shall obtain.'
2 Let plenteous grace descend on those,*
Who, hoping in thy word,
This day have publicly d clar'd
That Jesus is their Lord.
3 With cheerful feet may they advance,
And run the christian ra e;
And thro' the troubles of the way
Find a 1 sufficient grace.
470 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Suffolk 315. Hammonl226.
A practical Improvement of Baptism, Co), iii. I.
l ATTCND, ,e children of your God;
■**■ Ye heirs of glory, hear:
lor accents, so divine as these,
Might charm the dullest ear.
* The words of this Hymn, which are in
ftali s, may easily be put into the singular
number.
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471, 472,473
LORD'S SUPPER.
474
2 Baptiz'd into your Saviour's death,
Your souls to sin must die ;
With Christ your Lord ye live anew,
With Christ ascend on high.
S There by his Father's side he sits,
Enthron'd divinely fair;
Yet owns himself your brother still,
And your forerunner there.
4 Rise, from these earthly trifles, rise
On wings of faith and love ;
Above your choicest treasure lies,
And be your hearts above.
5 But earth and sin will drag us down,
When we attempt to fly ;
Lord, send thy strong- attractive power
To raise and fix us high.
471 C. M. Bcddome.
New York 33. Sprague 166.
The Reflection of a baptized Believer— He went
on his Way rejoicing. Acts viii. 9.
1 rpHE holy Eunuch, when baptu'd,
■*• Went on his way with joy;
And who can tell what rapfrous thoughts
Did then his mind employ ?
2 ' Is that most glorious Saviour mine,
' Of whom I lately read!
* Who, bearing all my sins and griefs,
* Was number'd with the dead !
3 ' Is he, who bursting from the grave,
' Now reigns above the sky,
' My advocate In fore the throne,
' My portion when I die .'
4 * Have I profess'd his holy name?
' Do I his gospel bear
' To Ethiopia's scorched lands,
* And shall I spread it there?
5 ' Bless'd pool ! in which I lately lav,
' And left my fears behind;
' What an unworthy wretch am I !
' And God profusely kind.
6 • Bless'd emblem of that precious blood
' Which satisfy 'd for sin ;
' And of that renovating grace
' Which makes the conscience clean.'
7 This pattern, Lord, with sacred joy,
Help us to keep in view ;
The same our work, the same, O make
Our consolation too.
THE LORD'S SUPPER.
472 I" M- Dr. Watts's Lyrics.
Ailie Street 241. Bramcoate 8.
A preparatory Thought for the Lord's Supper,
in Imitation of Isaiah lxiii. 1 — 3.
1 vyHAT heavenly man, or lovely God,
*v Comes marching downward from the
Array'd in garments roll'd in blood, [skies,
With joy and pity in his eyes 1
2 The Lord! the Saviour! Yes, 'tis he,
I know him by the smiles he wears ;
Dear glorious" man that dy'd for me,
Drench'd deep in agonies and tears.
3 Lo, he reveals his shining breast ;
I own these wounds, and I adore :
Lo, he prepares a royal feast,
Sweet fruit of the sharp pangs he bore.
4 Whence flow these favours so divine!
Lord ! why so lavish of thy blood .'
Why for such earthly sou's as mine,
This heavenly wine, this sacred food ?
& 'Twas his own love that made him bleed,
That nail'd him to the cursed tree;
'Twas his own love this table spread,
For such unworthy guests as we.
6 Then let us taste the Saviour's love ;
Come, faith, and feed upon the Lord ;
With srlad consent our lips shall move,
And sweet hosannas crown the board.
473 C. M. Steele.
Irish 171. Braintrcc 2".
An Invitulion io the Gospel Feast, Luke xiv. 22.
1 "KTt. wretched, hungry, starving poor,
1 Behold a royal feast !
Where mercv spreads her bounteous store,
lor every humble guest.
2 See Jesus stands with open arms ;
He calls, he bids you come:
Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms;
But see, there yet is room —
3 Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart,
There love and pity meet;
Nor will he bid the soul depart
That trembles at his feet.
4 In him the Father reconcil'd
Invites your souls to come ;
The rebel" shall be call'd a child,
And kindly welcom'd home.
5 O come, and with his children taste
The blessings of his love ;
While hope attends the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.
6 There, with united heart and voice,
Before th' eternal throne,
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In ecstasies unknown.
7 And vet ten thousand thousand more
Are welcome still to come : "
Ye longing souls, the grace adore,
Approach, there yet is room.
474 L. M. Dr. Wcttts's Lyrics.
Yarmouth 128. Dresden 178. Rowles 73.
Christ dying, rising, and reigning.
1 LIE dies! tlie friend of sinners dies!
-*■■*■ Lo, Salem's daughters weep around !
A solemn darkness veils the skies!
A sudden trembling shakes the ground !
Come, saints, and drop a tear or two
For him who groan'd beneath your load;
He shed a thousand drops for you,
A thousand drops of richer blood !
2 Here's love and grief beyond degree,
The Lord of glorv dies for men !
But lo ! what sudden joys we see !
Jesus the dead revises again!
• The risinsr God forsakes the tomb !
Up to his Fathers courts he flies ;
Cherubic legions guard him home,
And shout him welcome to the skies !
475, 476, 477
LORD's SUPPER.
478, 47 9
3 Break off your tears, ve saints, an<l tell
How high our great deliverer reigns;
Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell,
Anl Ie<l the monster, death, in chains !
Lire for ever, wondrous Kinz,
' Horn to redeem, and strong to gave |«
Then ask the monster, • VMiere's thy »ting?
4 Aud wherc's thy \ htorj , boasting grave !'
47.5 C M. J. Stennett.
Liverpool S3. Cambridge New 71.
A Sacramental Hymn.
1 TESl'S ! O word divinely sweet •
*' How charming is the "sound!
What joyful news! what heavenly sense
In that dear name is found!
2 Our souls all euiltv, and condemn'd,
In hopeless fetters lay ;
Our souls, with numerous sins deprav'd,
To death and hell a prey.
3 Jesus, to purge away this g-uilr,
A willing victim fell,
And on his cross triumphant broke
The hands o( death and hell.
4 (.Mir foes were mighty to destroy,
He might] \«
He died, but could not long be held
A prisoner in the grave.
5 Jesus ! who mighty art to save,
Still push thy conquests on;
Extend the triumphs of thy cross,
Where'er the sun has shone.
6 O Captain of salvation! make
Thy power and mercy known ;
Till crowds of willing converts come
And worship at thy throne.
476 L. If. J. Ste)mett.
Chard 175. Bramcoate 8. Sterling SI 7.
A Sacramental Hymn.
1 rFHl'S we commemorate the day
A On whieh our dearest Lord was slate |
Thus we our pious homage pay,
Till he appear on earthagaiii.
2 Come, great Redeemer, open wide
The curtains of the parting sky ;
On a bright cloud in triumph ride,
And on tiie wind's swift pinions tly.
3 Come, King of kinjs, with thy bright train,
Cherubs and seraphs, heaven!} boils;
Assume thy ri^ht, enlarge tii> reigw,
As far as earth extends her coasts'.
4 Come, Lord, and where thy cross on<
There plant thy banner, fix thy throne;
Subdue the rebels by thy word",
And claim the nations for thy own.
477 L. M. Beddome.
Portugal 97. UUerston 179. Gould'* -.tj.
Holy Admiration and Joy.
1 TESUS, when faith with fixed eyes
° Beholds thy wondrous sacrifice,
Love rises to "an ardent flame,
And we all other hope disclaim.
2 With cold affections, who can see
The thorns, the scourge, the nails, the tree,
Thy flowiua; tears, and purple -
Thy bleeding hands, and head, aud feet!
3 Look, saints, into his opening ^ide,
The breach how larsre, how deep, how wide
Thence issues forth a double flood
Of cleansing wafer, pard'uing blood.
4 Hence, o my soul, a balsam flows
To heal thy "wounds, and cure thy woes;
Immortal joys come streaming down,
Joys, like his griefs, immense, unknown.
5 Thus I could ever, ever sinu-
The sufferings of my heavenly King ;
With growing pleasures spread abroad
The mysteries of a dying God.
478 LN.
Wareham 117. Green's Hundred 89.
Mi dilating on the Cross of Christ.
1 fOME see on bloody Calvary,
v-/ Suspended on th* accursed tree,
A harmless BofTrer, cover'd o'er
Wish shame, and welt'ring in his gore.
2 Is this the Saviour long foretold
To usher in the age of gold !
To make the reign of sorrow cease,
And bind the jarring world in peace?
3 'Tis he, 'tis he! — he kindly shrouds
His glories in a night of clouds,
That souls might from their ruin rise,
And heir th' imperishable skies.
4 See, to their refuge and their rest,
From all the bonds of iruilt rcleas'd,
Transgressors to his cross repair,
And find a full redemption there.
5 Jeatfs, what millions of our race
Have been the triumphs of thy grace!
And millions more to thee shall fly,
And on thy sacrifice rely.
6 That tree, that curse-empoison'd tree,
Which prov'd a bloody rack to thee,
Shall in the noblest blessings shoot,
And fill the nations with its fruit.
7 The sorrow, shame, aud death were thine,
And all the stores of wrath divine!
Ours are the glory, life, aud bliss:
What love can be" compar'd to this!
479 L. M. D. Turner.
Old Hundred 100. Angel's Hymn 60.
Set him alove all Principalities and Powers--*
Worthy in the Lamb that teas slain to receive
Glory and Blessing, Ephes. i. 21. Rev. v. 12.
1 "MOW far above the starry skies,
1^ Our Jesus fills his brighter throne,
Invisible to mortal eyes,
But not to humble faith unknown.
2 [The countless hosts that round him stand,
The subjects of his sovereign power,
Fly thro' the world at his command,
Or prostrate at his feet adore.
3 Satan and all his rebel crew
That raz'd to pull his kingdom down,
Crush'd by his hand, in ruin now
Lie trembling at his awful frown.
4 His name above all creatures great,
He ail sustains and all contronls !
Yet from his high exalted state
Lo)ks kindly down on humble souls.}
5 Tho' in the glories he possess'd,
Lon? ere this world, or time, began,
He shines the Son of God ennfess'd,
Yet owns himself thu Sou of Man.
6 Here once in agonies he died,
Now in the heavens he ever lives;
Oi' joy there pours th' eternal tide,
Here sires th« sinner who believe?.
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480, 481
LORD'S SUPPER.
482, 483, 484
7 Al! hail ! thou great Immanuel, hail !
Ten thousand blessings on thy name!
While thus thy won if o us love we tell,
Our bosoms feel the sacred flame,
S Come, quickly come, immortal King !
On eartti thv'reeal honours raise,
The full salvation promis'd, bring,
Then every tongue shall sing thy praise !
430 L. M. Dr. Watts'* Lyrics.
Ailie Street 241. Redemption 243.
Love on a Cross and a Throne.
1 "WOW let our faith grow strong, and rise
-^ And view our Lord in all his love;
Look back to hear his dying cries,
Then mount and see his throne above,
2 See where he languish'd on the cross;
Beneath o;ir sins he groan'd and died;
See where he sits to plead our cause,
By his almighty Father's side.
S If we behold his bleeding heart,
There, love in floods of sorrow reigns;
He triumphs o'er the killing smart.
And seals our pleasure with his pains.
4 Or if we climb th' eternal hills,
Where the dear conq'ror sits enthron'd,
Still in his heart compassion dwells,
Near the memorials of his wound.
5 How shall rile pardon'd rebels show
How much they love their dying God I
Lord, here we'd banish every foe,
We hate the sins that cost thy blood.
6 Commerce no more we hold with hell,
Our dearest lusts shall all depart;
But let thine image ever dwell,
Stam.pt as a seal on every heart.
481 L. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Portugal 97. Rippon's 188.
The Triumphs of the Cross.
1 \JO more, dear Saviour, will I boast
~ Of beauty, wealth, or loud applause:
The world hath all its glories los:,
Amid the triumphs of thy cross.
2 la every feature of thy face,
Beauty her fairest charms displays;
Truth, wisdom, majesty, and grace,
Shine thence in sweetly mingled rays.
3 Thy wealth the power of thought transcen
'Tis vast, immense, and all divine:
Thy empire, lord, o'er worlds extends ;
The sun, the moon, the stars are thine.
4 Yet, (O how marvellous the sight !)
" sea thee on a cross expire ;
Thy Godhead veii'd in sable night;
And angeis from the scene retire.
5 But why from these sad scenes retreat?
Why with your wings your faces hide?
He ne'er appear" d so good, so great,
As when ha bowd his head and died.
6 The indignation of a God
On him avenging justice hurl'd :
Beneath the weight he firmly stood,
And nobly sav'd a falling world.
7 Those trlunphs of stupendous grace
Surprise, rejoice, and melt my heart:
Lord, at thy crosa I stand ana gaze,
N >r would t ever thence depart !
482 C. M. Dr. J. Stennett.
Wantage 204. Burford 198.
A Sacramental Hymn.
1 T ORD, at thy table I behold
■*-* The wonders of thv grace ;
But most of all admire that I
Should find a welcome place : —
2 I that am all defil'd with sin,
A rebel to my God;
I that have crucified his Son,
And trampled on his biood.
3 What strange surprising grace is this,
That such a soul lias room !
My Saviour takes me by the hand,
My Jesus bids me come.
4 ' Eat, O my fri, nds,' the Saviour cries,
' The feast was made for you ;
' For you I groan'd, and bled, and died,
' And rose, and triumph'd too.'
5 With trembling faith, and bleeding hearts,
Lord, we accept thy love :
'TK a rich banquet we have had,
What will it be above ?
6 Ye saints below and hosts of heaven,
Join all your praising powers;
No theme is like ReJeeming love,
No Saviour is like ours.
7 Had I ten thousand hearts, dear Lord,
I'd give them all to thee:
Had I ten thousand tongues, they all
Should join the harmony.
4 S3 C M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Bangor 231. Worksop 31.
My Flesh is Meal indeed, John vi. 6i- H.
1 TJERE at thy table, Lord, we meet
xx To feed on food divine :
Thy bony is the bread we eat,
Thy precious blood the wine.
2 He that prepares this rich repast,
Himself comes down and dies;
And then invites us thus to feast
Upon the sacrifice.
3 The bitter forments he endur'd
Upon the shaueful cross,
For us, his welcome guests, procur'd
These heart-reviving joys.
4 His body torn with rudest hands
Becomes the finest bread ;
And, with the blessing he commands,
Our noblest hopes are fed.
5 His blood, that from each op'ning vein
In purple torrents ran,
Hath fill'd this cap with gen'rous wine,
That cheers both God and man.
6 Sure there was never love so free,
Dear Saviour, so divine !
Well thou may'st claim that heart of me,
Which owes* so much to thine.
7 Yes, thou shalt surely have mv heart,
My soul, my strength, mv all ;
With life itself I'll freely part,
My Jesus, at thy call. *
484 L. M. Beddome.
Portugal 97. Ulversten 179. Gould's 272.
Jesus wept — he died- -see how he loved hj,
John xi. 35.
1 CO fair a face bedew'd with tears!
O w
What beauty e'en in ?rief appears!
He wept, he bled, he died for you ;
What more, ye saints, could Jesus do'
485, 486, 487
LORD'S SUPPER.
48. c,
2 Futhron'd above, with equal rfow
flis warm affections downward flow ;
In our distress lie bears a part,
And feels a sympathetic smart.
3 Still his compassions are the «ame,
He knows ttie frailty of our frame :
Our heaviest burthens he sustains,
Shares in our sorrows and our pains.
485 C. M. Steel,.
Wantage 204. Charmouth 28.
The Wonders nf Redemption.
1 AND did the holy and the just,
-rv The Sovereign of the skies,
Stoop down to wretchedness and dust,
That guilty worms might ris< !
2 Yes, the Redeemer left his throne,
His radiant throne on high,
(Surprising mercy ! love unknown !)
To suffer, bleei, and die.
3 He took the dyin^ traitor's place,
And suffer'd in his st-ad ;
For man, (O miracle of grace !)
For man the Saviour bled !
4 Dear Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell
In thy atonin? blood !
By this are sinners snatch'd from hell,
And rebels brought to God.
5 Je.-us, my soul adoring bends
To love so full, so free ;
And may I hope that love extends
Its sacred power to me ?
6 What glad return can I impart
For favours so divine?
O take my all— this worthless heart,
Anl make it only thine.
486 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Iri.-h 171. Michael's 1 19.
Room at the Gospel Feast, L':ke xiv. 22.
1 'T'HE King of Heaven his table spreads,
-^ And dainties crown the board;
Not para lis-, with al its jovs,
Could such delight afford. "
2 Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life, are given ;
Thro' the rich blood that Jesus shed
To raise the soul to heaven.
3 Ye hungry poor, th it long have stray'd
In sin's dark mazes, come;
Come, from your most obscure retreats,
And grace "shall find you room.
4 Millions of souls, in glory now,
Were fed and feasted here ;
And millions more, still 00 the way,
Around the board appear,
j Yet is his house and heart so large,
That millions more may come ;
Nor could the whole assembled world
O'erfill the spacious room.
C All things are ready; come away,
Nor weak excuses frame ;
(row I to your places at the feast,
And bless the founder's name.
487 L. M. Steele.
Wareham 117. Roehford 22.
Communion icith Christ at /.is 7V<>.
1 T^O Jesus, our exalted Lord,
x (Dear name bv heaver, an;! er.rth ador'd .0
Fain would our li arts and voi
A cheerful song of sacred |
2 Bu all the notes which mort ajj
Arc wtak, and languishing, and Ioa ;
Far, far above our bun
The theme demands immortal tongues.
3 Yet while around his board we meet,
And humbly worship at his f<
O let our warm affections move,
In glad returns of grateful loi
1 Let faith our feeble seiiM
To see thy wondrous love displayed,
f-en flesh, thy bleeding vein*,
Th} dreadful agonizing pains.
5 Let humble penitential woe,
With painful| pleasing anguish, flow;
And thy forgiving smiles impart
Life, hope, and joy to every heart.
488 E. W. Steele,
Liverpool 83. Oxford 177. Messiah 27J.
Praise to the Redeemer.
1 '"TO our Redeemer^ glorious name
■*■ Awake the sacred song !
O may his love (immortal flame!)
Tune every heart and tongue.
2 His love what morta1 thought can reach!
What mortal tongue dtsplay !
Imagination's utmost stretch*
In wonder dies away.
3 He left his radunt throne on high,
Lefc the bright realms of hi
And came to earth to bleed and die ! —
Was ever love like this.'
4 Dear Lor I, while we adoring pay
Our humble thanks to thee,
May evei heart with rapture say,
• The Saviour died for me.'
5 O may the sweet, the blissful theme
Fill every heart and tongue:
Til strangers love thy charming name,
And jo n the sacred song.
489 148th. Dr. S. Stennett.
Carmarthen New 3". Swithin's 44.
A Song of Praue to Christ.
pOME, every pious heart
^ That loves" the Saviour's name,
Your noblest powers exert
To celebrate his fame :
Tell all above, and al below,
The debt of love to him you owe.
2 Stub was his zeal for Go 1,
And such h:s love for you,
He nobly on Lertook
What Gabriel could not do:
His every deed of ove and grace
All words exceed, and thoughts surpass.
3 He left his starry crown,
' nd laid his robes asi;ie ;
On win?* of love came down,
And wept md bl< and died :
What he endur'd. O who can tell,
To save our soils from death and hell,
4 From the dark crave he rose,
The mansion ofthJ dead;
And thence his mi?hty foes
In glorious triumph led :
lTp thro' the sky the conqueror rode,
Ani reigns on hi?h, the Sa\iour God.
491, 492
5 From thenre he'll quickly come,
His chariot will not stay,
And bear our spirits home
To realms of endless dav :
There shall we see his lovely face,
And ever be in his embrace.
$ Jesus, we ne'er can pay
The debt we owe thy love;
Yet tell us how we may
Our gratitude approve :
Our hearts, our all, to thee we give ;
The gift, tho' small, thou wilt receive.
TIMES AND SEASONS. 490—493, 494
490 L. M. President Davies.
Portugal 97. Horsiey 205. Rowles73.
Self- Dedication at the Lord's Table.
1 T ORD, am I thine, entirely thine?
J-J Purehas'd and sav'd by blood divine?
With full consent thine I "would be;
And own thy sovereign right in me.
2 Thee, my new Master now 1 call,
And consecrate to thee my all :
Lord, let me live and die to thee,
Be thine thro' all eternity.
TIMES AND SEASONS.
MORNING AND EVENING.
491 C. M.
Bedford 91. Foster 96. Salem 139.
A Morning Hymn.
1 T'O thee, let my first offerings rise,
"*• Whose sun creates the day,
Swift as his gladdening influence flies,
And spotless as his ray,
2 This day thy favouring hand be nigh !
So oft vouchsaf'd before !
Still may it lead, protect, supply,
And I that hand adore !
3 If bliss thy providence impart,
For which resign'd I prav ;
Give me to feel the grateful heart!
And without guilt be gay !
4 Affliction should thy love intend,
As vice or folly's cure;
Patient to gain "that gracious end,
May 1 the means endure!
5 Be this, and every future day
Still wiser than the past;
And, when ( all my life survey,
May grace sustain at last.
492 C. HI. D. Turner.
Braintree 25. Hammond 226.
A Morning Hymn.
1 T1TITH thee, great God, the stores of light,
vv And stores of darkness lie;
Thou form'st the sable robe of night,
And sprcadst it round the sky.
2 And when, with welcome slumbers press'd,
We close our weary eyes,
Thy power, unseen, secures our rest,
And makes u> joyous rise.
3 Numbers, this night, great God, have met
Their long eternal doom ;
And lost the joys of morning light
In death's tremendous gloom.
4 Numbers on restless beds still lie,
And still their woes bewail ;
While we, by thy kind hand uprais'd,
A thousand pleasures feel.
5 To thee, great God, in thankful songs,
Our morning thoughts arise;
Propitious in thy Son, accept
The willing sacrifice.
493 8.8.6. W-—
Chatham 59. Westbury Leigh 27*.
Morning.
1 T ORD I am vile !— what shall I say !
J-i I live to see another day,
O let me live to thee !
A thousand years to hope for this
Should be unutterable bliss;
What must fruition be !
2 Eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard,
What Jesus hath for his prepar'd,
Nor can the heart conceive ;
Thou hast commanded me, to-day,
To live by faith, .nd I'd obey;
L ,rd, help me to believe.
494 s. M. 5- — .
Sutton 149. Price's 167. Shirland 304.
A Morning Hymn.
1 CEE how the mounting sun
0 Pursues his shining way ;
And wide proclaims his Maker's praise,
With every brightening ray.
2 Thus would my rising soul
Its heavenly parent sTng ;
And to its great original
The humble tribute bring.
3 Serene I laid me down
Beneath his guardian care ;
I slept, and I awoke, and found
My kind preserver near !
4 Thus does thine arm support
This weak defenceless frame ;
But whence these favours, Lord, to me,
All worthless as 1 am !
5 O ! how shall I repay
The bounties of my God?
This feeble spirit pants beneath
The pleasing painful load.
6 Dear Saviour, to thy cross
1 bring my sacrifice;
Ting'd with" thy blood, it shall ascend
\A ith fragrance to the skies.
7 Mv life I would anew
Devote, O Lord, to thee ;
And in thy service 1 would spend
A long eternity.
4<>5, 49(3,197 SPRING.
49) l. M.
Mad m's 107. Ulverstan 179,
An Evening Hymn.
1 r^REATGod, to thee my evening
With bumble yratitude I raise;
0 let thy mercy tune ray tongue,
And fill my heart with lively praise.
2 My days unclouded, a< they pass,
And every gentle rolling boor,
Are monuments of wondrous grace,
And witness to thy love and power.
3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched heart,
Too oft regardless of thy love,
Ungrateful can from thee depart,
And, fond of trill-— , vainlj rove,
4 Seal my forniveness in the hlood
Of Jesus: his dear name alone
1 plead for pardon, gracious God,
And kind acceptance at thy throne.
5 Let this blest hope mine eye-lids close,
With sleep refresh my feeble frame ;
Safe in thy care may" I repose,
And wake with praises to thy name.
496 L. M. Bp. Ken.
Magdalene 214. Ailie Street 241.
An Evening tlymu.
1 pLORY to thee, mv God, this nieht,
VT Fur all the blesaings of the light;
Keep me, O keep me, Kiug of kings,
Beneath thy own Almighty wings.
2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son,
1 he ill that 1 this day have done ;
That, with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.
a Teach me to live, that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed ;
Teach me to die, that so 1 may
Rise glorious at the awful day.
4 O let my soul on thee repose,
And may sweet sleep mine eye-lids close ;
Sleep that shall me more vigorous make
To serve my God when I awake.
3 If in the night I sleepless lie,
My soul with heavenly thoughts supply:
Let no ill dreams disturb my rest,
No power of darkness me molest.
Praise God, &c.
497 CM. M .
Irish 171. Great Milton 212. Portsea 284.
An Evening Hymn.
1 '
Let riames of love arise ;
Assist us, Lord, to offer up
Our evening sacrifice.
2 Minutes and mercies multipiy'd
Have made up all this day ;
Minutes came quick, but mercies were
More swift and free than they.
3 New time, new favour, and new joys,
Do a new song require ;
Till we shall praise thee a> we would,
Accept our heart's desire.
4 Lord of our days, whose hand hath set
New time upon the score;
Thee may we praise for aU our time,
When "time shall be no mr«re.
498, 499, 500
TBI SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
493 C M. \> edit am.
Michael's 119. Evans's 190.
On the Spring.
1 'TMIE icy chains that bound the earth
1 Are now dssolv'd a:i<i gone |
Wak'u by the sun, the blooming sj mi^
Puts his new livery on.
2 Where awful desolation reign'd,
Bless'd pleat] rears ber bead ;
Exalting with a" sm ■<■
Her late destroyer tied.
;i Teeming with life, th' advancing sun
Protracts th;- falling das ;
Grand light of heaven ! he" seems to wish
To make a longer stay.
4 In clouds of gold behold him set,
Beyond the west ue flies:
Short h his nightly course, and soo»
He gilds the eastern skies.
5 My soul, in every scene admire
The wisdom and the power :
Behold the God in ever plant,
In ev< ry opening flower.
G Yet in his word, the God of grace
Has wrote his fairer name :
The wonders of redeeming love
My noblest songs shall claim.
7 With warmest beams, thou God of grace,
Shine on this heart of mine ;
Turn thou my winter into spring,
And be the glory thine.
499 S. M.
Mansfield 154. Finsbury 155. Shirland 301.
The Return of the Spring celebrated.
I T-TROM winter's barren clods,
-*■ From winter's joyless waste,
The spring in sudden youth appears,
With blooming beauty grae'd.
And, to refresh the ground, the rains
Descend in gentle streams.
3 Great God, at thy command
Seasons in order rise :
Thy power and love in concert reigi
Thro' earth, and seas, and skies.
4 With grateful praise we own
Thy providential hand,
While grass for kine, and herb and coru
For men, enrich the land.
5 But greater still the gift
Of thine incarnate Son ;
By him forgiveness, peace, and joy,
Thro' endless ages run.
500 C M.
Braintree 25. Foster 96. Salem 139.
The Spring improved.
1 "DEHOLD ! long-wish'd-for spring is come
±J How alter'd is the scene!
The trees and shrubs are dress'd in bloom,
The earth array 'd in sreen.
2 Where'er we tread, the clast'ring lowers
Beauteous around us spring:
The birds, with joint harmonious po\ver>,
Invite our hearts to sing.
E 10
501, 502
TIMES AND SEASONS. 503, 504, 505
3 But ah! in vain I strive to join,
Opprest with sin and doubt;
1 feel 'tis winter still within,
Tho' all is spring without.
4 O ! would my Saviour, from on high,
Break thro' these clouds and shine,
No creature then more blest than I,
No song more loud than mine.
5 Lord, let thy word my hopes revive,
And overcome my foes ;
O make my languid graces thrive,
And blossom like the rose !
501 C. M. Dr. Gibbons.
Abridge 201. Bangor 231.
On a Year of threatening Drought.
1 'THE spring, great God, at thv command,
x Leads forth the smiling year ;
Gay verdure, foliage, blooms and flowers,
T adorn her reign, appear.
2 But soon canst thou in righteous wrath
Biast all the promis'd joy,
And elements await thj nod
To bless or to destroy*.
3 The sun, thy minister of love,
That from the naked ground
Calls forth the hidden seeds to birth,
And spreads their beauties round ;
4 At the dread order of his God
Now darts destructive fires ; [drought,
Hills, plains, and vales, are parch'd with
And blooming iife expires.
$ Like burnish'd brass, the heaven around
fn angry terror burns,
While the earth lies a joyless waste,
And into iron turns.
6 Pity us, Lord, in our distress,
Nor with our land contend ;
Bid the avenging skies relent,
And showers of mercy send !
502 CM.
Ann's 58. Worksop 31.
On a Year of threatening Rain.
1 T-IOW hist thou, Lor t, from year to year,
1A Our land with plenty crown'd !
And generous fruit and golden ,rain
Have spread their riches round.
2 But wc thy mercies have abus'd
To more abounding crimes;
What heights, what "daring heights in sin,
Mark and Jisgr.ce our times]
3 Equil, tho' awful, is the doom,
That Ben descending rain
Should in*o inundations swell,
And crush the rising grain !
4 How iusr, that in the autumn's reign,
When we had hop'd to reap.
Our fields of sorrow and despair
Should lie an hideous heap!
5 But, Lord, have mercy on our land,
'I hose floods of vengeance stay ;
Dispe these glooms, and let the sun
Shine in unclouded day !
6 To thee alone wc look for help ;
None el-e of , lew or rain
Can give the world the smallest drop,
Or smallest drop restrain.
.593 L- H. Dr. Watts's Lyrics.
Oid Hundred 100. Dresden 178. Sterling 317.
The God of Thunder.
1 r\ THE immense, th' amazing height,
w The boundless grandeur of our God,
Who treads the worlds beneath his feet,
And sways the nations with his nod !
2 He speaks ; and lo ! all nature shakes,
Heaven's everlasting pillars bow;
He rends the clouds with hideous cracks,
And shoots his fiery arrows thro'.
3 Well, let the nations start and fly
At the blue lightning's horrid glare,
Atheists and emperors shrink and die,
When flame and noise torment the air.
4 Let noise and flame confound the slues,
And drown the spacious realms below,
Yet will we sing the Thunderer's praise,
And send our loud hosannas thro'.
5 Celestial King, thy blazing power
Kindles our hearts to flaming jovs;
We shout to hear thv- thunders roar,
And echo to our Father's voice.
G Th'is shall the God our Saviour come,
And lightnings round his chariot play :
Ye lightnings, fly to make his room ;
Ye giorious storms, prepare his way.
' .504 C M.
Devizes H. Evans's 199. Eyethorn 313.
Summer— an Harvest Hymn.
1 ^PO praise the ever-bounteous Lord,
A My soul, wake all thy powers :
He calls, and at his voice come forth
The smiling harvest hours.
2 His covenant with the earth he keeps;
My tongue, his goodness sing ;
Summer and winter know their time,
His harvest crowns the spring.
3 Well-pleas'd the toiling swains behold
The waving vellow crop :
With joy they bear the sheaves away,
And sow again in hope.
i Thus teach me, gracious God, to sow
The seeds of righteousness :
Smile on my goal,' and with thy beams
The rip'nmg harvest biess.
5 Then, in the last great harvest, I
Shall reap a glorious crop :
The harvest shall by far exceed
What I have sown in hope.
505 c.M.
Abridge 201. ( harmouth 28.
Harvest — or, the accepted Time and Day of
Salvation, Brov. x. 5,
1 OEE how the little toiling ant
^ Improves the harvest hours ;
While summer lasts, thro' all her cells
The choicest stores she pours.
2 While life remains, our harvest lasts ;
But ; outh of life's the prime ;
Best is this season for our work,
And this th' accepted time.
3 To-day attend, is Wisdom's voice;
To-morrow, Folly cries:
And still to-morrow 'tis, when, oh!
To-day the sinner dies.
4 When conscience sneaks, its voice regard,
And sei/e the tender hour:
Hiunhlv implore the promis*d fefraoe
And God will give the power.
506,507,50s
NEW YEAR.
500, 510,511
.506 & M. &*Uk
\\ orksop 31. Crowle 3.
WhUt r.
1 CTERN winter throws his fey chains,
l' Encircling nature round ;
How bleak, now comfortless the plains,
Late with, gay verdure crown'd!
2 The sun withdrawn his vital beams,
And light and warmth depart :
And drooping, lifeless, nature seems
An emblem of my heart -
3 My heart, where mental winter reigns
in night's dark mantle clad,
Confin'J in cold inactive chains,
How desolate and sad !
4 Return, O blissful sun, and bring
Thy soul-reviving ray ;
This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness cheerful day.
5 O happy state, divine abo le,
Where spring eternal reigns ;
And perfect day, the smile of God,
Fills all the heavenly plains.
• Great source of light, thy beams display,
My drooping joys restore,
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.
.507 L. M. Newton.
New Sabbath 122. Rothwell 174.
Winter.
1 OEE, how rude winter's icy hand
^ Has stripp'd the trees and seal'd the
ground ;
But spring shall soon his rage withstand,
And spread new beauties all around.
2 My soul a sharper winter mourns,
Barren and fruitless I remain ;
When will the gentle spring return,
And bid my graces grow again?
3 Jesus, my glorious sun, arise !
'Tis thine the frozen heart to move ;
O! hush these storms, and clear my skies,
And let me feel thy vital love !
4 Dear Lord, regard my feeble cry,
I faint and droop till thou appear:
Wilt thou permit thy plant to die ?
Must it be winter all the year?
5 Be still, my soul, and wait his hour
With humble prayer and patient faith;
Till he reveals his gracious power,
Repose on what his promise saith.
6 He, by whose all-commanding word
Seasons their changing course maintain,
In every change a pledge affords,
1 hat none shall seek his face in vain.
508 L-M.
Gloucester 12. Coombs's 45. Attwaters 311.
The Seasons crowned with Goodness,
Psalm lxv. ||.
1 pTERNAL source of every joy!
•*~t Well may thy praise our lips employ,
While in thy temple we appear
To hail thee' Sovereign of the year.
2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll,
Thy hand supports and guides the whole!
The sun is taught by thee to rise,
And darkness when "to veil the skies.
3 The flowery spring, at thy command,
Perfumes the air, and paints the land ;
The summer rays with vigour shine
To r,..ise the coin and cheer the vine.
4 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours
Thro' all our coasts redan I tnl -
\ a I \\ inters, softenM bv 1 1 . > care,
No more the face of horror wear.
5 Seasons, and months, and weeks, ,«nd iays,
Demand successive songs of praise;
And he the grateful homage paid,
W ith morning light and . veiling shade.
6 Here in thy house let incense ri»p,
And circling sabbaths bless our
Till to those lofty heights w« soar,
\\ here days and years revolve no morp.
NEW YliAlt's DVY.
509 8. 7. jtoHnsvn.
Jewin Street 323: Welsh 210. Suffolk 31 j.
Grateful Recollection — Ebencz<r,
1 Sam. vii. 12.
1 pOME, thou fount of every blessing,
^ Tune my heart to sing thy grace,
Streams of' mercy never ceasing
Call for songs of loudest praise :
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above :
Praise the mount— O lix me on it,
Mount of God's unchanging love.
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer,
Hither by thy' help I'm come;
And I hope, by tby good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home :
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interpos'd h s precious blood.
3 0! to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrain'd to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee!
Prone to "wander, Lord, I feel it ;
Prone to leave the God I love —
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it,
Seal it from thy courts above.
,510 L. M.
New Sabbath 122. Antigua 120.
Help obtained of God, Acts, xxvi. 22.
New Year's Day.
1 pREAT God, we sing that mighty hand,
vjr By which supported still we stand ;
The opening year thy mercy shew s ;
Let mercy crown it till it close.
2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God;
By his incessant bounty fed,
By his unerring counsel led.
3 With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to thy guardian care commit,
And peaceful leave before thy feet.
4 in scenes exalted or depress'd,
Be thou our joy, and thou our rest ;
'I by goodness all our hope shall raise,
Ador'd thro' all our changing days.
5 When death shall interrupt these songs,
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our helper, God, in whom we trust.
In better worlds our souls shall boast.
5U L.M. .V— -.
Ailie Street 211. Langdon 217.
The banen Fig-Tree, Luke xiii, 6--9.
1 riOD of my life, to thee belong
VT The thankful heart, the grateful song;
Touch'd by thy love, each tuneful ch
Resounds "the goodness of the Lord.
E 1!
512,513
TIMES AND SEASONS. 5 14, 5 1 5, 5 1 0
2 Thou hast preserved my fleeting breath,
And chas'd the gloomy 'shades of death ;
The venom'd arrows vainly fly,
When God our great deliverer's nigh.
3 Yet why, dear Lord, this tender care?
Why does thy hand so kindly rear
A useless cumberer of the ground,
On which no pleasant fruits are found ?
4 Still may the barren fig-tree stand!
And, cultivated by thy hand,
Verdure, and bloom, and fruit afford,
Meet tribute to its bounteous Lord.
6 So shall thy praise employ my breath
Thro' life, and in the arms of death
My soul the pleasant theme prolong,
Then rise to aid th' angelic song.
512 7s. Fawcett.
Alcester 213. Bath Abbey 147.
A Birth-Day Hymn, Acts xxvi. 22.
1 T MY Ebenezer raise
x To my kind Redeemer's praise;
With a grateful heart I own,
Hitherto thy help I've known.
2 What may be my future lot,
Well I know concerns me not ;
This should set my heart at rest,
What thy will ordains is best.
3 I my all to thee resign :
Father, let thy will be mine;
May but all thy dealings prove
Fruits of thy paternal love.
4 Guard me, Saviour, by thv pow'r,
Guard me in the trying hour:
Let thy unremitted care
Save me from the lurking snare.
5 Let my few remaining days
Be directed to thy praise";
So the last, the closing scene
Shall be tranquil and serene.
6 To thy will I leave the rest,
Grant me but this one request,
Both in life and death to prove
Tokens of thy special love.
513 C. M.
New York 33. Miail 240.
A Wedding Hymn.
1 CINCE Jesus freely did appear
° To grace a marriage feast,
O Lord, we ask thy presence here
To make a wedding guest.
2 Upon the bridal pair look down,
Who now have plighted hands ;
Their union with thy favour crown,
And bless their nuptial bands.
3 With gifts of grace their hearts endow,
Of all rich dowries best !
Their substance bless, and peace bestow
To sweeten all the rest.
4 Tn purest love their souls unite,
That they, with christian care,
May make domestic burdens light,
By taking mutual share.
» True helpers may they prove indeed,
In prayer, and faith, and hope ;
And see "with joy a godly seed
To build their household up.
* As Isaac and Rebecca give
A pattern chaste and kind,
So may (his married couple live,
And die in friendship join'd.
7 On every soul assembled here,
O make thy face to shine ;
Thy goodness more our hearts can cheer
Than richest food or wine.
514 L. M. Newton.
Bramcoate 8. Rovvles 73.
A Welcome to Christian Friends— At Meeting
1 T7INDRED in Christ, for his dear sake,
A hearty welcome here receive :
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give.
2 To you and us by grace 'tis given
To know the Saviour's precious name ;
And shortly we shall meet in heaven,
Our hope, our way, our end the same.
3 May he, by whose kind care we meet,
Send his good Spirit from above,
Make our communications sweet,
And cause our hearts to burn with love.
4 Forgotten be each worldly theme,
When Christians see each other thus ;
We only wish to speak of him,
Who liv'd, and died, and reigns for us.
5 We'll talk of all he did and said,
And suffer'd for us here below ;
The path he mark'd for us to tread,
And what he's doing for us now.
fi Thus, as the moments pass away,
We'll love, and wonder, and adore ;
And hasten on the glorious day,
When we shall meet to part no" mors.
515 7s.
Cookham 36. Hotham 224.
At Parting.
1 "pOR a season call'd to part,
-*■ Let us now ourselves commend
To the gracious eye and heart
Of our ever-present Friend.
2 Jesus, hear our humble praver !
Tender Shepherd of thy sheep !
Let thy meroy and thy care
All our souls in safety keep.
3 In thy strength may we be strong,
Sweeten every cross and pain:
Give us, if we five, ere long
In thy peace to meet again.
4 Then if thou thy help afford,
Ebenezer's shall be rear'd;
And our souls shall praise the Lord
Who our poor petitions heard.
516 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Magdalene 214. Portugal 97.
The Christian Faretoell, 2 Cor. xiii. II.
1 'THY presence, everlasting God,
x Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad ;
Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep,
In every place thy children keep.
2 While near each other we remain,
Thou dost our lives and souls sustain;
When absent, happy if we share
Thy smiles, thy counsels, and thy care.
3 To thee we all our ways commit,
And seek our comforts near thy feet ;
Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine.
And guard, and guide us still as thine.
4 Give us, in thy beloved house,
Again to pay our thankful vows;
Or, if that joy no more be known,
Give us to meet around thy throne.
517, 5 18, 519
YOUTH.
520, 521, 522
;-}l7 L. M. Dr. S.Stnuutt.
DlrentM 17i>. L v. ton 30.
Piety, Matt. xii. 20.
- ;t Ike i onls my Savour speaks!
A1 II m kind the promises lie makes !
A braised reed lie never t>r< aks,
Nor will he qw ■ n tll(-' invoking to*.
3 The humble poor he nnn't despite,
Nor on the contrite sinnt r frown :
His e ur i- ->p, n t.) their cries,
He quickly sends salvation down.
3 When piety in early minds.
Like tender buds, begins to shoot.
He guards the plants" from threat'ning winds,
And ripens blossom into fruit.
4 With humble souls he bears a part,
In all the sorrows they endure :
Tender and gracious is his heart,
His promise is for ever sure.
5 He sees the strugsles that prevail
Between the powers of grace and sin;
He kindly list, n^ while they tell
The bitter pangs they feel within.
6 Tho' prtss'd with fears on ev. .
know not how the strife may end;
' will soon the i
And judgmeut unto vict'ry end.
.518 C. ML Dr. Doddridge.
Salem 139. Foster 96.
The Encouragement young Persons heme to
. hrist, ftw. viii. 17.
1 \7"E hearts, with youthful vigour warm,
-*• In smiling crowds draw hear,
And turn from every moral charm,
A Saviour's voice to hear.
1 He, Lord of all the worlds on high,
to converge u ith ;. on;
And lavs his radiant glork -
Your' friendship to pursue.
8 • The soul that lone* to see my face
1 Is sure my love'to gain;
1 And those that early =eek my grace
1 Shall never seek in vain.'
4 What object, Lord, my soul should move,
If once compar'd with thee !
What beauty should command my love,
Like what in Christ I see!
i Awav, ve false delusive toys,
Vain "tempters of the mind!
'Tis here I fix mv lastinsr choice,
for here true bliss 1 find.
519 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Great Milton 212. Sprague 166.
Seek fust the Kingdom of God, Matt. vi. 33.
1 "WOW let a true ambition rise,
■^ And ardour fire our breasts.
To rei?n in worlds above the skies,
In heavenly glories <1
2 Behold Jehovah's royal hand
A radiant crown disi
"Whose aems with vivid lustre shine,
While stars and suns decay.
3 Away each groveling anxious care,
Beneath a Christian's aim ;
We sprius to seize immortal joys,
Iu otrr Redeemer's name.
4 Ye hearts with youthful vigour warm,
The elonous prize pursue ;
Nor fear the want of earthly good,
While heaven is kept in view.
Its'* Srmoiu.
Sterling :;i7. (71 version 179.
A lovely Youth falling short of Heaven,
Mark x. SI.
1 ATI *> r all the charms of nature, tlitn,
J-'A So hopeless to salvation prove ?
Can hell demand) caa heaven condemn,
The man whom Jou» deigns to love?---
2 The man who sought the ways of truth,
Paid friends and neighbours all their due ;
-t, softer, lovely youth,
Who thought he wanted nothing now I
3 But mark the change: thu> rpake the Lord,
4 Come part with earth tor heaven to-dav .'
The youth, astonishM at the word,
In silent sadness went his way.
4 Poor virtues, that lie boasted so,
This te-t unable to en hire,
Let Chri-t, and grace an -_rlory eo
To make his land and money sure.
5 Ah, foolish choice of treasures here !
Aii, ratal love of tesnpting gold !
Must this hate world be bought so dear,
And life and he 1. . i so cheaptj sold »
6 In vain - hip,
If this ie :
Iran form my sou!,0 lot 3 divine !
An I make me* part with ail for I
521 s- M- KmnaeJI.
• Street New 55. Harboro'ngli 112.
Hon> shall a young Man cleanse hu Way*
Psalm
1 \Y7TTH humble heart an'. I
>v Mj Cod, to thee I pray ;
0 make hi^ leal . ■ oung.
How I may < .<• .
2 Now in my early .:
I e icb me tli y wnl to know ;
O God, thy san" •
Betimes on me bestow.
3 Make an unguarded youth
The object of thy care ;
Help me to choose the way of truth,
And fly from every snare.
4 My heart to folly prone,
Renew by power divine ;
Unite it to thyself atone,
And make mc wholly thine.
5 O let the word of grace
My warmest thoughts employ ;
Be this, thro' all my following' days,
My treasure and'reyjoy.
6 To what thy laws impart
Be mv whole soul inclin'd ;
O let them dwell within my heart,
And sanctify my mind.
7 May thy young servant learn
By these to cleanse his way ;
And" may I here the path discern
That leads to endless day.
509 8, 8, 6. D. Brcdbery's altered.
For a Sunday School.
Leach 290. Chatham 59.
The Importance of educating Youth.
Congregation.
1 MOW let our hearts consp're to raiss
x^ A cheerful anthem to his praise
Who reigns enthron'd above :
Let music, sweet as incense, ri>e
1 With grateful odours to the skier.
The work of jov and love.
I 'E IS
523, 524
TIMES AND SEASONS.
525, 525
Children,
2 Teach us to bow before thy face ;
Nor let our hearts forget thy grace,
Or slight thy providence:
When lost in ignorance we lay,
To vice and death an easy prey,
Thy goodness snatch'd us thence.
Congregation.
3 O what a nunrrous race we see,
In ignorance and misery,
Unprincipled, untaught:
Shall they continue stfll to lie
In ignorance and misery ?
We cannot bear the thought.
Children.
4 Give, Lord, each libera! soul to prove
The joys of thine exhaustless love ;
And while thy praise we sing,
May we the sacred scriptures know,
And like the blessed Jesus grow,
That earth and heaven may ring.
Congregation.
5 We feel a sympathising heart ;
Lord, 'tis a pleasure to impart ;
To thee thine own we give:
Hear thou our cry, and pitying see,
O let these children live to thee,
O let these children live.
523 C. M. J. Straphan.
Bath Chapel 26. Crowle 3.
The same.
1 "pLEST is the n^an whose heart expands
-° Atmelring pity's call,
And the rich blessings of whose hands
Like heavenly manna fall. *
2 Mercy, descending from above,
Jn softest accents pleads;
O ! may each tender bosom move
When mercy intercedes.
3 Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way
To guide untutor'd youth,
And lead the mind thar went astray
To virtue and to truth.
4 Children our kind protection claim,
And God will well approve,
When infants learn to lisp his name,
And their Creator love,
5 Delightful work! young souls to win,
And turn the rising race
From the deceicful paths of sin,
To seek redeeming grace.
6 Almighty God ! thy influence shed
To aid this good design :
The honours of thy name be spread,
And all the glory thine.
52 i C, M.
Banoror 231. Wantage 204.
Old Age approaching ; or, Man frail and
mortal.
1 ThTERNAL God, enthron'd on high!
*-* Whom angel hosts adore ;
Who vet to suppliant dust art nigh ;
Thy presence I imp) re.
2 O guide me down the steep of age,
And keep mv passions cool :
Teach me 'to scan the sacred page,
And practice every rule.
3 My flving vears time urges on,
What's humao must decay ;
My friends, my young companions gone,
Can I expect to stay ?
4 Can 1 exemption plead when death
Projects his awful dart?
Can med'cines then prolong my breath,
Or virtue shield my heart .'
5 Oh ! no — then smooth the mortal hour,
On thee my hope depends ;
Support me with almighty power,
While dust to du^descends.
6 Then shall my soul, O gracious God,
(While angels join the lav,)
Admitted to the bless'd abode,
Its endless anthems pay. —
7 Thro' heaven, howe'er remote the bound,
Thy matchless love proclaim,
And join the choir of saints that sound
Their great Redeemer's name.
FAST AND THANKSGIVING DAYS.
59.5 C. M.
Carolina 13. Windsor 247.
For a Public Fast.
1 OEE, gracious God, before thv throne
Thy mourning people b. nd*!
'Tis on thy sovereign grace alone
Our humble hopes depend.
2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand
Thy dreadful power display ;
Yet mercy spares this guiity"land,
And stiil we live to pray.
3 Great God, and why is Britain spar'd,
Ungrateful as we are!
O make thy awful warnings heard,
While mercy cries, ' Forbear.'
4 What num'rous crimes increasing rise
Thro' this apostate isle !
What land so favour'd of the skies,
And yet what land so vile !
o How chang'd, alas ! are truths divine
For error, guilt, and shame !
What impious numbers, bold in sin,
Disgrace the Christian name !
G Regardless of thy smile or frown,
Their pleasures they require ;
And sink with gay indifference down
To everlasting fire.
7 O turn us, turn us, mighty Lord,
By thy resistless grace;"
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And humbly seek thy face.
8 Then should insulting foes invade,
We shall not sink in fear;
Secure of nevtr-failing aid,
If God, our God is near.
526 c. M. s- — .
Abridge 201. Charmouth 28.
A Hymn for a Fast-day, Gen. xviii. 23—33.
1 vyHEN Abram, full of sacred awe,
*v Before Jehovah stood,
And, with an humble fervent prayer,
For guilty Sodom sued;
2 With what success, what wondrous grace,
Was his petition crown'd !
The Lord would spare, if in the place
Ten righteous men were found.
3 And could a single holy soul
So rich a boon obtain?
Great God, and shall a nation cry,
And plead with thee in vain!
4 Britain, all guilty as she is,
Her numerous saints can boast ;
And now their fervent prayers ascend,
And can those prayers oe lost?
5 Are not tie righteous dear to thee
Now as in ancient times!
Or does this sinful land exceed
Gomorrah in its crimes !
527,528,529 THANKSGIVING DAYS.
530,531
6 Still are w< ihine, wc bear thy name,
Here jrel is thine abode ;
Lnns; has thy presence bless' d our land;
Forsake us not, O God.
5^7 L. M. Sleelc.
Wareham 117. Portugal 97.
On a Day of Prayer for Success in War.
1 T ORD, how shall wretched sinner* dare
*-* Lock up to thv divine abode?
Or offer their imperfect prayer,
.before a just, a holy God!
9 Brkht terrors guard thy awful seat,
And dazzling dories veil thy face;
Yet mercy calls us t<> thy feet,
Thy throne is still a throne of grace.
S O may our souls thy prace adore,
Mav Jesus plead our humble claim,
While thy protection we implore,
In his prevailing glorious name.
4 With all the boasted pomp of war
In vain we dare the hostile fiVId ;
In vain, unless the Lord be there;
Thy arm alone is Britain's shield.
5 Let past experience of thy care
Support our hope, our trust invite!
Again attend our humble prayer
Again be mercy thy delight!
6 Our arms succeed, our coancils guide.
Let thy riant hand our cause maintain;
Till war's distructive rage subside,
And peace resume her gentle reign.
7 O when shall time the period bring
When raging war shall waste no more;
When peace" shall stretch her balmy wing
From Europe's coast to India's shore !
6 When shall the gospel's healing ray
(Kind source of amity divine)
Spread o'er the world celestial day!
When shall the nations, Lord, be thine!
528 L« W. President Davies.
Paul's 246. Dresden 178.
National Judgments deprecated, and national
Mercies pleaded for, Amos iii. 1—6.
1 \17*HILE °'er our Suirtv ,and» ° Lord,
* v We view the terrors of thy sword ;
Oh ! whither shall the helpless fly ;
To whom but thee direct their cry !
2 The helpless sinner's cries and tears
Are grown familiar to thine ears;
Oft has thy mercv sent relief,
When all was fear and hopeless grief.
3 On thee, our guardian God, we call,
Before thv throne of grace we fall;
And is there no deliverance there,
And must we perish in despair?
4 See, we repent, we weep, we mourn,
To our for.-aken God we turn ;
O spare our guilty country, spare
The church which thouha'st planted here.
5 We plead thy grace, indulgent God ;
We plead thv Son's atoning blood ;
We plead thy gracious promises,
Ar.d are they" unavailing pleas?
6 These pleas, presented at thy thr -ne,
Have brought ten thousand blessings dowu
On guilty lands in helpless woe ;
Let ^them prevail to save us too.
529 c. M.
Cambridge New 74. Irish 171. Suffolk 315.
Thanksgiving for Victory over our Enemies.
TX) thee, who reign'st supreme above,
-1 And reign'st supreme below,
Thou God of wisdom, power, and love,
We our successes owe.
2 The thundering horse, the martial band,
Without thine aid were vain ;
And victory flie# at thy command
To crown the hright campaign.
3 Tuy mighty arm, unseen was nigh,
When we our foes assaii'd ;
'Ti» thou hast rais'd our honours high.
And o'er their hosts prevail'd.
4 Their mounds, their camps, their lofty tow 7s
Into our hands are given,
Not from desert or strength of ours,
But thro' the grace of heaven.
5 What tho' no columns lifted high
Stand deep inscrib'd with praise,
Yet sounding honours to the sky
Our grateful tongues shall raise.
6 To our young race will we proclaim
The mercies God has shown ;
That they may learn to bless his name,
And choose him for their own.
7 Thus, while we sleep in silent dust,
When threatening dangers come,
Their fathers' God shall be their trust,
Their refuge, and their home.
530 L. M. Bcddome.
Derby 169. Portugal 97. Chard 175.
Peace prayed for.
1 /"\N Britain, long a favour'd isle,
v-/ Now overwhelm'd with guilt and shame.
Deign, mighty God, once more to smile ;
The same thy power, thy grace the same.
3 Let peace descend with balmy win*.
And ail its blessings round her shed;
Her liberties be well secur'd,
And commerce lift its fainting head:
3 Let the loud cannon cease to roar,
The warlike trump no longer sound ;
The din of arms be heard no more,
Nor human blood pollute the ground.
4 Let hostile troops drop from their hands
The useless sword, the glittering spear ;
And join in friendship's sacred bands,
Nor one dissentient voice be there.
5 Thus save, O Lord, a sinking land;
Millions of tongues shall then adore,
Resound the honours of thy name,
And spread thy praise from shore to shore.
531 L. M.
Wareham 117. Redemption 243.
Old Hundred 100.
Praise for national Peace, Psalm xlvi. 9.
1 flREAT Ruler of the earth and skies,
A word of thy almighty breath
Can sink the world, or bid it rise ;
Thy smile is life, thy frown is death.
2 When angry nations rush to arraB,
And rage, and noise, and tumult reigns,
And war resounds in dire alarms,
And slaughter spreads the hostile plains;
3 Thy sovereign eye looks calmly down,
And marks their course, and bounds then
Thy word the angry nations own, [pow'r:
And noise and war 'are heard no more.
4 Then peace returns vsith balmy win?,
(Sweet peace, with her what blessings fled !5
Glad plenty laughs, the valleys sing,
Reviving commerce lifts her head.
r> Thou good, and wise, and righteous Lord,
All move subservient to thy will;
And peace and war await thy word.
And thy sublime decrees fulfil.
532, 533, 534 TIMES AND SEASONS.
535, 536
6 To thee we pay our grateful songs,
Thy kind protection still implore ;
O may our'hearts, and lives, and tongues,
Confess thy goodness, and adore,
53<2 l. M.
Horslev 205. Bramcoate 8.
Thanksgiving for national Deliverance, and
Improvement of it, Luke i. 74, 75.
1 T>RAISE to the Lord, who bows his ear
■*■ Propitious to his people's prayer,
And, tho' deliverance long delay,
Answers in his well-chosen day."
2 Salvation doth to God belong ;
His power and tn*ace shall be our song ;
The tribute of our love we bring
To thee, our Saviour and our King!
3 Our temples, guarded from the flame, .
Shall echo thy triumphant name;
And every peaceful private home
To thee a temple shall become.
4 Still be it our supreme delight
To walk as in thy honour'd sight ;
Hence in thy precepts and thy fear
'Till life's last hour to persevere.
533 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Wells 102. Redemption 243.
Delivering Goodness acknowledged, 2 Cor. i. 10.
A Song for the fifth of November.
1 TJRAISE to the Lord, whose mighty hand
* So oft reveal'd hath sav'd our land ;
And, when united nations rose, [foes,
Hath shani'd and scourg'd our haughtiest
2 When mighty navies from afar
To Britain wafted floating war,
His breath dispers'd them all with ease
And sunk their terrors in the seas.*
3 While for our princes they prepare
In caverns deep a burning snare;
He shot from heaven a piercing ray,
And the dark trea Jiery brought to day.t
4 Princes and priests again combine
New chains to forge, new snares to twine ;
Again our gracious God appears, [snares.
And breaks their chains, and cuts their
5 Obedient winds at his command
Convey his Hero J to our land;
The sons of Rome with terror view,
And speed their flight when none pursue.
6 Such great deliverance God hath wrought,
And down to us salvation brought;
And still the care of guardian heaven
Secures fhe bliss itself hath given.
7 In thee we trust, almighty Lord,
Continu'd rescue to afford :
Still be thv powerful arm made bare,
For all thy servants' hopes are there.
534 L. M. Steele.
Ailie-Street 241. Langdon 217.
For the bth of November.
1 rpo thee, almighty God, we bring
4 The humble tribute of our songs;
0 teach our thankful hearts to sing,
Or praise will languish on our tongues.
" While Britain (favour'd of the skies)
Recalls the wonders God hath wrought,
Let grateful joy adoring rise,
And warm to rapture every thought.
* Spanish Armada, 1568. t Gunpowder Plot.
1 King William, 1698.
3 When Hell and Rome combin'd their power
And dooin'd these isles their certain prev '
Thy hand forbade the fatal hour,
Their impious plots in ruin lay.
4 Again our restless cruel foes
Resum'd, avow'd, their black design •
Again to save us God arose,
And Britain own'd the hand divine.
5 Why, gracious God, is Britain sav'd 1
Why bless'd with liberty and light ?
Nor by fell tyranny enslav'd,
Nor lost in superstition's night?
6 Not for our sake, we conscious own ;
A wretched, vile, ungrateful race:
'Tis done to make thy glory known,
To shew the wonders" of thy grace.
7 The wonders of thy grace complete;
R.eform this wretched, guiltv land I
Let thankful love, beneath thy feet,
Confess thy kind, thy guardian hand!
8 Let every age adore thy name,
While nature's circling wheels shall roll,
Thy mercies every tongue proclaim,
And sound thy praise from pole to pole.
535 L- m.
New Court 173. Truro 105. China 300.
Deliverances, Numbers xxiii. 23.
1 vy HAT hath God wrought ! mi?ht Israel say.
>v When Jordan roll'd its tide awav,
And gave a passage to their bands,"
Safely to march across its sands.
2 What hath God wrought! might well be said,
When Jesus, rising from the dead,
Scatter'*! the shades of Pagan night,
And bless'd the nations with his light.
3 What hath God wrought! let Britain see,
Freed from the plagues of Pop. ry,
Its tenfold night, its iron chains,"
Its galling yoke, its cruel pains.
4 What hath God wrought ! in glad surprise,
Shall sound thro' all the earth and skies,
When, like a mil!-stoue in the main,
Proud Rome shall sh»k, nor rise again.
5 What hath God wrought ! O blissful theme,
Are we redcem'd and call'd by him'!
Shall we he led the desert thro' —
And safe arrive at glory too >
6 The news shall every harp employ,
Fill every tongue with rapturous joy;
When ?h"all we join the heavenly throng-
To swell the triumph and the song !
536 8. 8. 6.
Chatham 59. Broadmead 150.
Prayer for his Majesty King George, and il
Royal Family.
1 T ORD, thou hast bid thy people pray
-*-* For all that bear the sovereign sway,
And thy a icegerent's reign,
Rulers, and governors, and powers;
And, lo! we humbly pray for ours ;
Nor can we pray in vain.
2 Jesus, thy Chosen Servant guard,
And every threatening danger ward
From his anointed head :
Bid all his griefs and troubles cease ;
Thro' paths of righteousness and peace,
Our King, propitious lead.
3 Cover his enemies with shame,
Defeat their proud malicious aim,
And make their councils vain;
Preserve him, Providence divine,
And let the long Illustrious Line
To latest ages reign.
537,538
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
53(J, 54©
Upon him shower thy blfniiagl down,
Crown him with grace, with slorv crown,
And avwriaatiaf
While wealth, prosperity, <md peace,
Our Nation and our Churches hie»s,
And praise the Globe emplov,.
SICKNESS AND RECOVERY.
537 C M. 8Mb,
Chanaoaih 28. Ludlow 84.
Desiring the Presence of God in Affliction.
1 '"PHOT only centre of my rest,
■*■ Look down with pitying eye,
While with protracted pain opprest
I breathe the plaintive sigh.
2 Thy gracioHs presence, O my God,
My every wish contains;
Wita this, beneath affliction's load,
My heart no more complains.
3 This can my every care controul,
Gild each dark scene with light;
This is the sunshine of the soul.
Without it all is night.
■1 My Lord, my life, O cheer my heart
W ith thy reviling ra;. ,
And bid these mournful" -hades depart,
And bring the dawn of day !
5 O happy scenes of pure delight !
\\ here thv full beams impart
Unclouded beauty to the sight,
And rapture to the heart."
6 Her part in those fair realms of blia%
My spirit longs to know ;
My wishes terminate in this,
Nor can they rest below.
7 Lord, shall the breathings of my heart
Aspire in vain to thee!
Confirm my hope, that, where thou art,
I shall for ever be.
8 Then shall my cheerful spirit sing
The darksome hours away,
And rise on faith's expanded wing
To everlasting day.
533 C\ ML Dr. Watts.
Abridge 201. David's 186.
Complaint and Hope under great Pain.
1 T ORD, I am pain'd ; but I resign
3~-1 My body to thy will;
'Tis grace, 'tis wisdom all divine,
Appoints the pains J feel.
2 Dark are thy ways of providence,
While they who love thee groan ;
Thy reasons'lie conceal'd from sense,
Mysterious and unknown.
3 Yet nature may have leave to speak,
And plead before her God,
Lest the o'erburden'd heart should break
Beneath thine heavy rod.
4 These mournful groans and flowing tear*
Give my poor spirit ease;
While every groan my father hears,
And every tear he sees.
i [How shall I glorify my God,
In bonds ofgriet'connn'd !
Damp'd is my vigour while this clod
Hangs heavy on my mind.]
6 Is not some smiling hour at hand
With peace upon its wings?
Give it, O God, thy swift command,
With all the joys it brings.
639 C M.
Windsor 2*7. London 180.
For a Time of general Sickntu.
1 TV-ATH, with bis dread commission -
-^ Now hastens to his arnibj
In awful state he takes the field,
And sounds his dire alarm:-.
2 Attendant plagues around him *>tai»d,
And wait his dn ad command ;
And pains and dying gEaajUl obey
The signal of his hand.
3 With cruel force he scatters round
His shafts of deadly power;
While the grave waits its destm'd ; i
Impatient to devour.
4 Look up, ye heirs of endless jo; ,
Nor let your fears prevail ;
Eternal life is your reward,
When life on 'earth shall fail.
3 What tho' his darts, promiscuous huri'd,
Deal fatal plagues around ;
And heaps of putrid carcasses
O'erload the cumber'd ground ;
6 The arrows that shall wound your flesh
Were given him from above,
Dipt in the great Redeemer's blood,
And feather' d all with love.
7 These with a gentle hand he throws.
And saints he gasping too;
But heavenly strength supports their souls.
And bears them conquerors thro'.
8 Joyful they stretch their wings abroad
And all 'in triumph rise
To the fair palace of their God,
And mansions in the skies.
.540 (1st Part.) S. M. Beddome.
Harborough 142. Stofc
Submission under Affliction-
1 T)OST thou my profit seek,
-L-/ And chasten as a friend >
0 God, I'll kiss die smarting rod.
There's honey at the end.
2 Dost thou thro' death's dark vale
Conduct to heaven at last!
The future good wi.l make amend*
For all the evil past.
3 Lord, I would not repine
At strokes in mercy sent ;
If the chastisement comes in lore.
My soul shall be content.
.540 (2d Part.) 8s. S. Pearce.
Limefield yi. New Jerusalem 23u.
For a sick Chambtr.
Written when deprived, by Sickness, of attend-
ing Public Worship.
1 HPHE fabric of nature is fair,
1 But fairer the temple of grace ;
To saints 'tis the joy of the earth,
The most glorious and beautiful place.
2 To this temple I once di 1 resort,
With crowds of the people of God;
Enraptur'd we ent« r'd his courts.
And hail'd the Redeemer's abode.
3 The Father of mercies we prais'd,
The prostrated low at his throne :
The Saviour we lov'd and ador'd,
Wh> lov'd us and made us his ow«.
4 Full oft to the message of peace,
To sinners address'd from the Ay,
We listen'd— extolling that grace,
Which set im — once rebels, on high.
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541
5 Faith clave to the orucified Lamb,
Hope, smiling, exalted its head,
Love warm'd at the Saviour's dear name,
And vow'd to observe what he said.
6 What pleasure appear'd in the looks
Of the brethren and sisters around !
With transport all seem'd to reflect
On the blessing's in Jesus they'd found.
7 Sweet moments, if aught upon earth
Resembles the joy of the skies,
It is when the hearts of the flock
Conjoin'd to their Shepherd arise.
8 But ah ! these sweet moments are fled,
Pale sickness compels me to stay,
Whore no voice of the turtle is "heard,
As the moments are hasting away.
9 My God ! thou art holy and g»od,
Thy plans are all righteous and wise;
O help me submissive to wait
Till thou biddest thy servant arise. —
10 If to follow thee here in thy courts,
May it be with all ardour and zeal,
With success and increasing delight,
Performing the whole of thy will.
11 Or should'st thou in bondage detain
To visit thy temples no more,
Prepare me for mansions above,
Where nothing exists to deplore! —
12 Where Jesus, the Sun of the place,
Refulgent incessantly shines,
Eternally blessing his saints,
And pouring delight on their minds.
13 There — there are no prisons to hold
The captive from tasting delight ;
There — there the day never is clos'd,
With shadows, or darkness, or night :
11 There myriads and myriads shall meet,
In our Saviour's high praises to. join;
While transported we fall at his feet,
And extol his redemption divine.
T5 Enough then— my heart shall no more
Of its present bereavements complain ;
Since ere long I to heaven shall soar,
And ceaseless enjoyments obtain.
541 (1st Part.) 8. 7. 4. & Pearce.
Lewes 63. Helmsley 223. Painswick 1C2.
Siceet Affliction — A Song in a Storm.
1 TN the floods of tribulation,
A While the billows o'er me roll,
Jesus whispers consolation,
And supports mv fainting soul,
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
Hallelujah, Praise the Lord.
2 Thus the lion yields me honey,
From the eater food is given,
Strengthen'd thus I still press forward,
Singing as I wade to heaven, —
Sweet affliction, sweet affliction,
And my sins are all forgiv'n.
n Mid the gloom the vivid lightnings
With increasing brightness play,
Mid the thorn-brake beauteous flow'rets
Look more beautiful and gay :
Hallelujah, &c.
4 So in darkest dispensations,
Doth my faithful Lord appear,
With his richest consolations,
To re-animate and cheer:
Sweet affliction, sweet affliction,
Thus to brins my Saviow near.
TIMES AND SEASONS.
542
5 Floods of tribulation heighten,
Billows still around me roar,
Tiiose that know not Christ— ye frighten;
But my soul defies your power :
Hallelujah, &c.
i In the sacred page recorded
Thus his word securely stand?,
1 Fear not, I'm in trouble near thee,
^ ' Nought shall pluck you from my hands.
Sweet affliction, sweet affliction,
Every word my love demands.
1 All I meet I find assists me
In my path to heavenlv jov,
Where, tho' trials now attend me,
Trials never more annoy ;
Hallelujah, Sec.
) Bless'd there with a weight of glory,
Still the path I'll ne'er forget,
But, exulting, cry, it led me
To my blessed Saviour's seat —
Sweet affliction, sweet affliction,
W hich has brought to Jesus' feet.
541 (2d Part.) L. M.
Portugal 97. • Rippon's 188.
Sickness and Recovery.
I A WHILE remain'd the doubtful strife,
-tx Till Jesus gave me back my life ;
My life?— my soul, recal the word,
'Tis life to see thy gracious Lord.
! Why inconvenient now to die?
Vile unbelief, O tell me why ?
When ran it inconvenient be,
My loving Lord, to come to thee.
I He saw me made the sport of hell,
He knew the tempter's malice well;
And when my soul had all to fear,
Then did the glorious Sun appear!
I O bless him !— bless, ye dying saints !
The God of gra e, when nature faints!
He shew'd my fle h the gaping grave,
To shew me he had power to save.
512 (1st Part.) CM. Dr. Doddridge.
David's 185. Newbury 132.
Praise for Recovery from Sickness,
Ps. cxviii. 18, 19.
COVEREIGN of life, I own thy hand,
vj In every chastening stroke ;
And, while 1 smart beneath thy rod,
Thy presence I invoke.
> To thee in my distress I cried,
And thou hast how'd thine ear;
Thy powerful word my life prolong'd,
And brought salvation near,
i Unfold, ye gates of righteousness,
That, with the pious throng,
I may record my solemn vows,
And tune my grateful song.
\ Praise to the Lord, whose gentle hand
Renew s our labouring breath :
Praise to the Lord, who makes his saints
Triumphant e'en in death.
i My God, in thine appointed hour,
Those heavenly gates display,
Where pain and "sin, and fear and death,
For ever flee away.
There, while the nations of the bless'd
With raptures bow around,
My anthems to delivering grace
In sweeter strains shall sound.
542— 5 +.5
TIME A^D ETERNITY.
546
512 (2d Part.) s. M.
Harborough 142. Stoke 207.
The Benefit of sanctified Affliction ; or, God
bringing his People into the Covenant
under the Rod, Ezek. xx. 37.
1 T4ow gracious, and how wise
■LA Is our i hastising God
And O : how ncii the blessings arc
Which blossom from his rod I
2 He lifts it up on high
With pity in iiis heart,
Thai every stroke his children feel
Maj grace and peace impart.
3 Instructed thus they bow,
And own his sovereign sway ;
Thej turn their erring footstep.n back
To his forsaken way.
4 His covenant love they seek,
And seek the happy bands
That closer still engage their hearts
To honour his commands.
5 Dear Fa«her, we cement
To discipline divine ;
And bless the pain that makes our souls
St i f 1 more completely thine.
6 Supported by thy love,
We tend to realms of peace,
Where every pain >hall far remove,
And every frailty ccaie.
TIME AND ETERNITY.
543 L. M. SteeU.
Kingsbridge 88. Diversion 179.
The Shortness of Time, and Frailty of Man,
Psalm xxxix.
1 ALMIGHTY Maker of my frame,
-**■ Teach me the measure of my days ?
Teach me to know how frail I am,
And spend the remnant to thy praise.
2 My days are shorter than a span;
A kittle point my l.fe appears;
How frail, at best, is dying man !
How vain are all his hopes and fears !
3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show !
Vain are the cares which rack hie mind !
He heaps up treasures mix'd with woe,
And dies, and leaves them all behind.
4 Oh, be a nobler portion mine !
My God ! 1 bow before thy throne ;
Earth's fleeting treasures" I resign,
And fix my hope on thee alone.
5i4 L. M. Dr. Doddridge
Paul'6 246. Babylon Streams 23.
The Wisdom of redeeming Time, Eph. v. 15,16.
i pOD of Eternity, from thee
yy Did infant time his being draw;
Moments, and days, and months, and years ;
Revohe by thine unvaried law.
2 Silent and slow thev glide away;
Steady and strong the current flows ;
Lost in eternity's wide sea —
The bodndies»"gidph from whence it rose.
3 With it the thoughtless sons of men
Before the rapid streams are borne
On to that everlasting home,
Whence not one soul can e'er return.
4 Yet, while the shore on either side
Presents a gaudy flattering show,
We saze, in fond amazement lost,
Nor think to what a worid we go.
5 Great Source of Wisdom ! teach my heart
To know the price of every hour ;
That time may bear me on to joys
Beyond its measure, and its power.
5^5 7s. Dr. Rylaad.
S:r.ei 184. Cooklum 36.
The Saint happy in biiug: entirely at the Dis-
posal of his God. — My Timet a re in thy
hand, Psalm x\\i. 15; XXXIV. !.
1 COVER'ZIGN Ruler of the skies!
° F.ver gracious, ever wi6e!
All my tiroes are in thy hand, —
All events at thy comian ,
2 His decree, who form'd the earth,
Fix'd my first and second birth :
Parents,' native place, and time, —
All appointed were by him.
3 He that form'd me in the womb,
He shall gnide me to the tomb :
All my times shall ever be
Order'd by his wise decree.
4 Times of sickness, times of health,
Times of penury and wealth;
1 i me- of trial and of grief:
Times of triumph and relief ;
5 Times the tempter's power to prove ;
Times to taste a Saviour's love :
All must come, and last, and end,
As shall please my heavenly Friend.
6 Plagues and death around me fly ;
Till he bids I cannot die:
Not a single shaft can hit
Till the God of love sees fit.
7 O thou Gracious-, Wise, and Just,
In thy hands my life I trusr :
Have I somewhat dearer still ? —
I resign it to thy will.
8 May I always own thy hand —
Still to the surrender" stand ;
Know that thou art God alone,
I and mine are all thy own.
9 Thee, at all times, will I bless;
Having thee, I ail possess:
How can I bereaved be,
Since I cannot part with tliee?
516 <:. M. Steele*
Worksop 31. Crowing,
Time and Eternity ; or, longing after unset i
Pleasures, 2 Cor. iv. 18.
1 TJOW long shall earth's alluring tovs
1J- Detain our hearts and eyes,
Regardless of immortal joys.
And strangers to the skies!
2 These transient scenes will soon decav,
They \\n\ti upon the siaht;
And quickly will their brightest day
Be lost in endless night.
3 Their brightest day, alas, how vain!
With conscious ~iurhs we own ;
While clouds of sorrow, care, and pain,
O'ershade the smiling noon,
t Oh. could our thoughts and wishes fly
Above these gloomy shades,
To rho-e bnght worlds bevond the sky,
Which sorrow ne'er invades!
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347, 548 DEATH.
549, 550
3 There joys unseen by mortal eyes
Or reason's feeble ray,
In ever-blooming prospects rise,
Unconscious of decay.
»? Lord, send a beam of light divine
To guide our upward aim,
With one reviving touch of thine
Our languid hearts inflame.
7 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wine,
Our ardent wishes rise
To those bright seenes, where pleasures
Immortal in the skies. [spring
547 S. M. Dr.S.Stennctt.
Cosport 53. Henley 38. Shirland 304.
Divine Mercies in constant Succession,
Lam. lii. 22, 23.
* TJOW various and how new
x A Are thy compassions, Lord !
Each morning shall thy mercies shew,
Each night thy truth record.
2 Thy goodness, like the sun,
Dawn'd on our early davs,
Ere infant reason had bee tin
To form our lips to praise.
"5 Each object we beheld
Gave pleasures to our eves ;
And nature all our senses held
In bands of sweet surprise.
A But pleasures more retin'd
Awaited that bless'd day
When light arose upon oiir mind,
And cha^'d our sins away.
o How new thy mercies, then !
How sovereign and how free !
Our souls, that had been dead in sin,
Were made alive to thee.
PAUSE.
6 Now we expect a day
Still brighter far than this,
When death shall bear our souls away
To realms of light and bliss.
7 There rapt'rous scenes of joy
Shall burst upon our sight ;
And every pain, and tear, and sigh,
Be drovvn'd in endless light.
8 Beneath thy balmy wing,
O Sun of Righteousness !
Our happy souls shall sit and sing
The wonders of thy grace.
9 Nor shall that radiant dav,
So joyfully begun,
In evening shadTows die away,
Beneath the setting sun.
10 How various and how new
Are thy compassions, Lord !
Eternity thy love shall shew,
And all thy trath record.
543 L. m.
Wareham 117. Horsley 205. Sterling- 317.
Eternity joyful and tremendous'.
1 ipTERNFTY is just at hand!
%-i And shall I waste my ebbing sand,
And careless view departing day,
And throw my inch of time away ?
2 Eternity ! — tremendous sound !
To guilty souls a dreadful wound !
But Oh ! if Christ and heaven be mine,
How sweet the accents! how divine*
3 Be this my chief, my only care,
My high pursuit, my ardent prayer; —
An interest in the Saviour's blood —
My pardon seal'd, and peace with God.
4 But should nsy brightest hopes be vain !
The rising doubt, how sharp its pain; —
My fears, O gracious God ! remove!
Speak me an object of thy love.
5 Search, Lord, O search my inmost heart.
And light, and hope, and joy impart;
From guilt and error set me free,
And guide me safe to heaven and thee,
54,9 S, 8, C.
Chatham 59. Hinton 266.
A Prayer for Seriousness in Prospect qf
Eternity.
1 '"THOU God of glorious majesty !
■*■ To thee, — against myse!f,---to thee,
A sinful worm, I cry,
An half-awaken'd child of man,
An heir of endless bliss or pain,
A sinner born to die
2 Lo! on a narrow neck of land,
Twist two unbounded seas I stand J
Yet how insensible !
A point of time, a moment's space,
Removes me to yon heavenly place,
Or— shuts me up in hell!
3 O God ! my inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress ;
Give me to feel their solemn weigh{,
And save me ere it be too late ;
Wake me to righteousness.
4 Before me place, in bright array,
The pomp of that tremendous day,
When thou with clouds shalt come
To jud?e the nations at thy bar;
And tell me, Lord, shall I be there
To meet a joyful doom 1
5 Pe this my one great bus'ness here, —
With holy trembling, holy fear, —
To make my calling sure !
Thine utmost* counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy right oua will,
And to the end endure !
6 Then, Saviour! then my soul receive,
Transported from this vale, to live
And reign with thee above ;
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight,
And hope, in full supreme delight
And everlasting love.
DEATH.
550 (1st Part.) C. M. Dr. Watts' s Lyrics.
Caiverbury 199. London 180.
Death and Eternity.
1 TV/TY thoughts, that often mount the skies,
-LVA Go, search the world beneath,
Where nature all in ruin lies,
And owns her sovereign— death.
2 The tyrant, how he triumphs here ! *
His trophies spread around!
And heaps of dust and bones appear
Through all the hollow ground.
3 These skulls, what ghastly figures now !
How loathsome to the eyes !
These are the heads we lately knew,
So beauteous and so w ise. "
* Hunhill Fields.
DEATH.
/;5I, 552
•
■ i their dying i laj !
Mj thoughts, n<>u stretch <>ut all your wings
And trace eternity.
5 Oh, th.u unfathonv.il)! i -
I hose deep* without .1 shore,
Where hrine waters gently play,
Or fierj •
*> There we shall swim in heavenly bliss,
Or sink in framing waves;
While the pale carcase breathl -
ag rlie silent gr i
7 ' Prepare ns, Lord, for thy right hand !
4 Then conic- the joy/
* Come, death, and come celestial banl,
' To bear our souls away !'
55a (41 P.m.
Grange Road -2ft i. Culms toel S.
Pleating Anticipation of Death and Glory.
1 A H ! 1 shall soon be dying,
-**• Time swiftly glide* dwav ;
But, on my Lord relying,
i hail the happy day —
2 The day when I must enter
Upon" a world unknown :
My helpless soul 1 venture
On Jesus Christ alone.
3 He once, a spotless victim,
Ppon Mount Calv'ry bled !
Jehovah did afflict him,
And bruise him in my stead.
4 Hence all my hope arises,
I nworthy'as 1 am :
My soul most surely prizes
The sin-atoning Lamb.
5 To him, by grace, united,
[ joy in him alone ;
And now, by faith, delighted,
behold him on his throne.
€ There he is interceding
For all who on him rest:
The grace, from him procee dug,
Shall waft me to his breast.
7 Then with the saints in glory
The grateful song Til raise",
And chaiiut my blissful story
in high seraphic lays.
I Free grace, redeeming merit,
Ana sanctifying ^e,
Of Father, Son. and Spirit,
Shall charm the courts
55) (3d Part.) CM.
GfMfl Houi-e 143. Portsea -284.
The safe and happy Exit.
l T ORD, must I die ! Oh, let me die
*-* Trusting in thee alone ! —
My living testimony giv*n,
Then leave my dying one!
3 If I must die,— Oh, ict me die
In peaot- with all mankind ;
And change tbe.^e flectim: joys below
For pleasures all rerin'd.
3 If I must die— as die I must —
Ler b'm come
Au I bear me on ids friendly wing
l ii my celestial home !
4 Of Canaan's land, from Pisgafc's tcp,
May I bat have a view !
TuT.mii Jordan should o'erflow its banks,
i>i bold;, venture t:i.
55J (1st PartO Hblh. Tophtdf* Collection-
Street 16. Clapb
Tin Midnight Cry, Matt. \\v. G.
i y| \ irgia Mala, arise '
1 w uh alj the dead awake ;
il ratio* vise,
Oil in \<>'ir ressek fake :
Upstarting m the m-liiiuht cry,
Behold your heavenlj bridegroom nigh.
•2 He comes, he comes, to call
The nan. »n> i«» his bar,
And take to glory .ill
Who meet for glorj are :
A! ike read) for your fr reward ;
Go forth with jnj to meei your Lord —
3 Go, meet him in the -\\,
Y'> ur everlasting frien i ;
Your head to g4 »r; t'y ,
With ail hi-^ s.unts ascend:
Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace
To Bee, without a \ cil, his face,
i Ye.— that have here re.eiv'd
The unction from above,
And in his Spirit liv'd,
And thirsted for his love;
Jesus shall claim you for his brkh) ;
Rejoice with all the sanctified.
5 Rejoice in glorious hope
of that great day unknown,
When ypu sliail be caught up
To >taiid before his throne ;
CalPd to partake the marrrage feast,
And lean on our ImmaiHiel's breast,
i The everlasting doors
Sh .11 soon the saints receive
Above those angel powers
In glorious joy to live;
Far from a world of grief and sin,
W ith Ood eternally shut in.
Then let us wait to hear
The trumpet's welcome sound : —
To see our Lord appear,
May we be watching found,
Enrob'd in righteousness divine,
In which the bride shall ever shine.
55 1 (Second Part.) L. M.
Old Hundred 100. Warcham '.17.
l A GOD of Love! with cheering ray
^ Gild iuv expiring streak of nay ;
Thy love, thro' each revolving year,
Has Wip'd away affliction's tear.
•2 Free me from death's terrific gloom,
And all the guilt which shrouds the tomb;
Heighten my joys, support mv head,
Before I sink among the dead.
3 May death conclude my toils and tears!
May death destroy my sins and fears !
M y death, through Jesus, be my friend !
May death be life, when life shall end !
4 down my lent moment with thy pow'r —
The latest in my latest hour;
Then to the rapturd heights I soar,
Where fears and death are know n no more.
552 C.M.
Y\ ind-or 247. Cbarmouth 29.
Victory over Death through ChritJ,
I C i-. XV. 57.
1 YYTHEN death appears before my
In all his dire array,
I to the dreadful' ftght,
My courage dies avray. ~
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553, 554,
2 But see my glorious leader nigh :
My Lord, — mv Saviour — lives ;
Before him death's pale tenors flv,
And my faint heart revives.
3 He left his dazzling throne above ;
He met the tyrant's dart;
And (Oh, amazing power of love !)
Receiv'd it in his heart.
4 No more, O grim destroyer ! boast
Thy universal swav ;
To heaven-born souls thv sting is lost ;~
Thy night, the gare of 'day.
5 Lord, I commit my soul to thee!
Accept the sacred trust ;
Receive this nobler part of me,
And watch my sleeping dust;
0 Till that illustrious morning come,
When ail thy saints shall rise,
And,cloth'd in* full immortal bloom,
Attend thee to the skies.
7 When thy triumphant armies sing
The honours of thy name,
And heaven's eterna'l arches ring
With glory to the Lamb;
of Oh, let me join the raptur'd lays !
And with the blissful throng
Resound salvation, power, and praise,
In everlasting song.
553 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyrics.
Newbury 132. Carolina. 13.
The welcome Messenger.
1 T ORD, when we see a saint of thine
-*-1 Lie gasping out his breath.
With longing eyes, and looks divine,
Smiling and pleas'd in death;
2 How we could e'en contend to lay
Our limbs upon that bed !
We ask thine envoy to convey
Our spirits in his stead.
3 Our souls are ri?ing on the wing
To venture in his place :
For, when grim death has lost his sting,
He has an angel's face.
■i Jesus! then purge my crimes away,
Tis guilt creates my fears ;
'Tis guilt gives death his fierce array,
And all the arms he bears.
5 Oh ! if my threat'ning sins were gone,
And death had lost his sting,
I could invite the angel on,
And chide his lazy wing.
6 Away these interposing davs,
And let the lovers meet;'
The angel has a cold embrace,
But kind, and soft, and sweet.
7 I'd leap at once my seventy years,
I'd rush into his arms,
And lose my breath, and all my cares,
Amid those heavenly charms.
8 Joyful I'd lay this body down,
And leave this lifeless clay,
Without a sigh, without a groan,
A»d stretch, and soar away.
554 L. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Portugal 97. Bramcoate 8.
Desiring to depart, and to be with Christ,
Phil. i. 23.
1 vyHILE on the verge of life I stand,
'* And view the scene on either hand,
My spirit struggles with my clay,
And longs to wing its flight away,
DEATH.
555, 55
2 Where Jesus dwells my soul would be.
And faints my much-lov'd Lord to see :
Earth, twine no more about mv heart !
For 'tis far better to depart.
3 Come, ye angelic envoys ! come,
And lead the willing pilgrim home !
Ye know the way to Jesus' throne,—
Source of my joys, and of your own.
4 That blissful interview, how sweet!
To fall transported at his feet !
Raits'd in his arms to view his face,
Thro' the full beamings of his grace!
5 As with a seraph's voice to sing !
To fly as on a cherub's wing !
Performing, with unwearied hands,
The present Saviour's high commands.
6 Yet, with these prospects full in sight,
We'll wait thy signal for the flight;
For, while thy service we pursue,
We find a heaven in all we do.
555 C. M. Dr. Watts's Lyrics.
James's 163. Eiim 151.
The Presence of God worth dying for; or, th
Death of Moses, Deut. xxxi. 49, 50. xxxiv. 5.
1 T ORD, 'tis an infinite delight
■^ To see thy lovely facf,
To dwell whole ages in thy sight,
And feel thy vital rays.
2 This Gabriel knows, and sings thy name,
With rapture on his tongue ;
Moses the saint enjoys the same,
And heaven repeats the song.
3 While the bright nation sounds thy praise
From each eternal hill,
Sweet odours of exhaling grace
The happy region fill.
4 Thy love,— a sea without a shore, —
Spreads life and joy abroad ;
Oh, 'tis a heaven worth dying for
To see a smiling Goa !
5 Sweet was the journey to the sky,
The wond'rous prophet tried ;
' Climb up the mount,' savs God, ' and die,,
The prophet climb'd — and died.
6 Softly his fainting head he lay
Upon his Maker's breast ;
His Maker kiss'd his soul away,
And laid his flesh to rest.
7 Shew me thy face, and I'll away
From all inferior things ;
Speak, Lord ! and here 1 quit my clay,
And stretch my wiry wings.
555 C. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Sprague 166. Stillman 66.
Children dying in their Infancy in the Arms oj
Jesus, Matt. xix. 14.
1 'T'HY life I read, my dearest Lord
x With transport all divine;
Thine image trace in every word, —
Thy love in every line.
2 Methinks I see a thousand charms
Spread o'er thy love' y face,
While infants in thy tender arms
Receive the smiling grace.
3 ' I take these little lambs,' said he,
' And lay them in my breast;
' Prolectio'n they shall find in me, —
' In me be ever blest.
4 * Death may the bands of life unloose,
' But can't dissolve my love :
• Millions of infant-souls compos*
* The family above.
557, 558, 559
DEATH.
560, 561
5 ' Their feeble frame* my pow'r shall raise,
4 And mould with heavenly skill :
1 I'll trive them tongues to sing my praise,
' And hands to do my will.'
6 His words the happy parents liear,
And shout, with joys divine,
Dear Saviour, all we have and are
Shall bu for ever thine.
557 C M. Steele.
Canterbury 199. Carolina 13.
At the Funeral of a young Person.
1 vyHF.N blooming: youth is snatch'd away
>v By death's resistless hand,
Our hearti the mournful tribute pay,
Which pity must demand.
2 While pity prompts the rising sigh,
O. may this truth, imprest
With awful power, — ' 1 too must die!'
Sink deep in every breast.
3 Let this vain world engage no more;
Behold the gaping tomb !
It bids us seize the present hour:
To-morrow death may come.
4 The voice of this alarming scene
May every heart obev ;
Nor he the heavenly warning vain,
W inch calls to watch and pray.
5 Oh, let us fly --to Jesus fly,
Whose powerful arm can save ;
Then shall our hope* ascend on high,
And triumph o'er the grave.
6 Great God ! thy so\ereign grace impart,
With cleansing, healing, "power ;
This on y can prepare the heart
For death's surprising hour.
553 C ML Dr. Doddridge.
Bath Chapel 2o. Crowle *.
Comfort for pious Parents who have been be-
reaved oj their Children, Isa. hi. 4.
1 "V7"E mourning 6aints, whose streaming tears
* Flow o'er your children dead,
Say not, in transports of despair,
That ali your hopes are fled.
2 While cleaving to that darling dust,
In fond distress ye lie,
Ri^e, and with joy "and reverence view
A heavenly Parent high.
3 Tho', your young branches torn away,
Like whherM trunks ye stand !
With fairer verdure shall ye bloom,
Tbuch'd by th' Almighty's hand.
4 ' I'll give the mourner,' saith the Lord,
1 In my own house a place ;
1 No name* of daughters and of sons
' Could yield soliigh a grace.
5 ' Transient and vain is every hope
1 A rising race can t,ive ;
' In endles- honour and delight
1 My children all shall live.'
6 We welcome, Lord, those rising tears,
Thro' which thy face we see,
And bless those wounds, which thro' our hearts
Prepare a way for thee.
559 L. M. Fawettt.
Angel's Hymn 60. Dresden 178.
The Death of the Sinner and the Seunt.
1 \VHAT scenes of horror and of dread
>v Await the Sinner's dying bed !
Death's terrors all appear in sight,
Presages of eternal n g lit.
•j His sins in dreadful order rise,
An I ii:i Ins soul with sad surpri-c ;
.Mount Sinai's thunder ituni hifl ears,
And not one ray of hope appears.
3 Tormenting pangs distract his breast;
Where'er he turn-, he finds no rest:
Death strikes the blow; he groans and trie*,
And, in despair and horror, dies.
l Not BO the heir of he.iv'iily bliss;—
His soul is tiliM wiih con-cious peace;
\ steady faith subdues his fear!
H<- sees the happy Canaan near.
5 His mind is tranquil and serene;
No terrors in his iouks are seen ;
His Saviour's smile dispels the gloom,
And smooths his passage to the tomb.
6 Lord' make my faith and love sincere,
My judgment sound, my conscience clear:
And, when the loiteof life are past,
May I be found in peace at last.
550 104th.
Hanover 130. Old Hundred and Fourth 148.
On the Death of a Believer.
1 PHPIS finish'd, 'tis done! the spirit is fled,
L A Our brother is gone, the christian is
dead ;
The christian is living in Jesus's love,
And gladly receiving a king lorn above.
2 All honour and praise are Jesus's duel-
Supported by grace, he fought his way thro':
Triumpliantl'v glorious, thro' Jesus's zeal,
And more than victorious o'er sin, death,
and hell.]
3 * Then let 'is record the conquering name,
Our Captain and Lord with shoutings pro-
claim ;
Who trust in his passion, and followtheir head,
To certain salvation shall surely be led.
4 O Jesus, lead on thy militant care,
And give us the crown of righteousness there
Where dazzled with glory, the seraphim ga*e,
Or prostrate adore thee in silence of praise.
5 Within us display thy love, when we die,
And bear us away to* mansions on high :
The kingdom be given of glory divine,
And crown us in heaven eternally thine.
551 S. M. Toplady's Collection.
Salisbury 307. Ryland 48.
Preparation for Death, Matt. xxiv. 45.
1 pREPARE me, gracious God •
x To stand before thy face !
'I hy Spirit must the work perform,
For it is all of grace.
2 In Christ's obedience clothe,
And wash me in hi- blood;
So shall I lift my head with joy,
Among the sons of God.
3 Do thon my sins subdue,
Thy soy 'reign love make known;
The spirit of my mind renew,
And save me in thy Son.
4 Let me attest thy power,
Let me thy goodness prove,
Till my full soiil can hold no more
Of e\erlasting love.
* If the three la<t verses of this hvmn be
sung alone, then begin verse the third thus —
' Nov. let us record the conquering name.'
FA
.562, 563, 564>
DEATH.
565, 566, 567
552 c- M. J)r' Doddridge.
Carolina 13. Worksop 31.
Departed Saints asleep, Mark v. 39.
1 Thess. iv. 13.
i i vyHY flow these torrents of distress !'
vv (The gentle Saviour cries ;)
' Why ;.re my sleeping saints survey'd
' With unbelieving eyes !
■2 * Death's feeble arm shall never boast
' A friend of Christ is slain,
* Nor o'er their meaner part in dust
* A lasting power retain.
3 ' I come, on wings of love, — I come
' The slumberers to awake ;
' My voice shall reach the deepest tomb,
' And all its bonds shall break.
4 • Touch'd by my hand in smiles they rise,—
' Thev rise, to sleep no more ;
' But, rbb'd with light and crown'd with }oy,
' To endless day they soar.'
5 Jesus! our faith receives thy word;
And, tho' fond nature weep,
Grace learns to hail the pious dead,
And emulate their sleep.
6 Our willing souls thy summons wait
With them to rest and praise ;
So let thy much-lov'd presence cheer
These "separating days.
553 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Abridge 201. Charmouth 28.
Submission under bereaving Providences,
Psalm xlvi. 10.
1 T>EACE ! — 'tis the Lord Jehovah's hand
r That blasts our joys in death,
Changes the visage once so dear,
And gathers back the breath.
2 'Tis he,— the potentate supreme
Of all the worlds above, —
Whose steady counsels wisely rule,
Nor from their purpose move.
3 'Tis he, whose justice might demand
Our souls a sacrifice ;
Yet scatters, with unwearied hand,
A thousand rich supplies.
4 Our covenant God and Father he
In Christ our bleeding Lord,
Whose grace can heal the bursting heart
With one reviving word.
~> Fair garlands of immortal bliss
He weaves for every brow :
And shall rebellious passions rise,
When he corrects us now !
6 Silent we own Jehovah's name,
We kiss the scourging hand ;
And yield our comforts and our life
To thy supreme command.
5fi4 L. M.
Ulverston 179. Fawcett 164.
Satisfaction in God under the Loss of dear
Friends.
1 'T'HE God of love will sure indulge
A The flowing tear, the heaving sigh,
When righteous persons fall around,—
When tender friends and kindred die.
Yet not one anxious murm'ring thought
Should with our mourning passions blend ;
Nor would our bleeding hearts forget
Th' almighty ever-living friend.
3 Beneath a num'rous train of ills,
Our feeble flesh and heart may fail ;
Yet shall our hope in thee, our Cod,
O'er ev'ry gloomy fear prevail
t Parent and husband, guard and guide,
Thou art each tender name in one :
On thee we cast our ev'ry care,
And comfort seek from thee alone.
5 Our Father God, to thee we look,
Our ro;k, our portion, and our friend,
And on thy covenant-love and truth
Our sinking souls shall still depend.
555 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Windsor 217. Ellenborough 170.
Death and Judgment appointed for all,
Heb. ix. 27.
1 T-JEAVEN has confirm'd the great decree,
AX That Adam's race must die:
One general ruin sweeps them down,
And low in dust they lie.
2 Ye living men, the tomb survey
Where you must quickly dwell ;
Hark! how the awful summons sounds
In every funeral knell.
3 Once you must die ; and once for all
The solemn purport weigh ;
For know, that heaven or hell attend
On that important day.
4 Those eyes, so long in darkness veil'd,
Must wake, the Judge to see ;
And ev'ry word and ev'ry thought
Must pass his scrutiny.
5 Oh, may I, in the Judge, behold
My Saviour and my Friend !
And, far beyond the reach of death,
With all his saints ascend.
566 C M. Dr. Doddridge.
Ann's 58. Charmouth 28. Stephen's 292.
Comfort under the Loss of Ministers.
1 "MOW let our drooping hearts revive,
■L^ And all our tears be dry :
Why should those eyes be drown'd in grief,
Which view a Saviour nigh !
2 What tho' the arm of conqu'ring death
Does God's own house invade ;
What tho' the prophet and the priest
Be numbcr'd with the dead !
3 Tho' earthly shepherds dwell in dust,
The aged and the young;
The watchful eye in darkness clos'd,
And mute th'' instructive tongue ;
4 Th' eternal shepherd still survives,
New comfort to impart;
His eye still guides us, and his voice
Still animates our heart.
5 ' Lo ! I am with you,' saith the Lordj
' My church shall safe abide;
* For I will ne'er forsake my own,
4 Whose souls in me confuie.'
U Thro' every scene of life and death,
This promise is our trust;
And this shall be our children's song,
When we are cold in dust.
567 8.7.4.
Jordan 81. Painswick 102. Mariner's 283.
The Grave ; or, Christ a Guide through Death
to Glory.
l pUIDE me, O thou great. Jdiovah!
\r I'iigriiu thro' this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mightv,
Hold me with thy powerful hand :
Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.
568, 509 RESURRECTION—JUDGMENT.
570
Open the* fherry-ul fountain,
Whence the heaftng streams do il<»,\
Li t the fiery chuny pillar
Lead DM ;ill my journey thro* :
U I iv. ort r,
be ihou still in > streugth and shield*
3 When I tit. ul the \<rge of Jordan,
u.d my uxiaei fa lis upside ;
Death of" death*, .uni hell's ihWmiljm,
Laud me safe on Canaan'* -ide:
[•raises
I will ever give to thee.
RESURRECTION OF THE BODY.
568 c. m.
Carolina 13. Windsor 217.
The Bodies of the Saints quickened and raised
by the Spirit, Rom. viii. II.
1 \\7"H V should our mourning thoughts delight
'v To grovel in the dust!
Or why should streams of tears unite
Around the expiring just ?
2 Did not the Lord our Saviour die,
And triumph o'er the grave ?
Did not our Lord ascend on high,
And prove his powe*- to save !
3 Doth not the sacred Spirit come,
And dwell in ail the saints ]
And should the temples of his grace
Resound with long complaints?
4 Awake, my soul, and like the suu
Burst thro' each sable cloud :
And thou, my voice, tho' broke with sighs,
Tune forth" thy songs aloud.
5 The Spirit rais'd my Saviour up,
When he had bled for me ;
And, spite of death and hell, shall raise
Thy | ions friends and thee.
6 Awake, ye saints, that dwell in dust,
Your hymns of victory sing ;
And let his dying servants trust
Their ever-living King.
$69 C. M. Dr. IVatts's Lyrics.
Canterbury 199. Pvans's 190.
A Prospect of the Resurrection.
1 JJOW long shall Death the tyrant reign,
1X And triumph o'er the .ju>t ;
While the rich blood of martyrs slaiu
Lies mingled with the dust t
2 Lo, I behold the scatter'd shades,
The dawn of heaven appears;
The sweet immortal morning spreads
Its blushes round the spheres.
3 I see the Lord of glory come,
And darning guards around ;
The skies divide to make hun room,
The trumpet shakes the ground.
4 I hear the voice, ' Ye dead, arise f
And, lo, the graves obey :
And waking saints with joyful eyes
Salute th' expected day."
5 They lea\e the dust, and on the wing
Rise to the midway air,
In shining garment* meet their Kinjr,
And low adore him there.
6 O may our humble spirits stand
Among them clnth'd in white!
The meanest place at his right hand
Is infinite delight.
7 How will our joy and wender rise,
When our returning King
Shall bear us homeward, thro' the ikies,
On love's triumphant wing!
DAY OF JUDGMENT.
5~0 (1st Par;.) L. M. President Davies.
Angel's Hvmn 60. Wareham 117.
Sterling 317.
Sinners and Saints in the Wreck of Nature,
Isa. xxiv. 18—20.
1 TJOW great, how terrible that God
■*-*■ \\ ho shakes creation with his nod !
i!e frowns — earth, sea, all Nature's frame,
Sink in one universal name.
2 Where now, O where shall sinners seek
For shelter in the general wreck?
Shall falling rocks be o'er them thrown!
See roA>, like snow, dissolving down.
3 In \ain for mercy now they try;
In lakes of liquid fire they "lie ;
There on the flaming billows tost,
For ever — O for ever lost.
4 But, saints, undaunted and serene,
Your eyes shall view the dreadful scene;
Your S'lviour lives, the worlds expire,
And earth and skies dissolve in fire.
5 Jesus, the helpless creature's friend,
To thee my all I dare commend;
Thou canst preserve mv feeble soul,
V hen lightnings blaze from pole to pole.
570 (2d Part.) L. M.
Paul's 240. Horsley 205.
The Second Appearance of Christ,
2 Pet. iii. 11, 12.
1 TV/TY waken'd soul, extend thy wings
1 x Beyond the verge of mortal things
See this vain world in smoke decay,
And rocks and mountains melt away.
2 Behold the fiery -leluge roll
Thro' heaven's wide arch from pole to pole,
Pile sun, no dioir thv lustre boast:
Tremble and fall, ye starry host.
3 This wreck of nature all around —
The angels shout, the trumpets sound,
Loud the descending Judge proclaim,
And echo his tremendous name,
4 Children of Adam, all appear
With, rev'reuce round his awful bar;
For, as his lips pronounce, ye go
To endless bliss, or endless uoe {
5 Lord, to my eyes this scene display
Frequent through each returning day;
And let thv grace my soul prepare
To meet 'its full redemption there !
571, 572, 573 DAY OF JUDGMENT. 574, 575, 576
571 L.M.
Paul's 246. Angels' Hymn 60. Luther's 301.
The Books opened, Rev. xx. 12.
1 TyrETHINKS the last great day is come,
•*■"• Methinks I hear the trumpet sound
That shakes the earth, rends every tomb,
And wakes the prisoners under ground.
3 The mighty deep gives up her trust,
Aw'd by the Judge's high command ;
Both small and speat now quit their dust,
And round the dread tribunal stand.
S Behold the awful books display'd,
Big with the important fates of men ;
Each deed and word now public made,
As wrote by heaven's unerring pen.
4 To every soul, the books assign
The joyous or the dread reward :
Sinners in vain lament and pine;
No pleas the Judge will here regard.
Lord, when these awful leaves unfold,
May life's fair book my soul approve :
There may [ read my name enroll'd,
And triumph in redeeming love.
5 '2 S. M. lh: Doddridge.
Whitefield 168. Aynhoe 108.
The final Sentence and Misery of the Wicked,
Mat. xxv. 41.
1 AND will the Judge descend?
■"■ And must the dead arise ?
And not a single soul escap*
His all-discerning eyes!
3 And from his righteous lips
Shall this dread sentence sound ;
And, thro' the numerous guilty throng,
Spread black despair around ?
3 * Depart from me, accurs'd,
' To everlasting flame,
' For rebel-angels first prepar'd,
« Where mercy never came.'
How will my heart endure
The terrors of that day ;
When earth and heaven, before his face,
Astonish'd, shrink away !
Hut ere that trumpet shakes
The mansions of the dead ;
Hark, from the gospel's cheering sound,
What joyful tidings spread!
Ye sinners, seek hi* grace,
Who«»e wuath ye cannot bear;
Fly to the shelter of his cross,
And find salvation there.
7 So shall that curse remove,
By which the Saviour bled ;
And the last awful day shall pottf
His blessing on your head.
573 C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Canterbury 199. Windsor 247.
The final Sentence and Happiness of the
Righjeous, Matt. xxv. 34
1 ATTEND, my ear; my heart, rejoice,
-"■ While Jesus from his throne,
Before the bright angelic hosts,
Makes his last sentence known.
2 When sinners, cursed from his face,
To raging flames are driven;
His voice, with melody divine,
Thus calls hi9 saints to heaven :
3 4 Bless'd of my Father, all draw near,
' Receive the great reward;
* And rise, with raptures, to possess
' The kingdom love prepar'd.
4 ' Rre earth's foundations first were laid,
• His sov'reign purpose wrought,
1 And rear'd those palaces divine
To which you now are brought.
5 * There shall you reign unnumber'd years,
' Protected by my power;
1 While sin and death, and pains and cares,
' Shall vex your souls no more.'
6 Come, dear majestic Saviour ! come,
This jubilee proclaim !
And teach us language fit to praise
So great, so dear a name.
574 L. M. Dr. Wattsys Lyrics.
Portugal 97. Rippon's 188.
Come, Lord Jesus.
1 WHEN shall thy lovely face be seen?
* Y When shall our eyes behold our God ?
What lengths of distance 1 e between,
And hills of guilt! a luavy load !
2 Our months are age6 of delay,
And slowly every minute wears :
Fly, winged time, and roll away
These tedious rounds of sluggish years !
3 Ye heav'nly gates, loose all your chains !
Let th' eternal pillars bow !
Blest Saviour ! cleave the starry plains,
And make the crystal mountains flow !
4 Hark, how thy saints unite their cries,
And pray and wait the gen'ral doom!
Come, Thou, the soul of all our joys!
Thou, the Desire of Nations, come !
5 Put thy bright robes of triumph on>,
And bless our eyes, and bless our ears,
Thou absent Love, thou dear unknown,
Thou fairest of ten thousand fairs !
575 8-7.4.
Wes-tburysi. Trevecca 37. Calvary 297.
Lo, he cometh.
1 T O ! he cometh! countless trumpets
-1-1 Blow to raise the sleeping dead ;
'Mid ten thousand saints and angels
See their great exalted Head!
Hallelujah,
Welcome, welcome, Son of God !
2 Now his merit, by the harper*,
Thro' th' eternal deep resounds :
Now resplendent shine his nail-prints,
Every eye shall 6ee \m wounds
They who pierc'd him
Shall at his appearance wail.
3 Full of joyful expectation,
Saints, behold the Judge appear!
Truth and justice go before him,
Now the joyful sentence hear!
Hallelujah,
Welcome, welcome, Judge divine.
4 • Come, ye blessed of my Father?"
' Enter into life and joy!
' Banish all your fears and sorrows,
' Endless praise be your employ!'
Halklujah,
Welcome, welcome, to the skies!
5 Now at once they rise to glory,
Jesus brings them to the King;
There, w.th all the ho#ts of heaven,
They eternal anthems sing :
Hallelujah,
Botndless glory to the Lamb.
576 8- 7. 4.
He.msley 223. Trevecca 37.
"Judgment.
Rev. i. 7. vi. It— 17. xxii. 17,20.
1 TO! he comes, with clouds descending,
-*-* Once for favour'd sinners slain !
Thousand thousand saints attending
Swell the triumph of his train :
Hallelujah,
Jesus now shall ever reign !
57'
DAY OF JUDGMENT.
573, 57:)
2 F.v'rv eye shall now behold hira
RoVd in dreadful mail >t\ j
Those who set at nought and sold him,
Piercd and nail'd hiin to the tree,
Deeplv wailing.
Shall toe m- at Messiah see !
3 Lv'ry island, sea, and mountain.
Heaven and earth shall iee away ;
All who hate hi in in us r , confounded,
Hear the trump proclaim cue d.i) :
Come to jodgnv ut!
Come to judgment! conic away !
4 Now redemption, long expected,
See in solemn pomp appear!
All his saints, by man rejected,
Now shall meet him in the air!
Halleluiah'
See the day of God appear !
5 Answer thine own Bride an 1 Spirit,
Hasten. Lord, the general doom !
The new heav'n and earth t' inherit,
Take thy pining exiles Lome :
All creation
Travails, groans, and bids thee come !
G Yea ! Amen! let all adore thee,
Hieh on thine exalted throne:
Saviour ! take the pow'r and glory ;
Claim the kingdoms for thine o»\n!
O come quickly"!
Halleluiah! Come, Lord, come !
577 8» 7, 4. Xewton.
Helmsley 223. Pains wick 162.
The Day of Judgment.
1 T)^Y of Judgment, — day of wonders !
XJ Hark the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thu;;<lers.
Shakes the vast creation round !
How the summons
Will the sinner's heart confound !
2 See the Judge our nature wearing,
Cloth'd in^m^iesty divine !
You who long for his appearing,
Then shall say, ' This God is m'.ne !•
Gracious Saviour!
Own me in that day for thine!
3 At his call the dead awaken,
Rise to life from earth and sea :
All the pow'rs of nature, shaken
By his looks, prepare to flee :
Careless sinner!
What will then become of thee!
4 Honors, past imagination,
Will surprise your trembling heart,
When yon hear j at. r condemnation,
1 Hence, accursed wretch, depart!
' Thou with Sa in
' And his augeis have thy part!'
& But to those who have confessed,
Lo^'d and servd the Lord below,
He will say, ' Came near, ye blessed
' See the kingdom I bestow !
' You for ever,
■ Sh^il my lovt and glory know.'
6 Under sorrows and reproaches,
May this thought our courage raise!
Swiftly God's ereat dav approaches,
Siglis shall then be chang'd to praise !
May we triumph,
YYhen the world is in a blaze !
578 <'• M, Dr. s. ftemself.
Canterbury 199. Charnioiith 28, Tucker's 28i.
The last Judgment.
is ! he conies ! tojtkb
Aloud the irchangel crie> :
While thunders roll from pole to pole,
Arid lightnings Cleave the skies.
2 Th' affrighted nation* hear the sound,
And upward lift their eves:
The slumb'ring tenants of the ground
lu living armies rise.
3 Amid thf shout- of DUm'roas friends,
Of hosts divinely brisht,
The Judge in solemn pomp descends,
Array 'd in robes of light.
4 lli» head and hairs are white as snow,
His eyes a fiery flame,
A radiant crown adorns his brow,
And Jesus is his name,
j Writ on his thigh his name appears,
And scars his victories tell ;
Lo ! iu his hand the conqueror bears
The keys of death and hell.
6 So he ascends the judgment-seat,
An I. at his dread command,
Myriads of creatures round his feet
in solemn silence stand.
7 Prinzes and peasants here expect
Their last, their righteous doom;
The men who dar'd his grace reject,
And they who dar'd presume.
5 ' Depart, ye sons of vice and sin!'
The injnr'd Jesus cries ;
While the long kindling wrath within
Flashes from both his eyes.
0 And now in words divinely sweet,
With rapture in his face,
Aloud hi*, sacred lips repeat
The senience of his grace:
10 ' Well done, my trood and faithful sons,
' Tne children of my love !
• Receive the *ceptre», crowns, and thrones
1 Prepar'd for you above.'
579 8,8.6.
Chatham 5?. YVestbury Leigh 278.
Longing for a Place at the right Hand of the
Judge.
1 vyHEN rhou, my righteous ?uds:e,shalt come
>Y To fetch thy ransom'd people home,
Shall I among them stand ?
Shall such a worthless worm as T,
Who sometimes am afraid to die,
Be found at thy right hand ?
2 I love to meet among them now,
Before thy gracious feet to bow,
Tho' vilest of them all :
But can I bear the piercing thought?
What if my name should he left out,
W hen thou for them shalt call !
3 Prevent, prevent it by thy grace ;
Be thou, dear Lord, my hiding-place,
In this ?h' accepted dav :
Thy pard'ning voice, O let nie hear,
To still my unbelieving fear;
Nor lei hie fall, 1 pray,
t Let me among thy 6aints be found
Whene'er th' archangel's trump shall sound
To see thy smiling face :
Then loudest of the crowd I'll sing,
V. idle heav n's resounding mansions ring
W ith shouts of sov'reisn grace.
F 7
580—585
HELL AND HEAVEN.
530 C M. Dr. Ri/land.
Worksop 31. London 180.
Nell, the Sinner's own Place, Acts i. 25.
-1 T OR,!.), when I read the traitor's doom,
J-J To ' his own pi ice' consign'd,
What holy fear, and humble hope,
Alternate fill my mind!
2 Traitor to thee I too have been,
But sav'd by matchless grace;
Or else the lowest, hottest hell
Had surely been my place.
3 Thither I was by law adjudg'd,
And thitherward rush'd on ;
And there in my eternal doom
Thy justice might have shone
4 But lo ! (what wondrous matchless ove !)
1 call a place mv own,
On earth, within the gospel sound,
And at thy gracious throne.
3 A place is mine among thy saints,
A place at Jesus' feet,
And I expect in heaven a place
Where saints and angels meet.
6 Blest Lamb of God, thv sovereign grace
To ail around I'll tefl,
Which made a place in glory mine,
Whose just desert was hell.
531 L. M.
Sheffield 39. Paul's 246.
Mad Sinners reasoned mritk,
1 CINNER, O why so thoughtless grown ?
^ Why in such "dreadful haste to die.'
Daring to leap to worlds unknown,
Heedless against thy God to fly ?
2 Wilt thou despise eternal fate,
Urg'd on by sin's fantastic dreams?
Madly attempt th' infernal gate,
And force thy passage to the flames?
3 Stay, sinner! on the Gospel plains,
Behold t e God of love unfold
The glories of his dying pains,
For ever telling, yet untold.
58-2 L- U. Dr. Doddridge.
Green's Hundred 89. Wareham 1 17.
The rich Man and Lazarus, Luke xvi. 25.
1 TN what coufusion earth appears—
1 God's dearest children balh'd in tears!
While they, who heaven itself deride,
Riot in luxury and pride.
2 But patient let my soul attend,
And, ere I censure, view the end ;
That end how different! who can tell
The wide extremes of heav'n and hell
3 See the red flames around him twine
W?ho dnl in gold and purple shine :
Nor can his tongue one drop obtain
T' allay the scorching of his pain.
4 While round the saint, so poor below,
Full rivers of salvation flow ;
On Abram's breast he leans his head,
And banquets on celestial bread.
5 Jesus, my Saviour, let me sh are
The meanest of thy servants fare :
May 1 at last approach to Uste
The blessings •fthy marriage-fens r
583 <'• M. Steele.
Otford 106. Follett 181. Evans's 190.
The Joys of Heaven.
1 pOME, Lord, and warm each languid heart,
^'Inspire each lifeless toumie ;
And let the joys of heaven impart
Their influence to our song.
2 Sorrow and pain, and ev'rv care,
And discord there shall "cease;
And perfect joy, and love sincere,
Adorn the realms of peace.
3 The soul, from sin for ever free,
Shall mourn its povv'r no more;
But, cloth'd in spotless purity,
Redeeming love adore.
4 There on a throne, (how dazzling bright!)
The exalted Saviour shines ;
And beams ineffable delight
On all the heav'nly minds.
5 There shall the follovv'rs of the Larah
Join in immortal songs ;
And endless honours to nis name
Employ their tuneful tongues.
6 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and lovr,
Our feeble notes inspire ;
Till, in thy blissful courts above,
We join" th' angelic choir.
534 P. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Cambridge New 74. Hephzibah 77.
Staughton 264.
The proinised Land.
1 (~)N Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
v>' And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
2 Oh the transporting rapt'rous scene
That rises to my sight !
Sweet fields array 'd in living green,
And rivers of delight !
3 There generous fruits, that never fail,
On trees immortal grow :
There rocks, and bills, and brooks, and vales
VI ith milk and honey flow.
4 All o'er those wide-extended plains
Shines one eternal day ;
There God the Sun for ever reigns,
And scatters night away.
5 No chilling winds, or pois'nous breath,
Can reach that healthful shore ;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and fear'd no more.
6 When shall I reach that happy place,
And be for ever blest !
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in his bosom rest 1
7 1'ill'd with delight, my raptur'd soul
Can here no longer stay :
Tho' Jordan's waves around me roll,
Fearless I'd launch away.
585 5ft*A J. Straphan.
Cherriton 76. Old Fiftieth 233.
Heaven.
1 (\S wings of faith mount up, my soul, and
v/ rise ;
View thine inheritance, b. yond the skies;
Nor heart can think, nor mortal tongue cai1
tell,
What endless pleasures in those BWQStoni
dwell :
58G, 587
HELL AND HEAVEN.
5S8
Hen our Redeemer lives, all bright and
glorious,
O'er sin, an 1 death, and hell, he reigns vic-
torious.
2 No ?nawing grief, no sad heart-rending pain,
In tint blest country can admission gain;
row there, no sool-tormentini
For God's own hand shall wipe the (ailing
tear:
Here our Kedeemer 1 i %
3 Before the throne a crystal river glides,
Immortal verdure decks it> cheerful >ide>:
Here the fair tree of life majestic rears
Its blooming heal, and >overcign virtue
!)<■ its .
Here our Redeemer lives, Ik.
4 No ri-dng sun his needless beams displays,
No >ieklv moon emits her feeble ravs ;
The Godhead here celestial glory sheds,
Th' exalted Land) eternal radiance spreads:
Here our Redeemer tires, fee.
5 One distant glimpse my eagf r passion fire
Jesus ! to thee my longing soul aspires !
When shall I at my heaves y home arrive,—
When leave this earth, and when begin to
livel
For here my Sa\ionr is all bright and glo-
rious,
O'er sin, and death, and hell, he reigns \ie-
torious.
5Y, C. M. Dr. Doddridge.
Elim 151. Stamford9. Otford 106.
Happiness approaching, Rom. xiii. II.
1 AWAKE, ye taints, and raise your eyes —
■^*- And raise your voices high j
Awake, and praise that sovereign love
That thews salvation nigh.
2 On all the wings of time it flies
Each moment brings it near;
Then welcome each declining day,
And each revolving year!
3 Not many years their round shall run,
Nor many mornings rise,
Ere all its glories stand reveal'd
To our admiring eyes.
4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course !
Ye mortal pow'rs, decay !
Fast as \e bring the night* of death,
Ye bring eternal day.
.537 L. M. Steele.
M irtin's Lane 07. Coomb's 4-5. Bromley 101.
The Worship of Heaven, John xvii. 24.
1 r\ FOR a sweet inspiring ray.
To auiraate our feeble strains,
From the bright realms of endless day,
The blissful leal ms where Jesus re-.
2 Then*, low before his glorious throne,
Adoring saints and angels fall;
And, with delightful worship, own
Rju Mnile their bliss, their beav'n, their all.
3 Immortal glories crown his head ;
While tuneful halleluiahs rise.
And love and joy, and triumph spread
Thro' all th' assemblies of the ski&>.
\ He smiles, and seraphs I e the r songs
To boundless rapture whi
Tee thousand thousand i >yful tongues
Resound his everlasting praise.
5 There all the favourites of the Lamb
>h ill join at last the h. I
o uiav the joy-inspirin ;
Awake our faith and
6 Dear Saviour ! let thj
Our int'rert in thai blissful |
Till death rem - i veil,
Ami we behold thy love i j face.
580 «-• M.
Elim 151. Camb. New 74. Bradford 2o8.
The everlasting Song.
1 T-TARTH has engrossed my love toolonj!
■*-* ' Tis time I lift mine eyes
Upward, dear Father, to "thy throne,
And to my native ^kies.
2 There the blest man, my Saviour, sits,
The God ! how bright he shines!
And scatters inlinire delights
On all the happy min Is.
3 Seraphs with elevated strains
Circle the throne around ;
And move and charm the starry plains
With .m immortal sound.
4 Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs: —
Jesus, my love, they sing !
Jesus, the life of both our joys,
Sounds sweet from every string.
5 [Hark, how beyond the narrow bounds
Of time and space they run;
And echo in majestic sounds
The Godhead of the Son.
6 And now they sink the lofty tune,
And gentler notes they pfay ;
And brln? the Father's "Equal down
To dwell in humble clay.
7 O sacred beauties of the man !
(The God resides within:)
His flesh all pure without a stain,
His soul without a sin.
8 But, when to Calvary they turn,
Silent their harpsabide ;
suspended songs, ■ moment, mourn
The God that lov'd and dy'd.
9 Then, all at once, to living strains
They summon every chord,
Tell how he triumpli'd o'er his pains,
And chant the rising Lord.]
10 Now let me mount and join their song,
And be an angel too ;
My heart, mv ham!, my ear, my tongue,—
Here's joyful work for you.
11 I would begin the music here, *
An i so ray soul should rise :
O for some heavenly notes to bear
My passions to the skies!
12 There ye that love my Saviour sit,
Th re 1 would fain have place,
Among your thrones, or at your feet,
Bo I niight see his face.
The CCli, 7>.h, and 6th verse of this hymn should
be sung softer than the rest.
TABLE OF SCRIPTURES.
Ch. Ver.
1—25..
•29
3 15
5 24
7 1, 17—23
8 22 499,507
14 18, 19 183
17 1
18 19 335
18 23—33 526
15 25 18
19 1.
24 56 447
27 38 363
28 16—18.
32 26
42 36
49 4
49 10.. 185
EXODUS.
3 2,3 1'
4 18 356
4 10—13.
12 7—13 186
13 21,22
13 21,22 v.7, 73
14 15 298
15 9, 10 532
17 10—12 35
18 11.. 53
20 £—12 4"
28 29 15
33 14,15 29i
LEVITICUS.
» 18,34 48
NUMBERS.
J3 30 232
lo 46 539
DEUTERONOMY.
1 21 23
3 25 23
6 4
6 5 24
8 2 32
8
11
20 5....
21 22, 23.
32 3:>, 40.
32 -:9,50 555
33 25 123
34 5 ...
JOSHUA.
24 15 334
RUTH.
3 2, 9 178
1 SAMUEL.
1 28 336
2 3 534
2 6 2P.541
1—15.
232
3-?3
47S
Ch. Ver. Pa?o.
3 18
7 2
7 12
12 24 2P.384
30 6
2 SAMUEL.
15 26 276,277
16 17 170
1 KINGS.
1 34,47 536
8 13,28 338
6 17..
-3 »7
1 CHRONICLES.
4 9,10 :
22 5 4
22 9 530,531
29 14
EZRA.
16 2....
23 3,4..
2.3 14....
23 14
33 13 9,14
33 24
40 9
PSALMS.
2 8 2P.419
4 4
4 6 399
8 5 176,17
9 9 311
16 11 2 P. 37
17 5-.. 105,106
18 37—42.,
19
7—11...
23 1—3...
24 7
25 2
44
331
344
27 8 2P.I1
27 9 2 P. 268
31 15 276.545
34 1 276,565
35 3 IV.
37 4 241
39 54i
40 7,8 34:
42 1 9;
42 1,2 20i
43 5 31S
45 3—5
5 3—5 4 P. 422
5 3—5 v. 4.349
46 4 3 P. 299
Ch. Ver. Pa?e.
46 10 503
48 14 383,567
50 15.
51 11 215,214
51 18 2P.427
55 14.
59 16 316
61 2.,
61
31!
V. 2, 220
53 1
63 7 2P.288
53 8,
66 16 437,438
08 18 407
68 19,20 v. 1, 2, 532
69 4.
50
71 9,18.
72 6 209
73 24 3P.21
73 24, 26 56
74 20 6;
77 7—9 220
77 19 34,3
77 19 v. 2,538
84 .
84 1 — 10.
84 8.,
84 9
84 11 199,65
85. 6.
85 8 265
85 10 21
7 1,7 418
87 2 342
89 ...
89 1.
I 15.
90 .
11,12 307
97 1,2 1
101 1 1
102 23 55
102 25,28 * 5
103 37
103, 13, 14 270
104 14
107 33,3o
107 7 180
107 22—33 o'J
107 31 30,37
110 3 430
110 3 v. 5, 349
115 1
.381
16 12
118 18, 19 542
119 9
119 26 296
119 32 453
119 54 301
119 60 116
119 68
119 94 106
119 105,
119 117 105
119 136,158 4^
120 5 v. 3, 253
122 1 4, 9
122 6—9 441
126 3 V. 2, 452
132 7—10 33>
Oh. Ver. Page.
135 7
13S 5 239
139 8
139 28,37
139 23,24 283
145 25
149 4 260
PROVERBS.
2 2-5 45
2 2—6 330
3 9 v. 3, 432
3 13,16 291
3 17 377,291
3 21 492
4 7 2 P.121
6 6—8 505
8 11, 18,21 2P. 121
8 14 11
8 17 518
8 18—21 121
9 5,11 121
10 5 501
10 12 480
14 9 V.2,229
14 26 221
17 17 170
18 24 170
21 31 527
22 6 522
23 17 226
24 10 220
28 13 88
i0 4 6,20
30 7-9 268
30 25 500
ECCLESIASTES.
1 2 398
12 8 398
CANTICLES.
1 3 164
2 11 498
2 11, 12 500
3 1—3 219
3 4 249
3 II 177
4 16 2P.212
5 1 482
5 10 -16 161
6 10 403
6 13 41
ISAIAH.
1 12—17 345
1 18 114,90
5 1 V. 5,205
6 8 408
8 13 17
9 2 182
9 7 430
10 3 581
11 ll,l,2..v. 2—4, 476
12 2 290
34 18,20 570
25 6 56
26 3 266
'26 4 195
26 13 v.4, 192
26 13 v.6,235
27 3 v. 5, 200
27 13 57
TABLE OF SCRIPTURES.
mi. Ver. Parre.
: 16,17 fa
.537
31 I-
ti 17 23
3i CO, 21 41
35 8 201,239
35 10 240,66
40 1,2 3 P. 427
41 10 124,288
42 3,
182
13 5,
4? 6.
*4 6.
14 23 112
4.3 19..
114
45 19 V. 5—7, 316
45 24 84 11 4
49 6 162 13 9
50 10 308,23114 1—4.
Ch. Ver. Paf€
28 22 MM
47 8, 11 v. 1,
DANIEL.
2 31,45
2 35,45 4^
4 55 i
5 27
9 26
12 2 561
HOSEA.
2 7 31."
2 15 16/
19,20 15!
51 9..
7..
.420
• v. >, 432
52 10 4 P. 420
53 11 221
53 12 152
54 11 3 P. 427
51 13 244
55 1 115,362
55 4.
.180
7
56 4,5 558
56 6,7 406
56 7 340
57 15 275,14
58 6,8
58 13,14 318
.201
60 8 429
60 20 537
62 6,7 4 P. 418
03 1 -
63 1—3
2 31.
3 15..
JEREMIAH.
3 22
8 22
9 23,24 £38
10 23
17 9
23 6 84,194
..2 P
31 3.
.1)0
31 18 313
32 38 2 P. 267
50 5.
.u>:
LAMENTATIONS
I 12 4
3 22,23 547
3 39 312
3 40 283
EZEKIEL.
11 19 268
15 6, 8 2P. 216
15 8—10 62
HABAKKUK.
3 2 1 P. 427
3 17,18 386
ZECHARIAH.
Ch. Ver. Pa?e
11 19 17
M 26 11
11 28.
12 13 V. 5, 181
12 20 51"
3—2!
117
IJ 9 v. 5, 151
13 39 504
13 46..
14 30,;
15 19.
17 4.
10 2'.
10 20-37
10 33, 34
10 43
12 16—22 Jr.-O
12 32 i-
12 35—38 325
13 6—9.
..-,11
.) r
18 20
IP 14
19 19
20 28 133
20 30 V.9,10, ft
11 13 40*
47,247
a 39 4*
14 22
14 22 473,4b'
I J. 23
i :■
23 8, 10. .
24 44.
6 1 P. 55i
25 34 57i
25 40 4:
25 41 5;
25 35—41 346
25 46
26 36—45
26 41 32>
27 50 137
.14:
£8 2.
28 5, 6 142,144
33 19 454
28 20 V.5, 556
MARK.
1 9 442,446
2 17
3 5.
.V. 5, li
1 5.
4 7 431
9 12
9 13—16 421
12 10 477
13 1 168,161
MALACHI.
3 1 184
3 16 51;
3 16,17 423
4 2 v.6,7, 190
MATTHEW.
1 23
3 15 443
3 1.3—17
3 16,17 46S
4 II.
4 23,24..
1* 31.
.581
20 37 542
33 11
36 26.37 2 P. 266
-6 37 21C
37 3.
.371
6 9—13 356
6 10 370,374
6 33 51S
7 12 242
7 21,25 IS3
8 2,3 102
1—16 16S
5 19 2 P. 363
5 39
6 45—48
6 50 2
7 37 v. 5,
6 34
I 38..
,401
8 38
i) 24
10 14 337
10 17
10 21 521
10 47 295
12 31..,
15 37...
5 39..
6 4,6.
16 14 2P.266
16 15,16 454
16 16
LUKE.
1 74,75 532
2 14 129, 130
2 25
2 28,29 v. 5, 173
1,30.,
.5.5"
37 27 2 P. 287
2 32,
4 18,19 134
5 5 366
5 12,13 v.3, 4, 189
5 26 SOI
•5 31 166
5 10 v.5, 189
6 48 183
7 47 87
7 47 v. 5,6, 480
.. ..v.5, 151
9 23..
119
• 78
.438
273
16 19—25 5b2
n io v.
£53
255, 236
18 16 51
18 35—36 399
9 1 — 10 78
9 41 367
21 19
•'2 3i,32 155
31.32 313
22 54—62 314
22 61,62 313
23 28 474
23 34 25e
23 42 60
24 2,6 142
24 5—7 349
24 32 V. 3,4, 211
24 34.
.140
1 6,33 454
1 9 182
1 12 94,95
1 14 131
1 16 150
I 29 179
3 6 207
3 14 157
3 16
; 29.
.i5y
208
4 24 3
4 35 3 P. 423
5 2—4 3f.4
5 7—9 v.7, 8, 189
5 39 330,46
6 20 288,269
6 29 217
6 37 376
6 37 v.4, 198
6 35, 48 158
6 50,51 158
I 53—55 .
.483
.28;
. 280, 45i
43Q
6 67—69 440
7 37 120
8 36 93
9 25 244
10 9 165
10 10 ....101
10 27—29 109
11 35 464
12 21 2 P. 299
12 32 138
13 7 35
,412
.166
14 6 196
14 6 202,377
14 16,17 213
11 16,18 308
TABLE OF SCRIPTURES.
Ch. Ver. Page.
N 19 ISi
u 1—5 20o
IS 13 480
M 15 66
15 26 206
Ch. Ver.
II 28..,,
13 1---3.
13
16
17 21.
..206
:>:?, 58;
19 30 7
20 13
20 20 2P.299
..336
15 10.
15 10,.
21
21 15
21 Ifi 250
21 17 25:
21 18,20 29^
ACTS.
I 9.
.148
1 25 580
2 41 429,450
! 21—24.,
.2bN
8 36 v. 3, 452
1 3!T.,
.471
10 36 176,177
10 38 189, 435
"5 1 P. 420
13 38,39 50
13 47.
.182
.34o
16 13
16 30
17 30
20 24
20 26,27 414
24 24, 25
26 22 510,512
ROMANS.
54
1 16..
i0, 225
6 4
7 4
7 11, 12, 15
7 14
7 19
7 23,24 41,39
6 11 —
8 24
8 28 286, 33
8 33—39 -;
8 35,39 V. 2,223
10 15 v.2, 432
11 1,26
...Ill
...421
15 23
15 21 2P.
15 24 4 P. 423
15 31-
15 47 3H
J5 56 141
15 57 5>2
16 1—3 432
16 13 228
2 CORINTHIANS.
1 10 533
1 10 2P.288
1 20 V.2, 223
4 6 243
4 18 546
5 14 146,48!
5 14,15 13:
5 18,19 2 P. 11,
5 20 2P.115
6 2 376,50.5
6 2 v. 5, 115
6 16 2 P. 287
7 9—11 272
i 7.
Page.
149
....261
Ch. Ver.
1 15
..391
282
19,20 126
COLOSSIANS.
19 150
2 14,1
is:.
.148
•1 16 v. 3, 474
I.
.470
'254
B 11
; 12
3 16
1 Tri;>SALON"fANS.
4 13, II 562, .565
5 23 100
b 25 41.5, 425
2THESSALO.NI.aNS.
2 16 3fi
426, 426
408
4 16
1 TIMOTHY.
1 11
1 1.5
2 2.,
2 9.
9 15
12 9
12 14 v.5, 416
12 15 424
13 5 331
,13 11 516
13 14 392
GALATIANS.
3 10 52
3 13 478
3 28 255
2 TIMOTHY.
4 6..
, 92
4 19, 20
5 17 41
6 14 477,481
EPHESIANS.
1 5 65 1
1 7,11
1 II 31,34
I 17,18 211
1 20, 21 147
1 21
2 5,8 111,217
2 12—14 362
2 13,
2 18.
2 20.
2 13
3 12
3 15—17..
Paef.
232
489
27 1»
12 8,11 306
12 10 IP. 540
-- 5 217
8 v. 1, 189
13 17 410
13 18 42H
13 20,21 390
JAMES.
4 263,264
6—8.' 310
I 27 281
1 29 284
2 10 52
5 17 501
i peter.
1 10 v.5, 549
1 12 v. 3, 307
1 18,19 70
6 163
7 173,192
2 21—23 166
254
48.3
3 20 16
3 20,21 104
237
2 PETER.
217
1 4.,
I 10.,
.128
.108
1..
2 6..
2,3,6
6,7
1 14 307
7,9 176,177
6 129
2 17 2P.115
2 18 305
156
106
94, 95
3 91,95
3 65,93
18 2.54
12
4, 5 222
5 21 299
JUDE.
20 21 37*
REVELATION.
3 14-
1 5.
1 7.
3 8.,
4 8.,
.151 i
.474 A
4 8, 11, 12 407 I
4 14..
.310 -1
12 1.
.2:i-
20,21 v.5, 246
13 11
15 30 2 P. 20,
1 CORINTHIAN'S.
1 30, 31 203
2 2
2 9 v. 2, 493
.3 6,7-
5 7,8.
4 15, 16 17:
5 2 480
5 15,16 544
6 13—17 303
6 19, 20
PHIL1PPIVN
7 v.2, 153
! 230, 5:
6 19, 20 167
, 61
6 17.
I 6 v. 2, 223
1 23 554,232
2 5...
2 8,9
2 9 14?
2 13 206,211
2 36,30 11:
3 12—14...
3 12 — 17 41,212
3 13,14
1 — 21-
7 25
7 25
8 6
i 4 i.
) 1 3.,
416
.2 P. 362
... V. 3, 75
191
9 27 i>65
10 1 v. 4, 20i
10,10,12
10 14, 17,18
10 19—23
10 39
11 1,13
11 8—10 3.%
11 13-- 16 30i
. C9
.576
..412
..328
..121
4 8—11 588
5 9 69,75
5 9, 12 588
5 9—14 387
5 12 479
6 2 475
6 14—17 576
7 14 583
7 16 v. 8,73
14 6,8 3 P. 418
19 10 205
19 12 421
20 12 571
21 563
21 3 2 P. 287
21 3,4 564
21 10 565
21 27 2 P. 383
22 1—5 5S5
22 16 160
22 17 121
22 17 V. 4, 452
22 17,20..., 574
INDEX.
Hymn an 1 Page.
J AHOS, his hren«t-plate 154
■*■ Meichrcedec ami Christ 183, 190, 191
Ahba, hther 278, 92, 93, 95
Abraham's God 66. Inteiecssiun fur
Sodom o-lCt
Acceptance through Christ alone 377
Accepted time 505, 376, 2 P. 115, v. 4, 267
to God by Christ b3
Accursed Tree 476
Achor, Valley of 165
Activity in Religion 325, 293
i4rf«wi the first and second 38
Admiration, and Jov 477. Of the Love of
Sod ". s :
Adoption 91 — 95
Advocate, Christian . 156, 152
Affections on thing? above 470
Affliction, pleading' with God under it 312
Submission under it de.-ired, t. 9,
ice 2 P. 540
The Rod kisst d 264, 278
Presence of God desired in il 537
Sanctified 2 P. 542
Sweet Affliction 1 P. 5 4 1
Recover] from , 2 P. 541. l P. 542
Agur's Wish 262
All in All, Christ the Christian's 204, 205
All in Gol v. 5, 6, 238
Amen v. 16, 1 P. 420. v. 6, 2 P. 422
Angel, of the Covenant 184
Of Gospel Grace 180
Angels, ministering to Christ 146. And to
Christians 307
Their Replv to the women that Bought
Christ 144
Their Song at the Birth of Christ 129, 130
The fallen, passed bv 137
Annual Day, return of one 512
Apostacy deprecated 4 39, 440
dfrk, Noah preserved in it 104
Arm of the Lord made hare 4 P. 420
Armour, the spiritual 303
4*cemwm of Christ 142, 14.5
Associations, of Ministers and Churches 423, 431
Spiritual, registered in Heaven faa
Ministers abounding in the Work, Sec.., 424
Lovest thou me ! f ••"» d my Sheep 423
Praver for Ministers 496. A Revival de-
t 427
Spread of the Gospel longed for 428, 2!0
Praise for the Increase of die Church 4^>, 430
Spiritual Temple completed 431
Atonement of Christ 74. Gratitude for it.. 7-5
Pleaded 76
Autumn 501
Awakened Sinner's Inquirv and Pra\ er 294
h
BABYLOS'sFxU predicted 418
Backslider, invited to return MS, 121, 176
Prayer of one 313
Baektlidings, and Returns 313, 314
Dreaded'. 106, 439, 440
Baptism 442—471
Barren Fig Tree 511
Bartimems** Praver 369
Bciiffits by Christ's life 1 34
Benevolence* Duty and Pleasure 246, 166
Bihle, precious. See Scriptures 205
Birth of Christ 129— 1 32
Birth-day Hymn 512
Blessing, requested on the Word 36S
And presence of God desired 361
Blind Man's Prayer 569
Hymn and Page.
Bodies of the Saints, the C ire ol
Body, the Charch,< Krist's 172
I
In Christ's Cans
IP. a
Life, 9. in. Interest in it a
> •">?
BreafotLm 15S,«1
Brethren, Low to them 254
Bridegroom, Christ the heavenly 159, 551
Brother, Christ a *. 3, 24#, v. J, Pi
. on the Rock
. if Sin 236,237
C
Ca LLINV, Effectual 77, 78
A nl Glorification 108
A Person to the work of the Ministry
Calvary 136,478
Canaan, the heavenly - *'• CB
The happiness of it ronged for 232
V\ av to if. See Heaven J01
Captain of Salvation V, 6, 475, v. 3, 560
Ceremonial Law 56
Chains mid fetters of Sin 1 P. v. 4, 268
Charity 246, 257, 432— 43C
Children, every day given to the Lord 338
Christ's re ear d to* them 337
Of God described 94, 95
Christ, - aron the true 54
Adam the second ^8
Advocate 156, 152
Angel, of the Covenant 1 84
Of Gospel Grace 180
Brazen Serpent 157
Pread of Life 15S. Br.degroom 149
Brother v. 3, 240, v. 4, 91
Captain of Salvation v. 6, 175, v. 3, 560
Chief among Ten Thousand 161
Consolation of Israel 162
Corner Stone 163
Desire of all Nations 1G*
Door 165. Example 166. Forerunner 167
Foundation 163, 167
Fountain opened 168, 169
rrU-nd 170,365
Gift of God 171. Guide 567
Head of the Church 173
Husband 159. Jesus 173, 475. Iinmanuel, 174
Kinir of Saints 175, 177
Kinsman 17*
Lamb of Rod 179. Worth v is the Lamb, 387
Leader 180
Life of the Sou! 181
Light 162
Lord of Ail 176, 177
Master 490. v. I, 237
Melchizedec 1 83, 386
Messenger of the Covenant 1S4
Messiah 185. Morning Star 160
Passover 1?6
Pearl of great Price " ^7
Physician, of the Soul 188
Of the Soul and Body 189
Priest, the great hi?h 190,191
Prince and Saviour 269
Prophet, Priest and King 192
Ransom 9 ■>, 193
Refuge 305
Righteousness, our "'■'
Rock smitten 195
Saviour, the onlv 196, 269
Able au'd willing IC5
F io
INDEX.
Hymn and Page.
ttfrist, Shepherd , T97
Strong Hold 198
Sun 199
Vine 200
Way 196. Wav to Canaan 201
Way, Truth, and Life 202
Wisdom, Righteousness, and Sanctifica-
tion, &c 203
The Burden of the Song- 3S6, 387
ALL IN ALL '204, 205
Christian, awakened 294
Crying for mercy 295
Longing for an Interest in Christ 296
His daily Hymn 2 P. 296
Choosing the good Part 297
Admiring the Love of God in Christ 2 P. 297
Devoting himself to God '..'98
Praying to go forward 2 P. 298
Admiring the Law as a Rule 3 P. 296
His Body the Temple of the Spirit 299
imploring the divine Presence 2 P. 299
Happy in the Salvation of God 3 P. 299
A Pilgrim 300. His Song 301
.Running the Raoe 302
lighting the good Fight 303
On his "Spiritual Voyage 304
Tempted 305
His Temptations moderated 306
Ministered to by Angels 307
Welcoming the Cross 2 P. 306
Walking in Darkness and trusting 308
Complaining- of Sin and Inconstancy 3C9, 310
Lamenting Pride 311
Pleading with God under Affliction 312
Backsliding and returning 313
Falling and Recovered 314
Wishing to be as in .Months past 315
Troubled, but making God his refuge.... 316
Persecuted 317
Cast down, but hoping in God 3! 8
His Request 319
Watching and Praying 320
His Prayer answered by Crosses 321
Growing in Grace 252
Rising to God 323
Remembering all the Wav, &c 324
Waiting for the coming of his Lord 325
Desirous of finishing his Course with Joy 326
Committing his departing Spirit to Jesus 327
Cmwned 328
Church, described 403. Formed 406
Presence of Christ the Joy of it 404
Way to it inquired 405
Begging a Pastor of the Lord 409
Praying for their Minister 415
Praying for their Pastor when ill 413
Choosing- Deacons 417
Christ's Care of Churches and Ministers 414
In a low Condition 2 P. 427
Comforted in Trouble 3 P. 427
Glory of it predicted 418, 419
pr-yed for 419— 42?, 441
Church Meetings 437 — 441
See Ministers, also Associations.
Collections for poor Churches and Minis-
ters 432—436
Come and welcome to Jesus Christ IIS
Communion, with God 96
With Christ 487
Desired 97 — 99
With Sai its 254
With our own hearts 329
Compassion , of Christ 367
And vengeance of God 112
Complaint, of Inability to do good 309
Of Inconstancy 310
Of Pride ". 311
Of Hardness of Heart 268, 313, £50
Of Stupiditv in hearing and
Prayer..." 375
Hymn and Page, i
Complaint, of dnfniitfulness 511 1
Under £ rear Pain 538 «
Condemned by seif, but praying and
hoping ." 270 1
Condescending Grace of Christ 133
Condescension of God H
Conduct, holv, enforced 166
Confidence iri God 286, 344
Conflict 41, Z0d 1
Conscience to he heard v. 4, 505
Consolation of Israel 162
Contentment 217. See Resigned ion 1Q-, 276 — 279 >
Contrition of Heart 275
Conversation, Christian, recommended.... 166 \
Conversion, a Work of efficacious grace. ... 77 \
Of a Sinner ; or, Joy in Heaven 79, 438 1
Of the Thief fio. Oi'Zaccheus 78
Praise to Go I for it 82
Conviction, spiritual 50, 294 •
Convinced Sinner, the inquiring 294
Encouraged 376
Corner Stone, Christ die 163
Coronation of Christ 176, 177
Counsel of God's nil] 31
Courage, SDiritual 228. v. 4— 6, 425
Longed for 1 P. 293, 292
Co venant, of Works renounced 3 P. 298
God v. 6— 8, 279
Of Grace, our Glory 66—68, 223, &c.
Supporting under Trouble 67
Pleaded 68
Creation, a summary View of it 27
Of Man 27, 28
Creating Wisdom, Song to it 29
And Providence.. 32
Cross of Christ 137, 478. Attractions of it 138
Triumphs of it 481
Flying- to it 52
Torments and benefits of it 483, 478
The Christian taking it up 2S0, 281
Crosses, Prayer, answered by them 321
Welcomed 306
Crowti, him 176, 177
Of Glory promised 328
D
DARKNESS, walking in it 308
Hope in it 231
Spirit of God addressed in it 214
Day, one well spent 226
Deacons, at the choice of. -. 417
Death, and eternity 550
Preparation for it desired 561
Of the Sinner and Saint 559
OfMoses 555
Of a Minister 566
A sleep to good Men 562
Deliverance from fear of it desired .... 551
Victorv over it through Christ 552
Death, the welcome Messenger 553
And Judgment. See Funeral 565
Declension '. air, cnted v. 4,7, 1 P. 427
Decrees of God 9
Deity of Christ 1 P. 129
Delight, in God, 248. In Worship 344, 346
Deliverance, national, celebrated 532—535
Desire of all Nations, Christ the 164
Despair, sinful 90. Prevented 287
Difficulties, Prayer in 2 P. 298
Surmounted ." -547
Dili" race and Holv Zeal 293, 325
Dismission. Hymns at 338-- 392
Divinity of < hrist 1 P. 12i)
Dominion of God 9
Door, Christ the 165
Doubts and Fears suppressed 241, 286
Doxulogies 393—397
Drawings of the Spirit of God 2Ifl
Droug ht threatening 5'Ji
INDEX.
My mo and Pa.ee.
Until t, anil Privileges i»7">
Difficulties thereof surmounted 447
Ii'ity, to God -17. To our neighbour 48, £42
Grace leads to it 2 P. 299
E.
EARLY PIETY 517—519
Earthly Things, their Vanity 398
:. , 509, 510, 513, 390
Education of Youth 522, 523
Election 62. Consequences of it 63
Godly Consideration of it comfortable.. 65
Encouragement, and Imitation 114 — 121
To convinced Sinners 37fi
To such as seek a risen Jesus H4
To youii<» persons to seek Christ 518
To the weak in Faith 220
To trust and love God 385
To Prayer 353
To spread the Gospel 4i8, 419, 421, 422
Enemies i Love to them 258
Enquiring Sou] 294. Answered 395
Eternity, of God 4
Joyful and tremendous- 34 8
Time and Eternity 546
Death and Eternity
Prayer in Prospect of it 5to
Evening Hymns 495 — 497, 226
Everlasting Love. See Election 62
Example of Christ 166, 25 8, 485
Exaltation of Christ 147, 148, 269
ExcelU rri<s of Ciiri^t . 161
Exhortation, to Sinners 115, 116. To Saints 416
F.
FACE of God sought 2 P. 114, 2S9
Faith, its author and preciousness 217
Nature and effert.< 222
Power of, 218. Weakness of it 224
Struggling with unbelief 219
Fainting 220. Reviving 221
Increase of it desired v. 4, 320
Conquering 222
Connected with Salvation 225
Faithfulness of God 19, 306
Fall, of Man, lamented 42
A nd Rccoverv of Man 123
Of Babvion predicted 3 P. 418
Family Worship 333 — 337
Fast Day Hymns 525 — 528, 530
Father, God a 92—95
Interest m him desired 278
Fatherless and Widows helped 246
Fear, of God exercised all the Day 226
The Happiness attending it...." 227,285
Of Death, Prayer for Deliverance from
it 2 P. 551
fears and Doubts removed 289—- 2S6
Fear not 288
I will trust, and not be afraid ... 290
Feast, the Gospel 56, 473, 466
Room at it 118, 486
Felix tremb in? 380
Fellowship, of the Saints 254
With God and Christ 96
Fervency of Devotion desired 211
Fetters, of Sin, 1 P. v. 4. 268. Of Grace v. 3, 509
Fighting and reignijie 22s
fig-tree 511
Feet spiritual, opposed and conquered 228
FollciPtng Christ 292, 445, 446
Tool, the Rich, surprised 400
Forerunner, Christ a 167
Forgiveness, desired 235. See Pardon 67
God ready to forgave TO
Forms vain" without Religion 345
Fortitude, holy 228, v. 4—6, 425
Longed for 1 P. 293, »2
Foundation, Christ the 163, 167
fountain opened 168, 169
Friend, Christ a 170, 385
Friends meeting and pairing ;>U -516
Hymn tnd Pa.:''
Fulness of Christ i^y
Funeral, of an Infant
Of a young Pei m>i '■-,;
Of Children
Of a Believer .>t,o
Of a Minister. See Death 066
Futurity committed to the Lord 510
GALE, a propitious one longed for 212
General Meetings. See Associations... 423-.-431
Gethsenume |3j
Gift of God, Christ the 171
Glory of the Mediator 175
Glorying in the Lord aloue 238, 384
Go fonrard ]
Gorf— a Father 92, 278. A Kefuge 316
Is Love 12, 241. A Portion 276
The S'-archer of the Heart 28
Reasoning with Men 114
Our God, 124. For ever and ever 365
Exalted above all Praise 26
Godhead of Christ 129
Godliness, important 1 P. 29t
Profitable 3 p. 394
Good Samaritan, Parable of the 257
Goodness of God. 12, 30, and Justice 18
In giving- his Son jo
Gospel 54. Rationally defended *i
Message of the '. 115
Glorious 59. Freeness of it » 362
M orthy of all Acceptation 5.;
The power of God to Salvation 60
Represented bv a Fea^t 480, 382,56, 473
The Jubilee 57, 58. Nett, casting ir .?66
Spread of it desired ~370, 374, 426
imitation to spread it through the
_, Earth «p. 418> .np
Grace, electing, adopting, sovereign.. .14, 65
Efficacious 77. Distinguishing 110
Sufficient 125. Longed for 382
Leads to Duty 2 P. 29a
Growing in it 332. Desired 390, v. 4,... 230
Increased bv Trials 321
Salvation b'v Grace ill, and by Justice n ■>
Grace and Glory v. 6, 343
Gratitude, the Spring of true Religion 216
To Christ 383
Grave 550j 5 :J7
Gravity and Decency 229
Groans era-dously accepted 273
Groicth in Grace! 5.j«>
Desired 390. 2 P. C2, 298
Guide, Christ a 557
H
HABITAT ION, going to a new one. .333, 335
Hand of God 23.'*
Happiness, in God 236, 348, 3 P. 29L»
Attending divine Wisdom 291
Of thope \\ ho fear God 227
Of trusting in him 285
Of the Poor in Spirit 264
Of humble Worshippers 343
Of spiritual Pilsrriras 300
Of beins: with Christ 554
H-ppuM*n 091
Hardness of Heart complained of.. 250, 268, 313
Harmony of the divine Perfections 21
Harvest and Summer 504, .505
Head of the Church, Christ the 172
Heart, evil 40. Contrite desired 275
Hard and Stony lamented 250,268, 313
New desired..."
Subdued v. 6, 267
Given to Christ v. 6, 7, 463. r. .5, 13s
Hi even, anticipated 2 P. of 66
A Kingdom 234
Of God's Presence opo
Promised Land
An eternal Rest
ness and Joys of it 582, 58>
F II
INDEX.
Hymn and Page.
Heaven, desiring an Interest in it v. 7, 8,.. 234
To be possessed by the Faithful 328
Worship of it 587
The everlasting Song 588
Heirs of God v. 7, 94. v. 2, 95
Hell y the Sinner's own Place 580
Everlasting Misery of it 42, 572
Praise for being out of it 16
And Heaven 582
Help, prayed for 379
And Salvation 2 P. 296
Obtained 509, 510
Hope, in Darkness 231. Set before us.... 230
Encouraged by the Perfections of God.. 233
Hope, Good through Grace 382
Of Interest 382
Hoping and longing for Glory 232, 233
Humble, their Joy encouraged 260
Humiliation of Christ 148
Humility of Mind 234. Prayed for 237
The Publican 236
Humble Pleadings for Mercy 235
Husband, Christ the spiritual 1 59
Hypocrisy dreaded 1 08, 263
IDOL Worship stupid 2, 3
Idols renounced, and God welcomed 299
Ignorance, spiritual, 'lamented 244
Illness 538, 539, 541
Iinmanucl 174
Immutability, of God 5
Of his Love 211
Inability to do Good complained of 309
Incarnation of Christ 129 — 132
Incomprehensibility et' God 23
Inconstancy lamented 310
Increase, ofFaith and hope desired,. ..v, 4, 3-20
Of every Grace 390. By Trials 321
Infants, see Children 336
'Dying in the Arms of Jesus 556
Infinity of God 6
Influences of the Spirit 205 — 216
Compared to Iivinsr water 20€
To Rain 209. To me wind 207,212
Desired 210— 212. Experienced 213
Ingratitude to Christ detested 252
Inspiration of the Scriptures 43
Intercession of Christ 152. Prevalent 15.3
For Peter 155
Typified by Aaron's Breast-plate 154
Interest, i» the Book of Life 382
In Christ desired 296. v. 5, 6, 253
Invitations, of Scripture 114 — 121
To the Gospel Feast 473
To spread the Gospel 4 P. 418
Jabez's Prayer 381
Jesus 173, 174
Jews prayed for 422
Jo", of rlie Humble 260
And rejoicing 238— 24 1
The return of it 241
Joying and glorying in the Lord 238, 364
Ju%Uee 57,58
Judgment Day 570—579
The coming of the J u Ige 575-578
Desired - 574
Books opened 571
Sentence on the Wicked 572
On the Righteous 573
A Place at the right H.nd desired 579
Justice, and Goodness of God.. 18
And Grace 112
And Equity to our Neighbour 242
Just ificahon 83, 84
King of Saints 175, 177
Crown him 176, 177
King and Royal Family prayed for ,...436
Hvmn and Page.
Kingdom, of Christ 149. Increasing 430
Of God to be first sought 519
Of Glory. See Heaven ..234
Kinsman, Christ the near 178
Kissing the Rod 264, 278 ',
Knowledge, spiritual 243—245
Desired of God its Author 243
Imperfect at present 245
One thing I know 244
And happiness 291
LAMB of God 179. The paschal 180,186 ;
Worthy is the Lamb 387 1
Praised 1 P. 584
Latter-day, Glory longed for 1 tk 2 P. 421
Law, moral 47, 48 I
Honoured by Christ 50, 35$ 1
Renounced as a Covenant, embraced as
a Rule ....3 P. 298
Sinners found wanting by it 49
Practical Use of it 50. Ceremonial 53
And Gospel 52
Leader, Christ the 1 80. v. 6, 240
And Guide 567
Leadings of the Spirit 207 J
Legal Obedience (so called) followed by
Evangelical *. . 51
Leper crying v. 3, 4, 189,289. Heaied 102
Liberality. See Charity 246
Liberty, spiritual 93
Life, and Ministry of Christ 134, 166
Abundant by Christ 101
Of the Soul, Christ the 181
Light, spiritual desired 243
God our i9y
Light, Christ the true and great 182
Load of Sin 236, 237
Longings, holy 212, 97 — 99
For Heaven". 232
Long Suffering of God 16
Lord of all, Christ the 176, 177
Lord's Day,- -Resurrection of Christ 346—352
Morrimg 346—349. Evening 350—352
Lord's Prayer 358
Lord's Supper 472—490
Loss of the Sou! 401
Losses for Christ compensated by God's
presence " 281
Lost Sheep found, Parable of the 79
Love of God, electing, everlasting 62
Unchangeable v 3, 4, 241
Eternal and unchangeable 64
Redeeming Love 69
Love of Christ, constraining '...139, 446
On a Cross and a throne 480
Weeping and dying 464
Of the Spirit 2 P. 206
To God 247
To Christ present or absent 249
Lovest thou me ? 250, 425
Desiring to love Christ 250,251
Profession of Love to the Redeemer 252, 253
To the Brethren 254
Unfeigned 256
To all Saints 255
To our Neighbour .257
To our Enemies 24,258
All Attainments vain without Love 259
Loving Kindness of God 13
M
MA D Sinners reasoned with 581
Majesty of God 17
Manna - 1 58, 1 80
Mariner, the spiritual 304
Mariner's Psalm 36
Marriage Hvmn 513
Master, Christ our 490. V. 1, 237
Means of spreading the Gospel encourag-
ed I P. 41*
INDEX.
Ifviun and Page.
320
On the Cross of Christ 478
71/k-A beautified with Salvation 260
Meeting and Parting of Pri< tide 514—516
Melchizideck a Type of Christ 183
-, in constant Succession >I7
Of God's Ho . ..\. 1, 72 P. '>!0
il/crcy of God 15. I'll a.i-u tor
Implored sfi5
And Truth met together 21
Mercy-seat approai In d 271
. of the Redeemer 134
Of tiii- Gospel 1 1~.
■ nit 184
M( ssian |g5
Method of Salvation in?
Midnig ht Crj 551
Mind of Christ desired
Minuter, called to the -acred Work 406, 41.3
Leaving a People 414
Illness of one 413. Death of one 566
Ministers, oothiag without Christ 360
Abounding in the Work of the Lord 424
Watching for SouU 410
Meetings of. Sec Associations.
Christ's care of them 412
Prayer for t hem
> tion for poor Ministers 432—496
Mi a \stry, of ( hn.-t 1 S4
Of the Gospel, instituted by Christ 407
One ealled to the Work of the Ministry. .408
Of Angels, to Christ H6. To Christians.. 307
Mirach s of I hrist applied 189
Mission and Work of Christ 134
Missionaries prayed for 415, 490
Missionary Meetings 418—431
Moderation 261, 262
Monthly Prayer Meetings 418— 431
Mortality ot" Man. See Death 4, 524, 543
Moral Obedience followed by Evangelical.. 51
Morning Hymns ". 491—494, S *6
Morning Star, Christ the spiritual I 0
Murmn ring
Deprecated
Mutability of the Creation 5
N
NATIONAL Prayer and Praise 525—636
Natimty of Christ
Soak preserved in the Ark 104
• • to our 48
Love to him
IScic Year*.* Day
Noah's Arl .... 104
J\ot UIHO 11- 384
Nmvcjnbt rue. Fifth, \c 533 — 535
i\o:e is the. accepted Time 505,376, 115. v. 4, H&7
O
OJSEDIEN( E, servile and evangelic
Oat lm sacred
Omnipotence of God 7
Omnipresence %nd Omniscience of God .... &
Old Age
And weakness to be commiserated 246
One Thing needful
Oneness Of God's People S
Ordinal 'on Hymns 410— 4: 3,
Origwmml Sin
Orphans and Widows t-itieo
P
PA1WOX, 85—90. Of all Sin 87
Spoken b\ Christ 89
• t Pardon 68
And S notification 100
Desired 2.r>. God ready to forgive 90
Pardon i-ove 96
Parting of Christian Friends 515, 516. 2*1
Party Names 255. V.
Paschal La mb
Passover, Christ our KG
Hymn
Pastor, one BOUght of God
His Prayer for his Peo| It
People's Piayer for hi in
. of God admired
Christian Patience desired
Petta , promised and prayed for
God speaking it to the Sou! &&
None to the \\ icked \ .
Of the Nation prayed for .'..531
Praise for it 53,
Of the Globe v. 14, 1 p. 420
Peai l ol great Price, Chri-t the :...1*7
Pnvten-e ..ml Hope. See Repentance 27->
Penitent, the 271. His Sighs 270
PeYfettwnt wf God I— 96. hi Harmon} "21
ited ' •].-
r.V tions of God imitated
Persecution to be expected by good Men.. .3I7
Perseverance ia Grace .....10:3 — 106, 223
Desired 105. ioe
Pitt r, admonished by Christ 15-
His Fall and Recovery 313, 314
And John following: Christ 992
Physician, of the Soul
Of Soul and l!oiy .
Pilgrim, the Spiritual 300. His S
Pillar of Fire 44. And Cloud
Pisgah's Top v. •,
Pleading, with God in Difficulties
For Mercy........ 235.99. '
Pleas, the (_ hristian s great om s v. .-,.
•, of Religion 291,377
Of Public Worship 341-397. 2 P. V. I, 529
longed for 545
Pool of Bethesda 3(34
Poor in Sp;rit blessed 034
Portion, God a ....270
Poverty, spiritual 034
Powerz.uA Providence of God " 7
Pra>se, to God, from the whole Creation... 7
For the Blessings df Providence
Grace 37
F< r the Fountain opened 1G9
For Salvation
To the Redeemer 488,
To Father, Son, and Spirit 1 &
God exalted above ail Praise
Prayer, Meetings Month!} ;
."
In Difficulties _
The Lord's
lns\s • ■:-- I 3H . .•>_.[
Importunity in it
Imperfect but accepted ..156
P.i ueSt of it, and exhortation to it 353
Ofa Backslider
Hymns before Prayer ■-
For the Spread of the Gospel 418 — 421.
For Ministers and missionaries 420, 408,
Preparatory Thought for the Lord's Sup-
...4*2
Presence, of God worth dvin? for ;;,-,
Of Chri t the "Jov of
People ...404,554, < i
Promisi d
Lon?ed for 220. 2 P. 299, 361
Compel. sating all Losses 281
Pride lamented 31:1, 345
Prince and Saviour og9
Priesthood of Christ 1 90
Its excellency 1, j
Privileges of the Sons of God 94, 373
Prodigal Son, Parable of the 273
Promises, the first Promise 122
Of Strength according to our Days 123
Of the Divine Presence ". j"t
Of sufficient Grace |2.>
Of a Supply of all our Need j~ -.
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INDEX.
Hymn andPaire.
Promises, of the Kingdom 127
Exceeding great and precious ]28
Pleaded v. 5, 6, 528. 1 P 206
Prophecy, Christ the Substance of it 203
Fulfilled 185
Animating; to Prayer , 418
Prophet, Priest, and King, Christ the 192
Prosperity of the Soul desired 322
Providence 31. And Power of God 37
Equitable and kind S3. Mysterious 34
To be explained hereafter *. 35
Bereaving, submitted to 563
Praise for the Blessings of it 37
Publican, the humble 236
R
RACE, the Christian 302
Rain, threatening 502
Rainbow v. 7, J 04
Ransom, Christ our 90, 193
Reading the Scriptures .....330
Reason 32. An insufficient Guide 196
Recollection, grateful 324, 509
Of Blessings in God's House 2 P. t. 1—7, 540
Reconciliation to Gocl 115
Redeeming- Lo\e 69, 169
Redemption, by Christ alone 70
Fin ished 71,72
Gratitude to God for it 73. Wonders of it 4S5
Refuge, God a 318. Christ a 52, 100, 305
Regeneration. See Conversion .77—88
Rejoicing, in God 235. In Hope 240
In the Ways of God 239
And going on our Way 240
Religion, Gratitude the Spring of it 216
Internal desired 284
Pleasures of it 291, 577
Benefit of it 284, 377
Personal 329—332
Family ...333 — 337
Pttblic 338—397
Vain without Love , 21"
Remeynbering all ti.e Way , &c 324
Repentance, commanded by God 267
Given by Christ 2fxj. And Hope 272
Repentance prayed for. See Penitence and
Pen itent ...'. 268
Why weepest thou! 274
Request, the 319
Resignation. See Submission 217,276,279
Resolution, to serve the Lord 334
The successful one 355
Rest, the eternal 302
Present, prayed for 206
Resurrection, of the Bodv 568, 569
Of Christ 140, 143, 474." A Pleds-e of ours 143
Comfortable to such who seek Christ 144
And Ascension of Christ 142 — 145
Retirement 329, 332
Revival prayed for 427
Rich Fool surprised 400
Riches, I heir Emptiness 398
Of Christ unsearchable 151
Righteous. See Christian.
Righteousness, imputed 84
Human, insufficient to justify G3, 50
Chri.-:t our Righteousness 19 4
Rock, Christ the smitten 195
Buildinar on the 163
Rising to God 323
Rivers of Bliss 3 P. 299
Ride of Conduct, the Law a 3 P. 298
S
SABBATH. See Lord's Day 47, 348, 352
Safety of Christ's Sheep 103
Saint indeed 201
Solvation, approaching 224, 5P6
Of Sinners 107—113
The Method of it 107
Is of the Lord V. 1, 2, 532
Free 108. Iw Grace 110, ill
Ifvmn and Page.
Saltation, by Father, Son, and Spirit 107
Shall be complete 100
An interest in it desired 113, 298
W hat must I do to be saved ! 294
God glorious, and sinners saved 112
Praise for it .....383. 3 P. 298
Samaritan, the good 257
Sanctijication, and Pardon 100
And Growch desired 102, 390
Promoted by Affliction 542
Satan repu Ised 287
Saviour, Christ the only 196, 260
Able and willing ....* us
Scriptures, their Inspiration 43
Their Usefulness 44
Their Preciousness 43, 20S
Their Riches 45
Their Sufficiency and Excellency 46
Reading them..*. 332
Seasons, the, crowned with Goodness 508
Secret Prayer 332
Seed-time, the literal and spiritual 504
Seed* of Piety 436
Self-dedication 298, 490
Sf tf-deniai 280, 281
Self-examination 331. Lord Search i»e 283
Self-existence ami Seif-sutncience of God 20,23
Self-righteousness lamented 51
Seriousness prayed for 549
Sermon, Hvmns before it 359-- 371
Hymns after it 372—392
Shame, on account of Christ, abhorred 451
Sheep of Christ secure 103
Shepherd, Christ a 101, 197
Sickness, Presence of God desired in it 537
Submission under it 540
Complaint and Hope in it 538
General 539
And Recovery 541, 542
Sighs and groans accepted 27S
Sinai and "Calvary 52
Sincerity and Truth 282. Desired .4283
Sin, original 38. Indwelling 39
A Burden 235, 237. And Grace 41
A nd Sorrow laid before God 99
Sinner, impenitent found wanting 49
Reasoned with 581
CoHvi seed 50, 294, 376
Repenting, accepted 273
And Saints in the wreck of Nature 570
Death of the 559
Sion, its Stability and Glory 403
Asking the Way to it 405
Glorious Things spoken of it. See Church 418
Soldier, the spiritual, and his foes 228
Song, to creating Wisdom 29
Of the Angels at Christ's Birth 129, 130
Of the spiritual Pilgrim 301
Of Praise to the Redeemer 347, 488, 489
Sons of God, their Privileges 94, 95
Sorrow, godly. See Repentance,
For Sin desired 274
Laid before God 99
Soul, Worth and Loss of it 401
Snvercig nty of God 9
Soicer, Parable of 372, 373
Spirit of God, his Influences 206—216
His distinct Work in Salvation.... 2 P.
206. V. 4, 6, 107
The Comforter 1 P. 206. His Love.. 2 P. 206
Leads the People of God 207. To Duty.. 293
Addressed under Darkness ...214
Grieved, but in treated not to depart 215
His Drawings celebrated 216
Spiritual Minded ness 284
Spirituality of God 3
Spring 498— .500
Strength as our Days are 123, 125
Sting of Death 553
Removed by Christ 55&
INDEX.
Hymn and Page.
Strong-hold, Christ the spiritual." 19«
'Submission, to the WWof God V l "
Under Affliction dHifl
To bereaving Providence, .563. Filial.... 278
It is the Lord, let him, Stc 279_
r rra\cr T....35T
of the Gospel predicted l, 2, 3 P. 41 8
Of Missions an I Missionaries prayed
for.tu'.rP. a\9. P. v, 2; t. iw. I\ .
• 'in enjoyed*, v.*. 4.D — 4H
j» Christians dear to Chrirt. 280
• > of Chrirt-. See Lord's Snppcr 1 36
-fflfurjtKj arm! Harvest 504, 305
Si/nmrans, from t^-od D> Men 2<J7
To J-idirmeiit • ...576
ftito; Christ the 199
Schvois 322, j23
Application . .295
Sympathy, of Christians'. ,v 254
'Cherished-, v. 2.57
T
TEAKS of the Sitmer and- tire Saviour. ...271
Tempest,\\ish: .: . .305
Tvnrpte,- the- Bodies of the Saints a 299
The- Spiritual completed. 431
Tempttttiott, 365', 324. Moderated 306
Tempted, Saints, ChrisTs Intercession for
them 155
Saviour as- we are .. v. 3, 190
T*.ari*?givi)tg Davs* • 529>--536
Thief on the* Ci*o=»? 80
Thirsty Souls invited to Christ 120
'Thunder, the God of 503
Time, .veil spent 262. Short 543
Now is the accepted Time 376, 505. 2 P. 115
Every Part of it in God's hands 545
And Etemitv 546
To-day, the Voice of Wisdom 505
To-morrow, the Laneua?e of Folly 505
Transfiguration of Christ 135
Traveller's Psalm 3«
Tree, the accursed 478
Of Life v. 3, 585
Trinity, the Doctrine of the 22
.See Doxologies
Trials, beneficial 2 P. 306
An I Trust 287,290
Triumphs, of Christ 148. Of the Cross... ...4SI
Trouble, pleading vith God in it 312
Sanctified 306
Troubled, hut makin? God our Refuge 316
Trust, in God under Trials 288, 287
Humble, or Despair prevented 287
Encouragement to it 283
I will trust and not be afraid 290
Truth, and Faithfulness of God 19
And Mercv met together 21
And Sincerity 282
Tupes, Christ the Substance of them 33, 205, 202
I \B ELIEF, lamented 241. Opposed 219
Surmounted 290
Vaehangeablentss of God 5
And his Love t. 3, 4, 241
Union to Christ , 81
Htmn and Page,
Unity, of God .* 2
• Ml I'.'OpIe 254, 233
wetted 310
Vanity of earthly Things 398, 401,343;
- and Compassion of God 112
Winw, Chi ist the spiritual 200
Victory, Thanksgiving for national Hi
<>\n sin, ours* the (-i<>rv God'i 238
< h I 1- I Rata ." t , 593
Vision of tire dry Bones; *....«.. ...372
Yores, to be fulfilled ».283
Voyage, tWe srpiritirerii ».30?
W,
WAITING, for God ....... 1 17
For the latter Daysrlorv v.) 5, 1 P. 420
For the coming of Christ .....325
Walking with God 98; I11 Darkness*;; 308
Wants supplied 126, 197
Warfare, the Christian 228, 303
Warnbig ...; 267
Warrior animated and crowned .v 328
Watchfulness rewarded 325
Way, Christ the .. 196
To Ch anaan . .201
Truth and Life 202
Wear>/ and burdened invited- toRest. 117
Weddmg Hymn , 513
Weeping 274
Welcome given by the Gospel 115, 116, 473
W^hed Men exhorted.... , 115,116
tAd* fatheriew helped.. 246
Wind, Spirit's Influence represented by 207, 212
Winter improved 506, 507
Wisdom. Righteousness, Sanctification,
Christ our 203
Of God 11. In Creation 29
And Grace of the Gospel 59
The Invitation of, accepted 121
Happiness of it 291
Wisdom's Ways pleasant 291
Wish, of a Pastor for his People 416
Of a private Christian 212, 319
Wonders of Redemption 485
Word of God. See Scripture.
World, Vanity of it ...398, J>-99
Renounced 402. Despised 253
No Compensation for the Loss of one Soul 401
Wofsh ip, Private 329—332
Family 333—337
Public 338—345. Rererential 17, 26
Opening a new Place of 338, 34a
Benefit of it v, 1—7, 2 P. 540
Pleasures of it 341,343,344, 346
Excellency of it 342, 343, 313
Formal Worship vain..... 345
Worthy is the Lamb 387,475)
YEAR crowned with Goodness 50S
Youth, educated 522, 523
Encouraged to seek the Lord 517 — 521
A lovely one falling short of Heaven 520
ZEAL and Diligence 293. v. 4— 7, 425
For Christ 292
For the House of God.. .......34t>
EXPLANATION
OF
THE METRES IN THIS VOLUME.
L.M .....8 8 8 8
CM 8 6 8 6
S. M 6 6 8 6
50th 10 10 10 10 11 11
104th 10 10 11 11
112th 8 8 8 8 8 8
148th 6 6 6 6 8 8
6 6 5 6 11 6 6 11
6 4 6 6 4 6 6 6 4
6 8 4 6 6 8 4 6 6 8 4
7s 7 7 7 7
7s 7 7 7 7 7 7
7s. Double 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
7 6 7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6
7 6 8 7 6 7 6 7 8 7 6
8s 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
8 6 8 8 6 8 6 8 8
8 8 6 8 8 6 8 8 6
8 7 87878787
8 7 4 8 7 8 7 4 7
10s 10 10 10 10
lis 11 11 11 11
11 8.„„ .r 11 6 11 6
Old Hundred, &c • 7
Crowle, Sec 261
Avnhoe, &c 26C
Cheriton, &c SSI
The Old 104th, &c 19S
Carey's, &c 260
Portsmouth New, &c , 4311
Haughton, &c 61
Bermondsey, &c 38?
Leoni, &c 66
Cookham,&c 270
Firth's 16
Hotham,&c 309
Dartford, &c 301
Clarke's, &c 313
New Jerusalem, &c. .,,.161
Ewell, &c 01
Chatham, &c 300
Jewin Street, &c sog
Helmsley, &c. ..428
Warsaw... 421
Broughton, &c 127
Calne, &c. .,...».......»•....•• 110
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